The 1st cycle of Business Factory has been completed successfully
Press Release
December 20th, 2022
The 1st cycle of Business Factory has been completed successfully
Cardlink, a member of Worldline, the leader in the European payment and transaction management services market, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 1st cycle of the Business Factory, the structured and flexible project that the company implements to promote new business ideas, innovative products and services.
The company, investing in supporting startup entrepreneurship, has created with Found.ation as a strategic partner, the Retail Innovation Hub, an innovation ecosystem dedicated to the continuous search and implementation of cutting-edge technologies, which brings together retail experts, startups and technology companies to jointly shape the future of Retail in the digital era.
In the context of the Retail Innovation Hub, Business Factory invited experts, startups and technology solution providers to submit their idea and participate in the 1st cycle of the program, in order to develop, in collaboration with Cardlink, new technology products and services that will improve customer experience, providing innovative solutions to the challenges the retail industry is facing.
Of the teams that registered for the programme, eight qualified for the second phase. After careful consideration of the submitted ideas and interviews with each team, four companies made it through to the final phase of the 1st cycle: Throo, Finclude, Shiplemon and Simpler. Their innovative ideas are being studied in depth in collaboration with Cardlink to jointly develop products that will add value to the company’s customers while contributing to the evolution of the retail industry as a whole.
Cardlink would like to thank all the companies that participated in the 1st cycle and invites all those interested to participate, as the Retail Innovation Hub remains open to new ideas throughout the year. The 2nd cycle of the Business Factory is expected to open in 2023, aiming to play a catalytic role in boosting innovation in the payments sector in Greece.
About Cardlink
Cardlink was founded in 2004 and is the largest payment service provider in Greece with more than 290,000 POS, 25,000 e-Commerce stores and 400 million transactions per year. Cardlink helps businesses with their day-to-day transactions with quality, security and speed. The Cardlink team monitors developments in the field of electronic payments and adopts the latest technologies and services that continuously improve the trading experience in physical and electronic commerce. Since September 2021, Cardlink has been a Worldline company, a leader in the European payments and transaction management services market.
About Worldline
Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is a global leader in the payments industry and the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks and acquirers. Powered by 18,000 employees in more than 40 countries, Worldline provides its clients with sustainable, trusted and innovative solutions fostering their growth. Services offered by Worldline include in-store and online commercial acquiring, highly secure payment transaction processing and numerous digital services. In 2021 Worldline generated a proforma revenue close to 4 billion euros.
Contact
Cardlink: Margarita Rosmari, tel. +30 210 6100674, email: pr@cardlink.gr
Aia Relate: Katerina Kaskouti, tel. +30 210 7418908, email: kaskouti@aea.gr
