Cash, postal cheques, money transfers from bank branches on working days and hours, when there was a need, have been combined with summer holidays for the older generations. But the last decade was capable of changing everything and definitively in the field of payments and transactions, both during the summer holidays and in general. “Few […]
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The use of plastic and digital money is expanding – Even for transactions under 2 euros
Deals with debit cards as well as with digital money continue to experience great growth, even for purchases under two euros. “The number of consumers who pay for their coffee with a debit card is now higher than those who pay with cash,” says a coffee owner in downtown Athens. Something that happens now almost […]
St. Kambouridou (DIAS): Over 1 million users transfer money to friends with IRIS
There are over 1 million users of the IRIS service with which we can transfer money to our friends knowing only a phone number, without IBAN, from our bank’s mobile app in a few seconds. According to the data presented by the CEO of DIAS Mr. Stavroula Kambouridou at the conference “Future of Retail 2022” […]
Robinhood acquires British cryptocurrency and payment company Ziglu
Robinhood has reached an agreement to acquire Ziglu, a London-based cryptocurrency and payment systems company, in a move that ends the long “pause” of the US financial company’s international expansion. The acquisition will provide Robinhood with a platform that allows customers to buy and sell 11 cryptocurrencies, as well as transfer and spend money internationally, […]
Changes in buying behavior and new consumer payment habits
The further strengthening of the upward trends in the payments through debit cards, is the key feature in the shopping habits of the consumers during the last two years of the pandemic. To facilitate trade during the pandemic and to limit consumers’ physical contact with the terminal keyboard at points of sale, the limit on […]
DIAS: 150% increase in online money transfers between individuals
By Leonidas Stergiou More than 320 billion euros, ie twice the country’s GDP, will pass through the national body clearing transactions DIAS in 2021, according to the CEO of the company Mrs. Stavroula Kambouridou. In contrast to 2020, when there was a marginal increase in the value of transactions, compared to 2019, in the first […]