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Viva Wallet

Viva Wallet is a European Neobank entirely based in Microsoft Azure with presence in 23 European countries. Viva Wallet Holdings owns a Banking License (VIVABANK SA). On January 2022, international media reported that Viva Wallet was the first Greek ''Unicorn (finance) Startup company after an Agreement with JP Morgan Chase was announced. Viva Wallet is part of the Viva Wallet Group, consisting of the subsidiaries Viva Services SA, Viva Payment Services and Vivabank.
== History ==
In 2000, Haris Karonis founded Realize SA in Athens, Greece, which initially operated as a software house. In 2006, Viva Services (Viva.gr) was founded and entered the Voice over VOIP business and later travel services, followed in 2010 by an expansion to the e-ticketing market. In 2011, Haris Karonis and Makis Antypas founded Viva Payments, which is licensed as a Payment Institution for the European Economic Area, following the transposition of the PSD2 in the Greek institutional framework. 
Three years later, in 2014, the company obtained an Electronic Money Association License and announced the completion of its Series A round funding round, led by the Latsis family Office.
In 2020, Viva Wallet expanded its services to 23 European countries. On August 3rd of the same year, the company announced the acquisition of the banking license of Praxia Bank. 
In 2021, Viva Wallet announced the completion of its Series D funding round, led by Tencent, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as well as Jim Breyer’s Breyer Capital. During 2021 the company launched the Viva Wallet POS app, which allows any Near-field communication, Android (operating system), Android 8.1 and above mobile device or tablet to accept contactless card payments. In Q4, Viva Wallet acquired 33.5% of the Polish N7 Mobile, a niche software development company.
== Investment from JP Morgan ==
On 25 January 2022, JPMorgan Chase announced that it was to buy a 48.5% stake in Viva Wallet Holdings Software Development S.A. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. After the agreement with JP Morgan, international media reported that Viva Wallet was the first Greek ''Unicorn (finance) startup. 
== Founders ==
Haris Karonis was born in 1974 in Athens, Greece. He is currently the CEO and Co-founder of Viva Wallet.
Makis Antypas was born in Athens, Greece, in 1976. He’s the Co-founder and CIO of Viva Wallet and is currently serving as the CEO of Vivabank.
Category:Companies established in 2000
Category:Companies based in Athens
Category:Neobanks
Category:Banking in Europe
Viva la Novella

Launched in 2012 by Seizure literary journal, Viva la Novella is the only stand-alone novella competition in Australia.
Winners receive a cash prize and publication with Seizure in print and digital formats. Past winners include Marlee Jane Ward, who won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Writing for Young Adults Prize for her young adult novella, Welcome to Orphancorp; and Mirandi Riwoe who was shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize for her novella, The Fish Girl. One of 2019's winners, Offshore, was optioned by Sydney filmmaker, Partho Sen-Gupta.
==Viva la Novella winners==
Year 	Author 	Title
Viva La Novella I (2013) 	Jane Jarvis Read 	Midnight Blue and Endlessly Tall
Viva La Novella II (2014) 	Daniel Davis Wood	Blood and Bone
Viva La Novella II (2014) 	Julie Proudfoot 	The Neighbour
Viva La Novella II (2014) 	Hoa Pham 	The Other Shore
Viva La Novella II (2014) 	Nicole Smith 	Sideshow
Viva La Novella III (2015) 	Marlee Jane Ward 	Welcome to Orphancorp
Viva La Novella III (2015) 	Jane Rawson 	Formaldehyde
Viva La Novella III (2015) 	Christy Collins 	The End of Seeing
Viva La Novella IV (2016) 	Rose Mulready 	The Bonobo's Dream
Viva La Novella IV (2016) 	George Haddad 	Populate and Perish
Viva La Novella V (2017) 	Stephen Wright 	A Second Life
Viva La Novella V (2017) 	Mirandi Riwoe 	The Fish Girl
Viva La Novella VI (2018) 	Avi-Duckor Jones 	Swim
Viva La Novella VI (2018) 	Anna Jackson 	The Bed-making Competition
Viva La Novella VII (2019) 	Carly Cappielli 	Listurbia
Viva La Novella VII (2019) 	Joshua Mostafa 	Offshore
Viva La Novella VIII (2020)	Lana Guineay 	Dark Wave
Viva La Novella VIII (2020)	Bryan Walpert 	Late Sonata
Category:Awards established in 2012
Category:Australian fiction awards
Category:Australian fiction
Category:Award-winning novellas
Viveen

