Viva Wallet is a group of companies owning Viva.com [Vivabank], which is a Tech Bank for businesses with presence in 24 European countries.[3] In January 2022, international media reported that Viva Wallet was the first Greek unicorn startup[4] company after an agreement with JP Morgan Chase was announced.[5]
History
In 2000, Haris Karonis founded Realize SA in Athens, Greece, which initially operated as a software house. In 2006, Viva Services was founded and entered the voice over IP business and later travel services, followed in 2010 by an expansion to the e-ticketing market.
In 2011, Haris Karonis and Makis Antypas founded Viva Payments, which is licensed as a payment institution for the European Economic Area, following the transposition of the PSD2 in the Greek institutional framework.[6]