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Cardlink

Processor · Gateway

GreeceGreeceFounded 2004
Revenue
€44mas of 2024
Employees
120(financial year 1 January to 31 December 2024)
Headquarters
Neo Psychiko, Greece

What it does

Cardlink runs Greece's largest card acceptance network, providing POS terminals and network services for the country's systemic banks plus an e-commerce checkout platform, with merchant acquiring offered under the Cardlink one brand.

Ownership

Owned by
Worldline

Deals

  • May 2021·acquired by Worldline — Worldline acquired 92.5% of Cardlink SA, Greece's leading network services provider with above 240,000 POS, at a €155M enterprise value and ~€130M cash out at closing; CEO George Drimiotis kept 7.5% under a buy-back call
  • Jan 2015·acquired by Quest Holdings — Quest Holdings bought 100% of Cardlink S.A. in January 2015 through its subsidiary U-YOU for €15M in cash. Cardlink's own history says its founders Alpha Bank and Eurobank sold it to the Quest group and Edgepay Holdings.

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