Nexi Becomes Full Owner of Computop
he European PayTech Nexi Group today announced it has concluded the transaction for the remaining company shares of Germany-based payment service provider and omnichannel specialist Computop Paygate GmbH. Computop is still a stand-alone company within the Nexi Group.
Nexi hereby reinforces its strategic focus on Germany and the DACH region as a core market and e – commerce as a key growth driver. Computop’s strong market footprint, long-standing merchant relationships, and leading e-commerce and omnichannel payment capabilities are highly complementary to Nexi’s vision of enabling simple, seamless and secure payments across all channels and regions.
Thomas Spreitzer, CEO Nexi DACH: “After an increasingly close cooperation and Computop moving into the next development phase we will accelerate to utilise Computop’s potential with its strong omnichannel proposition for merchants and service providers – in Germany, the entire DACH region and beyond through expansion in relevant markets with the help of Nexi’s presence in more than 25 countries in Europe.”
The former owners withdraw from company governance, following the full acquisition by Nexi. Co-founder Ralf Gladis will hence handover his role as CEO to the current Managing Director and CSO at Computop, Stephan Kück.
Gladis commented: “A successful integration into the European PayTech Nexi Group, combined with an important role for Computop, is exactly what we as founders were aiming for when preparing for the exit. It’s now time for me to take my leave as CEO. Together with our employees I spent amazing 28 years to build and grow Computop to the German market leader it is today. I will now leave the management in the capable and experienced hands of Stephan Kück, Thomas Egglseder and Kenneth M. Overgaard-Nielsen. This management team is well positioned to navigate Computop safely through future challenges and enable further success.”
Spreitzer concluded: “We would particularly like to thank Ralf, the previous CEO and one of the founders of Computop, for his great commitment and his confidence that Computop has found a strong group of companies in Nexi that can further develop Computop. At the same time, we would like to thank Stephan for taking on the role as CEO of Computop steering into the next phase of collaboration that will allow us to further combine Computop’s omnichannel strength with Nexi’s scale and innovation power.”
The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price of the transaction.