Viveen was the vocalist for UK EDM group N-Trance, appearing on the best selling seminal album "Electronic Pleasure" and the follow up "Happy Hour (N-Trance album)".. "Electronic Pleasure" reached the UK's Top 100 in the official charts. 
Viveen was the main vocalist on N-Trance hit singles "Turn Up The Power" which reached number 23 in the UK charts and "Paradise City" which reached number 28. Viveen also performed on the hit singles "Stayin' Alive", "D.I.S.C.O" and "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy". 
"In September 1995, N-Trance showed absolute cheek in releasing a cover of the Bee-Gees' classic disco anthem, "Stayin Alive" (the track had also previously been just as cheekily covered by Happy Mondays). It featured vocals from Viveen Wray and rapping by Ricardo Da Force (ex-KLF). The success was phenomenal (and possibly predictable). "Stayin' Alive" reached UK No.2 and sold over 2.5 million copies World-wide, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, and South Africa!" 
Viveen was the main songwriter and vocalist for Driza, appearing on the "Vision" album in 2000. 
Viveen composed the lyrics for Nubya's album release "Coming Home" on the track "Life is like a Weekend".
Viveen has appeared as a guest artist on many artists releases including The LA Style project , Richard Dinsdale and Loggi .
In 2024 Viveen released the EP “Four To The Floor”, featuring five tracks and the single "Should've Been You" which was given a Radio 2 debut by DJ Spoony on October 4th 2024. 
==Discography==
* Four To The Floor (2024) EP
* Should've Been You (2024) Single
* One Nite (2021) Single
Category:Living people
Category:English women singer-songwriters
Category:British contemporary R&B singers
Category:British dance musicians
Category:British session musicians
Category:British soul singers
Category:British women pop singers
Category:American women record producers
Category:Musicians from Leicester
Vivek Bindra

Vivek Bindra (born 5 April 1982) is a renowned Indian motivational speaker, corporate trainer, youtuber and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Bada Business, a global corporate training and development company. He is known for his Motivational skills at his YouTube channel Dr.Vivek Bindra. Bindra is considered as the most viewed coach and motivational speaker on YouTube in Asia. Bindra holds the world record for the training of the largest gathering of HR professionals and this achievement is recorded in the Golden World Records. His channel Dr. Vivek Bindra is the most subscribed channel in Entrepreneurship in Asia.
==Early life and education==
Vivek Bindra has had a disturbed childhood. After the death of his father, Vivek’s mother remarried. As his mother got busy with her new family, Vivek was left aloof. Vivek completed his schooling from St. Xavier's High School in Delhi and masters in business administration from Amity University, Noida. He was introduced to Bhagavad Gita during his Master of Business Administration course, which helped him enhance his thoughts and personality. He was conferred with the Honorary Ph.D. degree, Doctorate of Philosophy from OIUM University of Colombo.
==Career==
Bindra began his career as a management consultant and later ventured into the field of corporate training and development. With over 20 years of experience, he has trained more than 7,00,000 professionals and entrepreneurs across the globe. He is known for his innovative and dynamic training techniques, which have helped many organizations improve their performance and achieve their goals.
He is also an accomplished public speaker and has delivered keynote speeches at various conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is a regular guest on various business and management-related television shows, and is also the author of several books on leadership and management.
Bindra is also an active philanthropist and is involved in various social causes, including education and healthcare. He has also been honored with several awards and accolades for his contributions to the field of corporate training and development.
==In the media==
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Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian people
Category:Indian YouTubers
Category:Indian motivational speakers
Vivek Patni

Vivek Patni is an Indian businessman and the Director of Wonder Cement.https://www.wondercement.com/ He is the son of Vimal Patni, Vice Chairman, Wonder Cement. 
== Early life & Career ==
Vivek Patni completed his schooling in Udaipur and pursued higher studies in the United Kingdom. He is registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). He is the Director of branding, communication and marketing at Wonder Cement. 
== CSR initiatives ==
Patani initiated the Swach Jal Sabka Haq campaign to provide drinking water to the drought-like areas across Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. He started the Wonder Cricket Academy in Udaipur and the Wonder Cement Saath7 Cricket Mahotsav. Initiatives like Swachhata Dal and Swachhata Prerak, reduced sanitation and hygiene issues in India.
 
