our story

2022

viacouponing, the second product of the viafintech portfolio, is launched beginning of the year. In cooperation with the VDZ (Association of German Newspapers), viacouponing marks the beginning of the new age of couponing, in which merchants can manage their coupons digitally and 100% automatically.

2021

At the beginning of the year viafintech continues its European expansion: In Spain, the Bon Preu Group and CSQ Non Stop Shops, two retailers with almost 3000 partner branches, go live. Thanks to the cooperation with Carrefour Italy, the Italian partner network grows up to over 1000 POS. N26 expands the CASH26 service also to Greece and Spain.The gas stations of Q1 extend the German retail network and C24 Bank joins the banking network. In November also the official takeover of viafintech by the Paysafe Group takes place. It accelerates the growth in Germany and other key markets.

2020

With PENNY Market Italia joining, the network in Italy is now counting almost 600 POS. Moreover, the City of Cologne is continuing its pilot project with us, so that since July it is possible to pay parking tickets in the retail trade. In addition, Greece is part of the network since November with 110 Bazaar shops, which means that the European brand is continuing to grow. Since the beginning of December, we are presenting ourselves under the new company name viafintech GmbH. In Germany and Austria, the product name is also changing from Barzahlen to Barzahlen/viacash, the first step towards soon appearing with a uniform European brand.

2019

viafintech significantly extends its POS network in Europe: In Austria, the REWE International AG goes live with the trade partners BILLA, BIPA, MERKUR and Penny. At the beginning of February, the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) implement our service in all their ticket machines. Finally, in may the first non-German-speaking country joins the network: In Italy, we onboard PAM Panorama as a retailer and the two banks N26 and Hype as merchants. Later in the year also PAM Local Stores offer viafintech services. Furthermore, two banks join in 2019: Targobank and bunq. In 2019, we launch our international brand viacash that will replace the german brand Barzahlen in the long-term.

2018

Rossmann, Germany’s second-largest drugstore chain, joins our retail-partner network. Furthermore, Barzahlen launches in Austria with dm and N26 as first partners – a cornerstone for the company’s internationalization process

2017

Additional banks use our independent infrastructure for expanding their own branch network, for example Sparda Banken and the first Sparkasse.

2016

The GRENKE BANK AG invests in viafintech. In 2016 the focus is on going live with the banking solution for withdrawals and deposits from and to private bank accounts. Challenger bank N26 as well as the German DKB start offering the new service right away.

2015

viafintech expands its services to other industries and sectors and is now actively involved in dunning, insurance and telecommunication. Additionally a solution for banking deposits and withdrawals is introduced. By the end of 2015 the retail-partner network in Germany is joined by about 3000 REWE stores.

2014

viafintech’s prominent German product Barzahlen is honoured as the best payment service 2014 and awarded with the IT Innovation Award. Our online shop network grows to several thousand: Over 7000 online-shops, travel and gaming providers use our service.

2013

On Wednesday, 13th March 2013 the network goes live in Germany. In addition to first mover dm drogerie markt (1,390 POS), real,- supermarkets and mobilcom-debitel shops join the retail-network in the course of the year. On top of online-shops and the gaming industry, the first customer from the energy supply sector joins forces: Stadtwerke Düsseldorf.

2012

The company’s first product “Barzahlen” is under development. The year 2012 was used for successful cash register integration at dm, real,- and mobilcom-debitel and the first online merchants are also on board. The ALSTIN group is investing in the successful development of the company.

2011

The company is founded as Cash Payment Solutions in August 2011 by Achim Bönsch, Sebastian Seifert and Florian Swoboda.

Management

Sebastian Seifert

Sales & Business Development (Founder)

Sebastian Seifert is in charge of the divisions Sales, PR/Marketing and Business Development.

Achim Bönsch

Distribution & International Expansion (Founder)

Achim Bönsch is responsible for the international expansion, our retail partnerships as well as the HR department.

Andreas Veller

Finance & Operations

Andreas Veller is accountable for the finance, operations, product and legal department as well as for the IT. He is the former founder of Shopwings and worked as a consultant in the banking sphere. At McKinsey he managed the IT restructuration of a retail bank and a post merger integration in the banking sector.

