INVESTMENT DATE
    August 2022

    Company Profile

    Numia is an e-payment services company providing card issuing and merchant acquiring services. Set up as an IMEL (Istituto di Moneta Elettronica) it manages c. 4.1 mln payment cards and 214k POS.

    The Investment

    The FSI investment, pursued in partnership with Iccrea Group (3rd largest banking group in Italy, including 128 affiliated “BCCs” banks and 2,500 branches), aims to scale up the business and create an independent player to address mid-size banks.

    Numia operates an asset-light business model with growth potential provided by product offer enlargement potential, penetration upside on banking network, and e-payment usage uptake in Italy (currently significantly below European average)..