Croatia · Payments & e-money
PBZ CARD d.o.o.
PBZ Card d.o.o. is a limited liability company based in Zagreb. The Croatian National Bank (HNB) authorises it as an electronic money institution under registration number IEN112. Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. owns 100% of the firm, and Intesa Sanpaolo is the ultimate parent. It issues Premium Visa charge, credit, business and prepaid cards to consumers and businesses in Croatia. It also sells Privredna banka Zagreb's own cards. Since March 2023 it has signed card acceptance contracts with merchants in the name and for the account of Nexi Croatia d.o.o., which is the acquirer. Until the end of 2019 it issued American Express cards in Croatia.
Licences and registrations
Held by PBZ CARD d.o.o. (LEI 5493001T7NJUN529UI86). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterCroatian National Bank | Electronic money institutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | IEN112 | Croatia | Active | 2011-12-16 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Privredna banka Zagreb d.d.
Firm type
Other
Trades as PBZ Card
- Standing
- Since 1 March 2023, Nexi Croatia d.o.o. has been the acquirer for card acceptance contracts signed through PBZ Card. PBZ Card concludes these contracts in Nexi Croatia's name and for its account. PBZ Card stopped issuing American Express cards at the end of 2019 and replaced them with Visa cards.
- Ownership
- Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. owns 100% of the firm, and Privredna banka Zagreb belongs to the Intesa Sanpaolo group.
- Direct parent
- Privredna banka Zagreb d.d., Croatia 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Italy
- Head office
- Radnička cesta 44, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Company register
- Commercial Court in Zagreb MBS 080258649 (OIB 28495895537)
Online
- Websites & references
- pbzcard.hr ↗
pbzcard-premium.hr ↗ Premium Visa card product site
pbzcard-travel.hr ↗ PBZ Card Travel (travel agency)
premiumrewards.hr ↗ Premium Rewards loyalty programme
pbz-nekretnine.hr ↗ Real estate brokerage site
myway.pbzcard.hr ↗ MyWay cardholder web application - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- hnb.hr/documents/d/guest/e-registar-pruzatelja-platnih-usluga-i-izdavatelja-e-novca-pdf
- pbzcard.hr/o-nama/podaci-o-pbz-cardu/
- pbzcard.hr/o-nama/tko-smo-mi/
- pbzcard.hr/o-nama/menadzment/
- pbzcard.hr/prihvacanje-kartica/ugovorite-prihvacanje-kartica/
- pbzcard.hr/o-nama/uvjeti-poslovanja/
- pbzcard.hr/media/ntkkdoy5/uvjeti-poslovanja-pbz-card-prepaid-kartica.pdf
- pbzcard.hr/o-nama/korporativni-dokumenti/
- pbzcard.hr/hr/o-nama/media-centar-i-novosti/priopcenja/obavijest-o-novom-karticnom-proizvodu-koji-ce
- pbzcard.hr/o-nama/media-centar-i-novosti/priopcenja/nexi-croatia-i-pbz-card-postaju-strateski-partne
- poslovnifm.com/gia/gia-izlog/nexi-croatia-i-pbz-card-postaju-strateski-partneri-u-poslovima-prihvacanja-
- pbzcard-premium.hr/online-usluge/myway/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Several models
- Licensed firm it operates under
- Nexi Croatia d.o.o., Croatia Distributor of card acceptance services in the name and for the account of Nexi Croatia, the acquirer, since 1 March 2023
The HNB authorises the firm as an electronic money institution, including issuing payment instruments and acquiring payment transactions. Since March 2023 Nexi Croatia d.o.o. has been the payment service provider for card acceptance, and PBZ Card acts as its distributor.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatian National Bank (HNB) Croatia | Electronic money institution | IEN112 | In its own name | Active | hnb.hr ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Acquirer / processor
- Nexi Croatia d.o.o. Croatia
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Access not stated pbzcard.hr ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It issues its own Premium Visa charge, revolving credit, business and prepaid cards, and sells Privredna banka Zagreb's Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards. It also signs card acceptance contracts with merchants on behalf of Nexi Croatia, and runs travel agency and real estate brokerage services.
It serves customers in Croatia. The HNB register shows no services provided in other member states.
- Sells to
- Consumers · Small businesses · Enterprises
- Serves customers in
- Croatia
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Mislav Blažić Predsjednik Uprave (President of the Management Board)
- Chair
- Dinko Lucić Predsjednik Nadzornog odbora (Chair of the Supervisory Board)
- Executive
- Ivan Ivičić Zamjenik predsjednika Uprave (Deputy President of the Management Board)
- Executive
- Dražen Karakašić Član Uprave (Member of the Management Board)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
PBZ Card and Nexi Croatia began a card acceptance partnership, with Nexi Croatia becoming the acquirer and PBZ Card acting on its behalf.
pbzcard.hr ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- IEN112
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- ca523b608942
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- E-Money / Stored Value Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- Croatia · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2011-12-16
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Privredna Banka Zagreb - Dioničko Društvo · Croatia549300ZHFZ4CSK7VS460 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Intesa Sanpaolo SPA · Italy2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08 ↗
The Intesa Sanpaolo SPA group has 39 institutions in the directory, in 32 countries: 38 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including Intesa Sanpaolo SPA, Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking SPA, Privredna Banka Zagreb D.D, Banka Intesa Sanpaolo D.D., Intesa Sanpaolo SPA Filiale Frankfurt.
See the Intesa Sanpaolo SPA group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Radnička cesta 44, ZAGREB, 10000
- Country
- Croatia
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>5493001T7NJUN529UI86</LEI>
<Nm>PBZ CARD d.o.o.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>10000</PstCd>
<TwnNm>ZAGREB</TwnNm>
<Ctry>HR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Radnička cesta 44</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>- CBPR+ does not accept the character č in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending.
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The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
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An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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