Italy's Nexi in talks to buy stake in Alpha Bank's payment business - sources

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21/05/2021 09:32

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    MILAN, May 21 (Reuters) - Italian payments group Nexi
 NEXII.MI  is in talks with Alpha Bank to take a stake in the
Greek bank's payment business, four sources close to the matter
said on Friday.
    Nexi, which is in the process of merging with smaller
domestic rival SIA, would invest in the business setting up a
joint-venture with Alpha, two of the sources said.
    Alpha, Nexi and SIA all declined to comment.
    Separately, two of the sources said SIA was also in
discussions to buy Greece's payment network firm Cardlink. 
    News of the two transactions was first reported by MF.

 (Reporting by Valentina Za, Elisa Anzolin and Steve Jewkes in
Milan; George Giorgiopolous in Athens, editing by Maria Pia
Quaglia)
 ((valentina.za@thomsonreuters.com; +39 02 6612 9526;))