Constantinos Kakas
Country Manager | Cyprus at Trust Payments- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Introduction to Electronic Processing
Electronic Transactions Association -
PCI Awarness Course
PCI Security Standards Council
Experience
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Trust Payments
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Country Manager | Cyprus
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Nov 2022 - Present
Trust Payments is a global unified payments group for global pay-in, pay-out and customer journey technologies. Our leading-edge Converged Commerce™ platform brings Storefront, Payments, Loyalty and Data Management together in one flexible, secure solution. It uses disruptive technologies, including Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, for frictionless transactions, new application development and to manage risk for our customers – both today and tomorrow. Our mission is to help businesses to optimise their sales and customer experience through facilitating speedy and seamless payments, loyalty, and data management creating truly Converged Commerce. Show less
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Viva Wallet (vivawallet.com)
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Greece
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Country Manager | Cyprus
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Nov 2018 - Nov 2022
Viva Wallet is a technologically innovative, fully integrated, self-developed payment provider and the first European PSP entirely cloud-based, over Microsoft Azure. Viva Wallet is a licensed Principal Member of MasterCard and Visa for acquiring and issuing services with direct connectivity to the Card Schemes and provides processing services through its own platform. By harnessing its strong technological capacity, and over 18 years of expertise in developing transaction-based applications for banks and other institutions, Viva Wallet is a highly competent “digital payments factory” offering to European businesses innovative and smart services; as also providing card issuing for business debit cards and IBAN-enabled payment accounts. It is a licensed e-money Institution, based on the provisions of European Commission’s PSD1 and PSD2 directives and has passported its e-money license across the entire EEA-31 region. Duties: Responsible for the Cypriot expansion of Viva Wallet - a licensed e-money institution for operations in the EEA-31 region by the Bank of Greece. • Taking on the full P&L responsibility of the Cyprus activities • Lead and coach 12 people for Cyprus (Sales, Affiliates & Back-office team) • Manage the acquisition channels in collaboration • Develop and promote the brands by exploiting all the opportunities in the market • Manage the Above the line campaigns to increase the notoriety of the brand through various funnels • Drive the negotiations with local marketing partners (on and offline) • Work in alignment/collaborate with the HQ team (Marketing, Finance, HR, Sales via Agile methodology) to ensure efficiency and transfer knowledge to Cyprus – of course by taking into account the local needs. • Extending a strong professional network in the local area • Reporting directly to the Director International Development Show less
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ISX Financial
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Merchant Services Consultant
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Dec 2017 - Aug 2018
• Counseling the Paydentity solution that incorporates real time electronic verification which converges authenticated remote payments with Know Your Customer (KYC) verification. • Successfully managed to on-board several clients that were linked to the high risk industry (Mostly Forex or Gambling) • Up-selling several alternative payment methods that were integrated within the clients deposit pages in order to further increase revenues. •Reviewed constantly the customer feedback and then suggested ways to upper-management in order to improve our processes and customer satisfaction levels. Show less
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Elavon, Inc.
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Development Manager
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Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
• Approaching new leads that were provided by the Santanders bank branch managers from all around the UK. • Setting new outbound campaigns based on companies marketing actions • Develop existing client portfolio of the company with cross-selling approach • Contract Negotiation and Finalization • Commission Negotiation Responsible for setting monthly basis goals based on company's different services and products • Desktop and Mobile PCI-DSS compliant checkout solutions (CnP transactions) • POS provider with Mobile / Counter Top/ Wireless Terminals (CP transactions) Account Management for the biggest Key Account Clients • Manage the entire process of identifying and securing partnerships with key clients from research to contractual agreement • Identify and build strategic and profitable relationships with key clients based on PnL criteria Show less
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Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB) - Ομοσπονδία Εργοδοτών & Βιομηχάνων (ΟΕΒ)
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Cyprus
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Apr 2014 - Jan 2015
o Research of socio-economic actions in Cyprus and abroad to advise the government and the boarder business sector o Cooperate with the state and other institutions to build advisory reports in order to monitor future results and compare to previous ones. o Arranging meetings with organizations in order to discuss their needs and understand how their business could save energy and at the same time money. o Research of socio-economic actions in Cyprus and abroad to advise the government and the boarder business sector o Cooperate with the state and other institutions to build advisory reports in order to monitor future results and compare to previous ones. o Arranging meetings with organizations in order to discuss their needs and understand how their business could save energy and at the same time money.
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Summer Internship 3 Months
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Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
- Preparation of several waste management reports - Visiting certain recycling factories to check their operation - Help to prepare several events to promote sustainable waste management - Preparation of several waste management reports - Visiting certain recycling factories to check their operation - Help to prepare several events to promote sustainable waste management
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Education
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2012 - 2013
University of Surrey
MsC in Sustainable Development, Merit -
2009 - 2012
University of Surrey
Undergraduate Degree in Business Management -
2003 - 2006
Greek European School of Philips, Nicosia (Cyprus)
Lyceum Diploma -
2000 - 2003
Greek European School of Philips, Nicosia (Cyprus)
Gymnasium Diploma
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