Viva Wallet in a financing of $80 million backed by Tencent, EBRD and Breyer Capital.

Viva Wallet, an Athens, Greece-based payment provider, announced that it secured a financing round totalling $80 million.

The money was raised from a range of investors including Tencent, EBRD and Breyer Capital.

Viva Wallet, founded in 2000 by CEO Haris Karonis, includes VivaWallet Holding SA (parent of the group, former Realize SA), a leader in IT transaction systems, Viva Electronic Services SA (B2C services) and Viva Payment Services. Viva Payments is the only e-money institution in Greece which operates as Principal Member of MasterCard and Visa. The company offers payment services in 23 European markets and plans soon to expand to Croatia, Hungary and Sweden.