== Awards & Felicitations ==
* Shan-e-Rajasthan
== References ==
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Category:1992 births
Category:Indian businesspeople
Category:Indian Corporate directors
Category:Entrepreneurship in India
Category:Indian entrepreneurs
Category:Businessman 
Category:Cement companies of India
Vivek Soni

Vivek Soni (born March 31, 1986) is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter. His notable works are Meenakshi Sundareshwar, Chaar Cutting and Bawdi.
== Early life ==
Vivek Soni was born on March 31, 1986 at Bhilwara district, Rajasthan. He completed his school education from St. Anselm's Senior Secondary School, Bhilwara district|Bhilwara. He joined IcfaiTech, Dehradun|ICFAI-Tech, Hyderabad and earned a degree in Electrical and Communication Engineering in the year 2008. He was an intern at Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai. Later he studied Filmmaking at Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods International.
== Career ==
=== Education, 2004-2009 ===
During his ICFAI-Tech days Vivek Soni became a part of college theater group Puppets of God and performed in comedy plays Star War - Attack of the Clowns and Sutta Na Mila.
He had played Shah Rukh Khan in Star war and in Sutta Na Mila, he played a character called Rajinikanth|Rajnikanth. His acting and dancing capabilities were always appreciated by everyone.
He also performed at Mood Indigo (festival)|Mood-Indigo, IIT Bombay|IIT Mumbai. He did several stage performances including State Representation for Rajasthan.
=== 2010-2013 ===
Vivek Soni worked as Intern at Ogilvy & Mather. Later he joined Whistling Woods International where he learned filmmaking. His student movie Bawdi received several awards and recognitions. He started working in the movie industry as visual effects coordinator for Ra.One and Vishwaroopam.
=== 2014-2020 ===
In 2014 Vivek worked as an assistant director for Hasee Toh Phasee and also did a minor role in it. He also directed one of the stories in the anthology film Chaar Cutting. He was also a script supervisor for Shaandaar and Udta Punjab. He was also assistant director for Sonchiriya and Raat Akeli Hai.
=== 2021–present ===
On November 5, 2021 Vivek made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Meenakshi Sundareshwar.
Category:Indian actors
Category:Indian film directors
Category:Indian screenwriters
Vivek Verma

Vivek Verma is a Client of WikiProfessionals Inc. Indian playback singer, and composer, producer. Introduced to Bollywood industry by Himesh Reshammiya, Vivek played musical roles in several films such as Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Khiladi 786, The Expose, and All Is Well among others.
After working in recording studios, he made his debut into Independent music and released two albums titled Humsafar and Mai Aur Tu besides releasing single songs in collaboration with music labels like Zee Music, Saregama and Sony Music India.
== Career==
Initially associated with Indian classical music, some of his compositions involve electronic music. Before making his debut in the music industry, he started learning from Ganesh Prasad Mishra from Benares gharana and Anil Acharya and Sanjeev Mukherjee from Punjab gharana. He later went to Kolkata for music studies. The Diplomat, an American magazine published a report in 2020, claiming "Bollywood discriminates against newcomer playback singers".
== Early life ==
He was born to a middle-class family, where both his parents served as school teachers. He grew up in Kolkata, India and later in 2011, he moved to Mumbai where he met with an Indian singer, Himesh Reshammiya. He subsequently joined his team and played significant roles in various films such as Action Jackson, All is Well, Sanam Teri Kasam, Teraa Surroor, and other Hindi language films.
 