TEAM

Behind great leaders is a great team

Business

Pedro Borges

Sales Iberia, Latin America & France

Pedro leads the viafintech business in Iberia, Latin America and France. Before joining the team, he worked in Finance at Procter & Gamble for 6 years, bringing combined knowledge of the finance and the retail sectors together with a sharp focus on consumer needs. He holds an Economics Degree from the University of Porto and a Master in Finance & Strategy from WHU.

Lena Vock

Sales Switzerland & Austria, Banking Sales DACH

Lena takes care of further expanding our network in Switzerland and Austria and works mainly from Zurich. She has many years of experience as an in-house consultant and in the area of strategic digitalization at Credit Suisse. Lena has a master’s degree in economics and business administration from the University of Zurich.

Weina Wang

Sales Retail, Bill and Online Payment Sales DACH

Weina is responsible for the stationary partners of viafintech, in particular for the further development of the network in Europe. The versatile project manager previously worked in management consulting at Accenture and at Volkswagen in China for several years.

Sergio Kvaternik

Sales Spain

Sergio is in charge of viafintech in Spain. He has developed his career in corporate finance for banks and private equity funds, at PwC Deals; as well as growing startups as Head of Business Development and International Expansion at Billin. He holds two degrees in Law and Business Administration, with experiences at the University of Toronto in Canada, and at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.

Filip Surowiak

Sales UK

Filip is leading viafintech’s expansion into the UK market. He has a track record of setting strategy and bringing new financial products to the market. He managed and grew the online and retail business at Travelex and then International Currency Exchange. Filip is also co-founder of Crozdesk, a SaaS marketplace, and holds a business degree from Warwick Business School.

Anna Szczygielska

Sales Central Eastern Europe

Anna’s main task is to introduce viafintech to the Polish market. She joined the company in 2019 after having spent 10+ years working for the top consulting companies, such as EY, Accenture and PwC. Anna managed multiple projects worldwide. She is an ACCA Member and holds a master’s degree in Economics.

Janusz Buttgereit

Sales Insurances, Telco, Housing

Janusz is in charge of insurance, telecommunications and housing customers. The payment specialist has many years of work experience. Before joining viafintech he worked for Sofort AG, Paysafecard and Clickandbuy.

Madleen Naethler

Sales E-Commerce and Payment Collection

As Senior Key Account Manager Madleen covers all ecommerce and debt collection accounts. She holds a degree in business economics and has several years of experience in consulting working for Creditsafe and tecis financial services.

Frank Weinmann

Sales Utilities and Public Sector

The former chairman of the management board of Energie SaarLorLux AG heads the Utilities and Public Sector of viafintech and has statutory authority. Frank brings in several years of experience in business development, change management and consultancy in the energy sector.

Operations

Michael Bernstein

Finance & Accounting

Michael is responsible for Finance and Accounting. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business administration from HWR Berlin. Prior to viafintech Michael worked for several finance departments such as financial accounting, accounts payable and treasury in different industries.

Ulrike Czekay

PR & Marketing

Ulrike deals with all corporate communication topics at viafintech. After her studies of media, music and cultural sciences at HU Berlin she gained longstanding experience as a PR consultant in a PR and Lobbying agency and worked for several Start-ups.

Thomas Lewicki, LL.M.

Legal

Thomas is leading the legal department at viafintech. After studying law (specialized in International Corporate Law), Thomas worked as a Legal Counsel at BIOTRONIK. He also gained experience at ISiCO data protection where he worked as a data protection officer for several fintech companies.

Daniel Rzesnitzek

HR

Daniel heads the HR department at viafintech and is responsible for all topics related to HR management, HR development, culture and people happiness. After completing his Master’s degree in Business Economics at the OVGU in Magdeburg, he then worked in recruiting at viafintech before taking over as head of the team. During his time in recruiting, he contributed significantly to the company’s biggest growth phase.

Tobias Schoknecht

Software Engineering

Tobias is leading the Software Engineering department at viafintech. He holds a Masters degree in Practical Computer Science. Over the years at viafintech he has shaped the direction of the Software Engineering department and the system architecture.

Martin Seener

System Administration

Martin leads the system administration department and is responsible for the data centre and the in-house environment. He has been working for viafintech for 10 years and previously worked as a system administrator for netzXperts and Dualis Search Solution and managed various system environments there.

Philipp Wiegel

Product

Philipp heads the technology departments of viafintech – including Software Engineering, System Administration, Product and Solutions. Philipp’s background is in software development. He was a product manager in numerous companies and gained several years of experience as an entrepreneur.

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