Tech

Innovation

ELTE becomes founding member of EIT Culture & Creativity

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winning team set to build EIT Culture & Creativity....

Innovation

Winners of This Year’s Vodafone Digital Awards Announced

This year’s winners of the annual Vodafone Hungary Foundation digital awards are a hand device, an app for planning EV...

Telco

Hungary extends, raises handset replacement subsidies

Hungary's National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) on Thursday said it will extend a subsidies program for the replacement of...

Fintech

Smart device payments increase threefold

The number of people paying with smart devices was more than 100,000, almost three times the number a year earlier,...

Innovation

Final module of OTP AI supercomputer arrives

OTP Bank has taken delivery of the final module of a HUF 7.3 billion supercomputer that will use artificial intelligence...

Fintech

iBanFirst acquires currency exchange outfit Cornhill

The acquisition of Cornhill, the U.K.-based payment institution specializing in foreign exchange and risk management, by iBanFirst, a French global...

Telco

Magyar Telekom switches off 3G mobile network

Magyar Telekom on Friday said it had switched off its 3G network, which is no longer available anywhere as of...

Telco

Normalizing 5G Sentiment Opens way to Expanding Services

Even as the Hungarian market is getting used to fifth-generation technology on the residential side of the business, the corporate...

Fintech

Digital Customer Service Firm FaceKom Says Will go Public After Record Year

FaceKom, a Hungarian-owned company that is a market leader in corporate remote digital customer identification, has said it plans to...

Innovation

Pécs U winds up HUF 3.4 bln R&D program

The University of Pécs said on Tuesday that it has wound up a five-year HUF 3.38 billion research and development...

Science

Semmelweis researchers to identify causes of migraine more precisely

Researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest have looked at how migraine sufferers process emotions to understand the causes of the...

Fintech

Average level of digitalization in finance still ‘medium’ 

In addition to further developments at credit institutions at the forefront of digitalization, less well-performing banks also managed to catch...

Innovation

Hungary moves up to 39th place in IMD competitiveness ranking

Hungary has moved up three spots to 39th place in this year's IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, according to a report...

Innovation

TIM establishes industrial cooperation with Pécs Uni

The Ministry of Technology and Industry (TIM) has established industrial cooperation with the University of Pécs for the sake of...

Fintech

Hungary Fintech sector continues to expand

Hungary's Fintech sector has grown to 146 companies employing more than 8,000 people, state news wire MTI writes, citing a...

Science

Rising Tide of Dementia: Economic Imperatives for Hungary and Europe

The rising prevalence of dementia is becoming not only a healthcare challenge but an economic and labor market issue that...

Science

3D-Printed Spine Models Could Aid Planning for Complex Surgery

Physical, life-sized models of patients’ spines could give surgeons a valuable additional tool when preparing for particularly complex procedures, according...

Science

Mental Health Forum Seeks to Turn Professional Consensus Into Cross-sectoral System Reform

Semmelweis University’s “Mental Health in Hungary 2026” forum brought psychiatric professionals, social care workers, educators, patient representatives and policymakers together...

Science

ELTE Quantum Biology Conference Puts Budapest on Emerging Science Map

Budapest hosted an international gathering at the frontier of quantum science and biology as the 15th International Workshop on Quantum...

Science

Endometriosis Carries a Heavy Workplace Cost in Hungary

A Hungarian-led study has quantified the workplace burden of endometriosis, showing that women with the condition miss more than twice...

Fintech

SAP Hungary: How AI and Business Development Meet in Budapest

SAP Hungary opened its Budapest office to the press during an “Insider Tour,” giving a close look at how the...

AI Agents Could Shop and Pay for One in 10 Consumers by 2030, Mastercard Says

More than one in 10 online shoppers could regularly use artificial intelligence agents to purchase products on their behalf by...

4iG Group, SpaceX Sign European Deal for Starlink Mobile, Sovereign Solutions

4iG Group and SpaceX have signed agreements to introduce Starlink Mobile services and develop secure sovereign satellite communications solutions in...

Global Payments Introduces Accessible Card Payments for Visually Impaired Users

Global Payments has introduced a new accessibility mode on its payment terminals designed to make card payments easier for blind...

Sziget Festival Sets New Mobile Data Traffic Record on Yettel Network

Festival-goers generated nearly 54 terabytes of mobile data traffic on Yettel’s network during this year’s Sziget Festival, setting a new...

Rising Tide of Dementia: Economic Imperatives for Hungary and Europe

The rising prevalence of dementia is becoming not only a healthcare challenge but an economic and labor market issue that...

3D-Printed Spine Models Could Aid Planning for Complex Surgery

Physical, life-sized models of patients’ spines could give surgeons a valuable additional tool when preparing for particularly complex procedures, according...

BME, OTP Join Forces to Strengthen Cybersecurity Education and Research

A new partnership between the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and OTP Bank aims to connect academic expertise...

CoinCash 1st Hungarian Crypto Provider to Receive MiCA Approval

MNB granted CoinCash operator Tiwala Solutions a CASP license, making it the first and currently only Hungary‑based crypto provider authorized...

Mental Health Forum Seeks to Turn Professional Consensus Into Cross-sectoral System Reform

Semmelweis University’s “Mental Health in Hungary 2026” forum brought psychiatric professionals, social care workers, educators, patient representatives and policymakers together...

ELTE Quantum Biology Conference Puts Budapest on Emerging Science Map

Budapest hosted an international gathering at the frontier of quantum science and biology as the 15th International Workshop on Quantum...

Endometriosis Carries a Heavy Workplace Cost in Hungary

A Hungarian-led study has quantified the workplace burden of endometriosis, showing that women with the condition miss more than twice...

Breakthrough to Bedside: The Financing Challenge Behind Healthcare Innovation

According to Ildikó Ádám, partner at EY and life sciences industry leader for the Europe Central region, her sector is...

Corvinus University Completes HUF 1.5 bln Digital Development Project

Corvinus University of Budapest has completed a HUF 1.491 bln digital and practice-oriented development project supported by non-refundable EU funding...

SAP Hungary: How AI and Business Development Meet in Budapest

SAP Hungary opened its Budapest office to the press during an “Insider Tour,” giving a close look at how the...

Revolut Migrates Over 2 mln Hungarian Customers to Local Branch

Revolut Bank successfully completed the migration of more than 2 million eligible Hungarian retail customers to the local branch and...