Category:Indian male singers
Category:Indian composers
Vivi Lin

Vivi Lin (Mandarin: 林薇; born 10 May 1998) is a period equity and gender equality activist from Taiwan. She founded an NGO named With Red in 2019 to promote period equity in Taiwan and Asia, reaching more than 500 thousand people. In 2022, she opened the world's only Period Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. 
In 2021, Vivi was awarded the Diana Award, the Diana Legacy Award and Tatler Asia GenT for her accomplishments in period equity..
Category:1998 births
Category:People from Yilan County, Taiwan
Category:Activists
Vivian Granger

Vivian Hector Granger (27 May 1919 – 14 December 1984) was a soccer administrator and a co-founder of professional soccer in South Africa in 1959. He played a critical role in bringing about multiracial soccer in the country in 1978.
==Early years==
Granger’s mother, Mary Catherine Drum, was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. She married Patrick Kennedy and they had three sons. Patrick Kennedy died in action in North Africa in World War I. Mary emigrated to South Africa and married John Leslie Granger. In this family, Granger was one of five siblings, all boys except one sister. Granger and John (Jack) Kennedy (from Mary’s first marriage) became very close having served together in World War II in the Royal Air Force, North African Theatre of El-Alamein, Egypt and worked together in the South African soccer administration. Jack was agent to the Natal (province) soccer wing of the National Football League (South Africa) (NFL). John Leslie Granger was a politician who worked for the Durban City council.
The boys were all very sporty and grew up in Durban opposite a green where they spent hours playing rugby and cricket. A media natural from the start, Granger could often be found practicing his sports commentary, especially cricket. He did later meet the iconic Charles Fortune, who gave him some pointers and good advice. Granger played for the First XI for Glenwood High School.
==Soccer administration==
Referred to as “Mr Professional Football”, Granger felt that the time was ripe for professional soccer to be introduced in South Africa. He was the driving force behind the band of revolutionaries, including Dave Marais and Lubbe Snoyman, who finally succeeded in convincing the South African soccer world that the game was ready to go professional. In mid-1959, The National Football League (South Africa) was introduced where Granger became the General Manager. Huge crowds took the country by storm with Granger’s vision taking shape. The immediate success of professional soccer drew the visits of many overseas teams, most notably Real Madrid in 1964.
Granger was also instrumental in getting the Black-only National Professional Soccer League (South Africa) or NPSL launched in 1970. He worked side by side with the head of the NPSL, George Thabe. Separate leagues were held based on the Apartheid legislation which was in force at that time. Granger also played a major role in pleading the case for membership to the world body FIFA. In 1976, a multiracial South African XI played an Argentinian Invitation team. It was Granger who said that there was no specific law preventing white teams from fielding black players and in 1977 Arcadia Shepherds F.C. became the first professional soccer team to field a black player in Vincent Julius.
Granger was also an accomplished journalist with two novels to his credit, Sacred is the Breed and The Desperate Days. His non-fiction book was titled The World Game Comes to South Africa. He was also a published sports cartoonist. Granger was inducted into the SAB South African Breweries Hall of Fame in the early 1990s.
Category:1919 births 
Category:1984 deaths
Category:People from Enniskillen
Vivian Onyekwelu

Vivian Onyekwelu is a Nigerian-American actress. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She moved with her family to Oakland, California at age 10. Her family later relocated from California to Arkansas. She studied acting at Lyon College in Arkansas. While at Lyon College, she appeared in plays like Southern Girls (play) and the Trojan Woman . 
== References ==
==External links==
* Lyon theater to present Southern Girls
* Southern Girls (play) | Revolvy
* Reception for Dan West - Lyon College
* Skye Hart to present organ recital during Lyon homecoming
* About Icon Analytics - Icon Analytics
Category:Nigerian actresses
Category:American actresses
Category:People from Lagos
Category:Nigerian Americans
Category:Lyon College alumni
Category:Plays based on actual events
Category:Acting
Vivian Stamatopoulos

