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Viva Wallet secures $80 million financing

Viva Wallet, a pan-European neobank providing localised payment and credit services to businesses across 23 European countries, has secured additional financing of $80 million from several technology and financial services investors, including Tencent, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Breyer Capital.

28 April 2021

Company announcement/payments

Viva Wallet partners with PrestaShop to bring smart payments to merchants

Viva Wallet, the Pan-European Neobank with a presence in 23 countries, and  PrestaShop,  one of the leading open-source e-commerce platforms, announced a new collaboration that will allow thousands of online merchants across Europe and the UK to accept fully localized payments in a few clicks, through the new Viva Wallet module.

16 March 2021

Company announcement/payments

Viva Wallet debuts API for PSD2-compliant marketplace transactions

Viva Wallet’s PSD2-compliant payment solution for online marketplaces removes the requirement for them to become licensed providers of regulated payment services.

25 November 2020

Company announcement

Viva Wallet connects to Google Pay

Today, Viva Wallet, the European digital-first payments provider, is announcing its customers can now enjoy the benefits of Google Pay, the most popular mobile payment method for Android users.

27 October 2020

Company announcement/payments

JCB and Viva Wallet expand collaboration across Europe

JCB and Viva Wallet announce the extension of their partnership will enable contact and contactless payment between Viva Wallet’s European merchants and JCB’s 140 million cardmembers in both face-to-face and online commerce transactions.

25 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

Viva Wallet brings Apple Pay to customers

Viva Wallet, a global, fully cloud-based digital payments factory, today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — and uses the power of iPhone to protect every transaction.

18 August 2020

News/payments

Viva Wallet seeks €500 million fundraising – Reuters

Greek payments firm Viva Wallet has hired investment bank Jeffries to advise on the €500 million fundraising just weeks after officially acquiring Praxia Bank’s banking license.

17 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

Viva Wallet acquires banking licence

Viva Wallet has officially acquired the banking license of Praxia Bank on 3rd August after the completion of the share purchase agreement between AMC Oak (Shareholder) and Viva Wallet Holdings (purchaser).

04 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

Viva Wallet and WooCommerce team on smart payments

WooCommerce, the popular e-commerce platform developed by Automattic, has teamed up with Viva Wallet to offer a free Pan-European native payments gateway solution.

27 July 2020

Company announcement/payments

Viva Wallet ties up with ClearBank for UK market

Viva Wallet, the European cloud-based digital payments provider, has selected ClearBank as its banking provider in the UK.

13 July 2020

News

Bob Diamond's digital challenger Praxia in fire sale to Viva Wallet

Bob Diamond's attempt to build a Greek digital challenger bank has come to an ignominious end, with the sale of Praxia Bank to payments processor Viva Wallet following an intervention by the country's central bank.

28 January 2020

Company announcement

Viva Wallet strikes deal with Belgium's Bancontact

Viva Wallet, known as the first European cloud-based digital payments provider based on Microsoft Azure, now offers acquiring services for Bancontact Payconiq Company, the Belgium-based innovator and company behind the well-known Bancontact payment scheme.

09 September 2019