JPMorgan has acquired a 49% stake in European FinTech Viva Wallet.
In Brief:
Viva Wallet is a cloud-based payments business.
Based in Greece, it supports SMEs across 23 countries.
Its services include merchant cash advance, bill pay, expense management, loyalty and more.
What does this mean?
The investment is part of a $12bn commitment JPMorgan has made to invest in technology this year. It follows an investment in Volkswagen’s payments arm VW Payments.