Mellon Group of Companies

Mellon is a multinational group offering technology solutions and outsourcing services to facilitate and secure the transactions of organizations with strong consumer business, including financial institutions, telecommunications service providers, public utilities, governmental organizations and retail chains.

Headquartered in Athens, Greece, Mellon has over 2,800 employees and is present in 12 countries in the wider region of Central and South-Eastern Europe:

Company

Founded

Location

Mellon Technologies

1994

Athens, Greece

Mellon Contact Services

1997

Athens, Greece

Mellon Cyprus

2000

Nicosia, Cyprus

Mellon International

2001

Athens, Greece

Mellon Romania and OCCO

2001

Bucharest, Romania

Mellon Bulgaria

2001

Sofia, Bulgaria

Mellon Serbia

2001

Belgrade, Serbia

Mellon Solutions

2003

Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Mellon Albania

2004

Tirana, Albania

Mellon Poland

2006

Warsaw, Poland

Mellon Egypt*

2007

Cairo, Egypt

Mellon Ukraine

2007

Kiev, Ukraine

BlueSphere

2007

Athens, Greece

Mellon Turkey*

2008

Istanbul, Turkey

Mellon Employment Services

2012

Athens, Greece

Mellon Solutions Kosovo Branch

2013

Pristina, Kosovo

  • small offices for future development

Business activities

Mellon has five core business activities:

Technology Solutions that help organizations increase their profitability, minimize risk and enhance customer experience at the point of contact (at the branch, over the internet, over the phone, at the store, in the mail). Mellon represents industry leaders and innovators, including Gemalto, Diebold, Fiserv, Ingenico, Thales e-Security, NemoQ, Neopost, Altitude Software, Robur and Fireking.

Our Support Services involve two key capabilities, the provision of value-added service plans for Mellon’s solutions and the development of custom support services and software solutions that address an urging market/customer need.

Call Center Services that provide organizations with one resource and the necessary expertise for domestic telephony-enabled services. These services cover both inbound and outbound campaigns on three key areas –collections, telemarketing and customer support.

Business Process Management Services that draw from specialized sources including know-how, processes, human resources and technologies to effectively undertake complex and demanding outsourced projects.

Processing Services including the provision and management of integrated solutions and applications for value added card-based and/or pos-based transactions.

History

Mellon was established in 1994 in Greece with the inauguration of the parent company of the Group, Mellon Technologies. At the time the consumer credit was deregulated, new private banks established and the Greek financial market started a rapid growth in retail banking. Mellon was there to provide the necessary solutions and services that would enable banks to create a competitive edge and introduce consumer credit products with fast time-to-market.

As consumer credit matured, so did Mellon’s offering enhanced with outsourced, value added services such as telemarketing, business process outsourcing and debt management and collections to enable its customers to grow fast at low operating costs.

In parallel, similar opportunities arose in the regions of Central & SE Europe and Northern Africa, where retail banking started to emerge around the beginning of this century. Mellon, capitalizing on the experience of the Greek market, has expanded to the aforementioned geographical areas offering to financial institutions know-how, capabilities and valuable experience in the life-cycle of payments and consumer credit.

Country firsts

In the past 20 years Mellon has achieved significant country firsts:

2012

First prepaid (gift) cards in the Republic of Macedonia

2012

First contactless smart cards & stickers deployments in Greece & Cyprus

2012

First touch screen ATM installation in Bulgaria

2011

First large-scale installation of queuing systems in Poland

2011

First outsourced premiums payment management project in Greece

2008

Implementation of the first instant issuing project in Ukraine

2008

First outsourced cheque management project in Greece

2007

First chip-card–based fleet management scheme in Serbia

2007

Banks migration to EMV standards in the Republic of Macedonia

2006

Banks migration to EMV standards in Cyprus

2002

First chip-card–based fleet management scheme in Greece

2002

Banks migration to EMV standards in Greece

2000

First eftPOS deployment in Tax offices in Greece

1999

First smart-card–based loyalty scheme in Greece

Awards

2013

Mellon Solutions was distinguished under the category Best Community Spirit at the Contact Center World Awards - EMEA region

2013

Mellon Poland was distinguished under the category Best Outsourcing Partnership at the Contact Center World Awards - EMEA region

2013

BlueSphere was distinguished under the category Best Outbound Campaign at the Contact Center World Awards - EMEA region

2013

Mellon Poland was a finalist under the category “Best BPO Firm of the Year” of the first "Poland Outsourcing and Shared Services Awards"

2012

Mellon Bulgaria was distinguished under the category Best Outbound Campaign in the Contact Center World Awards - EMEA region

2011

Mellon Ukraine was awarded at the Ukrainian Competition “Professional Award In Banking Technologies, Equipment And Services – 2011” at the category "Best Equipment For Plastic Card Personalization

2010

Mellon Technologies was awarded at the Horizon Trophy competition organized by Credit Agricole to honor suppliers who have taken noteworthy initiatives in the area of sustainable development

2010

Mellon Contact Services receives the bronze award under the category 'Best Contact Center (250+) of the 5th Annual Contact Center Worlds Awards - EMEA region

2009

Mellon Poland receives the prestigious Ruban d’ Honneur accolade under the category “The Atradius Growth Strategy of the Year Award” of the European Business Awards 2009

2008

Mellon Technologies was awarded during the Greek ICT Awards of the 10th Greek ICT Forum

2008

Mellon Group of Companies receives the bronze award under the category 'Best Community Spirit' of the 3rd Annual Contact Center World Awards - EMEA region

2008

Mellon Contact Services (then Mellon Collection Services) was ranked 12th in the top 20 of the 2008 Best Workplaces Hellas list

2007

Mellon Group of Companies, represented by Nicos Petrakopoulos, President and Managing Director of the Group, is placed among the ten finalists of the 2008 European Business Awards’ «The Entrepreneur of the Year» category 2007 The outstanding employment and business growth of Mellon Financial Products Support and Mellon Contact Services (then Mellon Collection Services) earns the two companies a place in the 2007 Europe’s 500 List

2007

Mellon Romania scoops 4 awards at the 2nd Annual Contact Center World Awards, 'Best of the Best in EMEA'

2007

Fintrust receives the International Award For Prestige And Quality from Actualidad

2007

Mellon Contact Services (then Mellon Collection Services) is included in the top 20 of the Best Workplaces Hellas list

2006

Mellon Contact Services (then Mellon Collection Services) is included in the top 100 of the 500 fastest growing European companies of the Europe’s 500 list

2006

Mellon Technologies is nominated at the ‘The International Business Awards’ category of The Stevies for its international business activities

2002

Mellon Technologies is included in the Europe’s 500 list with the 500 fastest growing companies in Europe, regardless of sector

2002

2002 Mellon Technologies receives the International Quality Crown Award in recognition of its outstanding commitment to quality and excellence