Professor Vivian Stamatopoulos is a university professor and an advocate for better Long-term care in Ontario. 
== Education ==
Stamatopoulos has Master's degree in Sociology and a Ph.D from York University.
== Career ==
=== Academia ===
Stamatopoulos is an associate professor at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa. 
=== Advocacy ===
Dr Stamatopoulos has been advocating for better government oversight of Long-term care homes since before the COVID-19 pandemic but became prominent spokesperson during 2020. She advocates for stronger incentives to motivate improvements in long term care, government reform of rules, and criticised the Government of Ontario for introducing legislation to absolve corporations from legal liabilities. In 2021 she advocated for government take over of failing care homes. 
In May 2021 she spoke of the need for improved air conditioning in long term care homes.
In June she was critical of personal support workers who posted TikTok videos mocking long term care residents.
Dr Stamatopoulos has undertaken more than 200 expert interviews about long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Category:College and university professors
Viviana Savova

Viviana Savova (born 15 July 1977) is a South African - Bulgarian classical pianist. She first came to international fame as a child prodigy at the age of nine. She has a wide repertoire and is known for her interpretations of the works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, as well as of Ludwig van Beethoven. 
=== Early life and career ===
Savova was born in Varna to a family of medical doctors. Recognised at the age of nine, she began piano studies at National School of Arts Dobri Christov Varna. At the school she became a student of Maria Gineva
At the age of nine Savova made her debut performing Haydn's Piano Concerto No.11 in D Major with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra. The same year, Savova gave her first recital in Varna and Sofia, Bulgaria. Savova's talents were revealed to the international scene in 1986, at the age of nine, when she received 3rd prize at the Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte competition for children in the Czech Republic. In 1987, at the age of ten, she won 3rd Prize at Citta di Marsala International Piano Competition in Marsala, Italy the 1st prize at Concorso internazionale di musica per I giovani “Citta di Stresa in Italy. 
At age of 12 in 1990 she won 4th Prize at the Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists in Germany. 
She graduated from the National School of Arts Dobri Christov Varna and her family immigrated to South Africa in 1991 when in 1994, Savova won 1st Prize at the Hennie Joubert Piano Competition, the Chopin Prize for the Best Performance of Chopin and the Special Prize of Hennie Joubert at the Hennie Joubert Pianoforte Competition. In the same year, she won 1st Prize at the Trustbank National Music Competition (now known as the National Youth Music Competition) and Overall Winner of the competition for the Best Musician in South Africa. 
At the age of seventeen, Savova returned to Bulgaria to continue her education where she won 1st Prize at the 2nd International Competition for French Music Albert Roussel and the Special Prize of Albert Roussel in Sofia, Bulgaria. 
She graduated from the National Academy of Music Professor Pancho Vladigerov Sofia in the class of Professor Stella Dimitrova – Maistorova to which she then participated at ppIANISSIMO International Festival for Contemporary Piano Music in 2007 and having different concerts with philharmonic orchestras in Bulgaria playing Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff piano concertos.
Category:1977 births
Category:South African classical pianists
Vivienne Baber

Vivienne Baber was an actress in the United States. She had a starring role in the 1932 film The Black King (film).
Baber was born in Brooklyn, New York. She began acting on stage productions in 1929, at age 15; her first role was the main character in the play, Harlem.
She played the starring role in a 1929 production of Make Me Know It at Wallack's Theatre in New York City. She played a part in You Know Me that same year at Wallack's Theatre.
After disliking the roles she was typecast in, she quit acting for seven years. During this time, she worked for the Afro-American Newspapers and organized a children's theater organization in Washington, D.C. She returned to acting around 1946 to play the character Wini Bennett in the play, On Whitman Avenue in New York City.
Baber was a principal actor in a 1932 production of the musical comedy Shuffle Along by Flournoy Miller.
She was the only woman cast in one show.
==Theater==
*Harlem
*Savage Rhythmhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/88937419/mantan-is-comedian/
*Make Me Know It (1929) as Mona Bannon
*Shuffle Along of 1933 as Alice Walker a revival of Shuffle Along
*On Whitman Avenue as Wini Bennett
==Filmography==
*They Know Their Groceries (1929)
*The Black King (film) (1932) as Mary Lou Lawton
Category:People from Brooklyn 
Category:American actresses