Banksys N.V. (or Banksys SA) was a Belgian
payment processor
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owned by Belgian banks.
It was formed in 1989 through the merge of ATM/
POS
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networks of
Bancontact and
Mister cash. It also developed the
Proton system, which was later spun-off into Proton World International.
The Belgian antitrust authority noted that Banksys was too dominant in the market for payment services. The
Union of Self-Employed Entrepreneurs {{unreferenced, date=February 2012
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noted in 2003 that this issue has not been fixed Banksys was merged with Atos Worldline at the end of 2006, together with the Bank Card Company.
See also
*
Interpay
*
EquensWorldline
References
External links
* on the
Internet Archive
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* https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/ecbbluebookea200708en.pdf
Defunct companies of Belgium
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