Italy

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €220 million in financing to Nexi Group, Europe’s largest PayTech company, to support innovation in the digital payments sector. The agreement was announced today in Milano by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina Vigliotti and Nexi Group CFO Bernardo Mingrone.

Viveracqua has made a fifth bond issue of €200 million as part of the Hydrobond initiative. Since 2014, and thanks to this latest placement, the total amount of investments activated for the modernisation and efficiency of the integrated water service infrastructure in Veneto will rise to around 2 billion. The issue was fully subscribed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), Kommunalkredit Austria AG (Kommunalkredit) and Banca Popolare dell’Alto Adige (Volksbank) with SACE’s Archimede guarantee. Banca Finint acted as arranger and placement agent.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €97 million finance contract with Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) and Libeccio S.r.l., a special purpose vehicle owned by Fabbrica Energie Rinnovabili Alternative S.r.l. (FERA) and Byom S.r.l. The aim of this financing is to build a new wind farm in Sicily covering the energy needs of over 56 000 Italian households, contributing to the energy transition and to the achievement of the REPowerEU objectives.