Real-time payment systems have transformed how individuals and businesses transact and manage their money around the globe by allowing users to transfer funds instantly without needing physical cash or checks. Users can transfer funds from anywhere, anytime, using their mobile devices or online banking....
J.P. Morgan plans to open both a new local head office and a new Payments Innovation Lab within that office in Athens, Greece. The new office will support the growth of the company’s businesses in the country and will be the new location for its...
Nexi, the Italian payments company, is working with Alpha, the Greek bank, to invest €100 million ($104 million) into the Greek digital payments market within five years, a report from Nasdaq said Monday (July 4). Nexi bought Alpha Bank’s merchants business last year for €157...
Payments firm Worldline on Thursday (June 30) said it has completed its previously announced acquisition of 80% of Eurobank Merchant Acquiring, which holds a 21% share of Greece’s merchant services business. Merchant acquiring services, sometimes called just acquiring services, process card payments for businesses, including...
April 04, 2023
Real-time payment systems have transformed how individuals and businesses transact and manage their money around the globe by allowing users to transfer funds instantly without needing physical cash or checks. Users can transfer funds from anywhere, anytime, using their mobile devices or online banking. This transformation has made payment systems more accessible and streamlined, […]
February 15, 2024
Viva Wallet’s founder is accusing J.P. Morgan — his company’s co-owner — of impeding the Greek FinTech’s growth. Haris Karonis, also the CEO of the payments company, has sued the banking giant for allegedly trying to push down its valuation, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Feb. 15), citing court documents. According to the report, […]
November 11, 2022
J.P. Morgan plans to open both a new local head office and a new Payments Innovation Lab within that office in Athens, Greece. The new office will support the growth...
July 04, 2022
Nexi, the Italian payments company, is working with Alpha, the Greek bank, to invest €100 million ($104 million) into the Greek digital payments market within five years, a report from...
June 30, 2022
Payments firm Worldline on Thursday (June 30) said it has completed its previously announced acquisition of 80% of Eurobank Merchant Acquiring, which holds a 21% share of Greece’s merchant services...
