Payment systems

Today, Facebook is expected to present its cryptocurrency. It is reported that the virtual currency will be convertible into dollars and euros.

The $ 1 billion project named "Libra" has been developed for over a year and has the support of over 12 corporations.

Unidentified assailants targeted a bank ATM in the Athens suburb of Aghios Dimitrios in the early hours of Monday, damaging the machine but causing no injuries.

According to the police, the assailants used dynamite to cause the explosion at the ATM at 4 a.m.

In its third post-bailout assessment published on Wednesday, the European Commission revealed an eightfold increase in card transactions in areas of Greece where stores are open most Sundays compared to the period before measures allowing shops to open on Sundays were introduced.

5 years ago, Bulgarians were paying mostly by card for items of higher value such as black and white goods. Last year, the focus clearly shifted to smaller daily payments, according to data from the Bulgarian digital phyre wallet.

SafeCharge International Group Limited, which fully owns Cyprus-based SafeCharge Limited, is set to merge with Canadian payments services provider Nuvei in a cash deal worth $889 million.

Greek holders of debit cards making withdrawals from cash machines of other banks will as of July 20 be charged a commission that will range from 2 to 3 euros per transaction.

This will bring these charges into line with those imposed since last summer on foreign bank clients using Greek cash machines.

Representatives of Turkish consumer organizations have argued that the total amount of credit card annual fees exceeds 6 billion Turkish Liras ($1 billion), demanding new regulations to end what they say is a burden on consumers' shoulders.

A group of unknown individuals smashed the glass front of a bank branch in central Thessaloniki late Thursday night.

The incident at National Bank occurred shortly before midnight at the corner of Vasilisis Olgas avenue and Zaharia Papantoniou Street.

The attackers were not able to damage the ATMs as they were protected behind the steel shutters. 

Four automated teller machines (ATM) were damaged in Athens overnight, police said Monday.
Shortly after 2 a.m., vandals tried to burn an ATM in Petralona, while another three machines were smashed later in the night in the district of Dafni.

Taxi drivers will be able to install points of sale (PoS) devices in their vehicles with the introduction of new legislation that will also bring changes to popular taxi-hailing apps like Beat.

With the installation of PoS devices customers will be able to pay for their taxi fare with a debit or credit card.