Retail Innovation Hub by Cardlink: Launch of the Business Factory and invitation to technology solution providers to shape the future of Retail together.
Press Release
July 26th, 2022
Retail Innovation Hub by Cardlink: Launch of the Business Factory and invitation to technology solution providers to shape the future of Retail together.
Cardlink, with its strategic partner Found.ation, has created the open innovation program “Retail Innovation Hub” since September 2021, which carries out a series of initiatives aimed at bringing together retail experts, start-ups and technology companies to jointly shape the future of Retail in the digital era.
The Retail Innovation Hub has already organized two successful workgroups with top Greek business executives, which resulted in two significant and free of charge Insights Reports that provide a unique opportunity of learning the latest trends in Retail sector from industry experts. Devoted to its purpose of helping companies through innovative products and services, Cardlink, within the framework of the Retail Innovation Hub, implements the Business Factory, a structured and flexible project which aims at promoting new business ideas, innovative products and services, so that they can be developed and implemented in a real environment.
The Business Factory invites experts, startups and technology solution providers to submit their idea and be a part of the action, in order to develop new, innovative tech products and services that will improve the customer experience by essentially linking the retail industry with an innovative ecosystem, and thus evolving the whole industry.
Driven by innovation, Cardlink, a Worldline brand, that is a global leader in payment services, has been investing, in the recent years, in supporting start-ups and the innovation ecosystem, as well as in the constant research on and commitment to the application of cutting-edge technology in its products and services.
The Insights Reports are available on the website of Retail Innovation Hub and provide useful information about the latest trends in the industry.
Companies interested participating in the Retail Innovation Hub initiative, Business Factory, can register here.
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 20,000 employees in more than 50 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
