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CaixaBank, Global Payments partner for Central, Eastern European joint venture with Erste Group Bank

Tuesday 28 July 2015 11:54 CET | News

CaixaBank, Global Payments and Erste Group Bank AG have entered an agreement to form a joint venture to provide merchant acquiring and payment services in three core locations in Central and Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.

Global Payments and CaixaBank will pay EUR 30 million in cash to acquire a 51% majority ownership in the venture, while Erste Group will contribute its existing merchant acquiring businesses in each of the three countries to the joint venture and will hold a 49% interest.

In recent news, MasterCard has unveiled the launch of a product that focuses on the unbanked of Brazil, representing a big step toward financial inclusion.


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