CBI shareholders approve €24 million for 2025-2028 strategic plan

CBI shareholders approve €24 million for 2025-2028 strategic plan - Trade Treasury Payments

Shareholders of CBI S.c.p.a. Società Benefit, a payments fintech, have approved a €24 million capital increase to fund its 2025-2028 strategic plan. The resolution was passed today during an Extraordinary General Meeting in London, granting the company’s Board of Directors the authority to proceed with both free and paid capital increases.

The new strategic plan is designed to strengthen CBI’s financial base while supporting long-term investment in digital infrastructure and open finance platforms. The capital injection is intended to help the firm respond to evolving regulatory, technological, and market conditions.

According to CBI leadership, the move will sustain its digital payments position and provide the financial flexibility needed to deliver on its strategic objectives to achieve economic and operational sustainability over the medium term.

The plan, which focuses on developing infrastructure that supports payment service providers, aims to enable new value-added services for instant payments. The company also reaffirmed its commitment to payments sector innovation while maintaining regulatory compliance as a Bank of Italy-supervised critical infrastructure provider.

Salvatore Maccarone, President of CBI, said, “This capital increase is a fundamental step in giving substance to our strategic vision and securing CBI’s long-term growth. It will enable us to strengthen our financial structure, enhance innovation in digital payments, and better serve financial institutions, technology providers, and public administrations. In an evolving market, this injection of capital will support key investments, ensuring we remain at the forefront of industry developments while maintaining a strong focus on security and efficiency. By reinforcing our capabilities, we can accelerate the adoption of instant payments, expand our offerings and support our users more effectively when facing future challenges.”

The capital increase will come from two sources. First, is a free capital increase through a partial allocation of retained earnings. Second is a paid capital increase where new shares will be offered to existing shareholders in two separate instalments at nominal value.

As of March 2025, CBI serves more than 450 financial institutions and payment service providers. It continues to operate under a Business-to-Business-to-Customer (B2B2C) model across transaction banking, electronic invoicing and payments, open banking, and open finance. Since its transformation into a Società Benefit in 2023, CBI has also integrated social and environmental goals into its corporate mandate.