Worldline Greece named “Acquirer of the Year” and wins 7 awards at the Digital Finance Awards 2026

This top distinction, combined with multiple awards across its products and services, confirms the company’s leading role in the digital payments ecosystem and its contribution to delivering modern payment solutions that support business growth.

At the Digital Finance Awards 2026, Worldline Greece received:

3 Gold awards in the categories:

• Best Acquirers' Platform & Embedded Finance Services for its EVC solution.
• Best Merchant Onboarding – Enhancing Lifecycle Management Initiative for merchant-shop.gr, the online platform offering all payment solutions to merchants.
• Merchants’ Innovative POS & Checkout Experience for Split Bill POS functionality.

3 Silver awards in the categories:

• Best Digital Product for All in One Platform that turns any Android POS to cashier
• Best Acquirers-to-Merchants Payments Services for Live-Pay, the platform to accept payments onlin
• Best Intelligent Operations, Observability & Customer Contact Platform for Gift Card, the loyalty solution for merchants.

Last but not least Smart POS app on iOS has also obtained a distinction as Best Paytech Solution

These awards reflect the breadth of Worldline’s integrated and unified payment solutions, covering both online and in-store transactions, delivering innovative capabilities for businesses of all sizes and accelerating their digital transformation.

Mr. Ioannis Kitixis, Managing Director & Country Head of Worldline in Greece, stated: “Being named Acquirer of the Year is a great honor for us and reflects the trust that Greek businesses place in Worldline’s solutions every day. At the same time, the multiple awards across our products and services highlight our team’s continuous commitment to developing innovative solutions that simplify transactions and create real value for merchants and their customers. We will continue to invest in technology and innovation, actively contributing to shaping the future of digital payments in Greece.”

Finally, it should be noted that during the ceremony Mr. Giannis Kordonis, the company’s Product Acceptance & Innovation Director, also received a special distinction. He is included in Netweek’s Fintech 20 Under 40 list, which aims to highlight the new generation of executives who are shaping the future of financial services.

With a clear vision to advance digital transactions and support Greek entrepreneurship, Worldline Greece continues to develop solutions that enhance business competitiveness and contribute to economic growth.

Worldline, the No.1 payment services provider in Europe, operates in more than 40 countries and supports over 1 million merchants and 1,200 banks and financial institutions globally.

About Worldline

Worldline is Europe's leading operator of critical infrastructure and payment services. With a presence across the entire value chain, the Group offers its customers unique expertise in processing and securing their payments, thereby promoting their growth. Worldline is leveraging its 2030 strategic plan and its technological innovation capabilities to build the European reference payment partner for merchants and financial institutions. With over 1.2 million customers, Worldline achieved €4bn in revenue in 2025. worldline.com

Worldline’s corporate purpose (“raison d’être”) is to design and operate leading digital payment and transactional solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies. Worldline makes them environmentally friendly, widely accessible, and supports social transformation.

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