Where the Right Connections Turn into Partnerships: Green Banana and VR Payment Join Forces

Picture: GreenBanana Group Founders Amran and Cihan during a Hessen10 event

When two members of TechQuartier’s ecosystem join forces, it shows what true orchestration looks like in practice. This week, Green Banana Group and VR Payment announced their partnership to orchestrate Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions across European payment transactions — consolidating BNPL providers alongside cards, wallets and other payment methods into one central dashboard.

Green Banana, one of “Hessen’s most promising startups” from our current Hessen10 batch, has been part of the TechQuartier community since its early days. Green Banana was also one of three winners of the “Frankfurter Gründerpreis” 2025 by Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt.

Hessen10: Elevating Green Banana's Profile in the Ecosystem

Through programs like Hessen10, the startup gained additional visibility, strategic sparring and access to relevant partners — support we continue to provide as they scale. Seeing this momentum translate into a partnership with VR Payment, one of our long-standing innovation partners, underlines the power of meaningful connections.

Orchestrating Innovations in Payment

As an orchestrator within the innovation ecosystem, TechQuartier connects startups, corporates and financial institutions where collaboration creates tangible value. Payment is a key focus area for us — not only reflected in this partnership, but also in upcoming initiatives such as our Payment Roundtable series launching in April, where experts from retail, payments and FinTech will exchange perspectives on the future of merchant-driven payments.

Partnerships like this demonstrate what happens when the right people and ideas come together at the right time.

“The Frankfurt ecosystem provides founders across all sectors with an ideal environment to build and scale,” emphasized Cihan Duezguen, CEO and co-founder of Green Banana Group. “TechQuartier has connected us with the right partners and given us the platform to showcase our work as an infrastructure service provider for payment solutions. Partnering with VR Payment is a natural next step, and we look forward to exploring even more opportunities within this thriving ecosystem.”

“International expansion and different payment habits require flexible payment models,” said Carlos Gómez-Sáez, CEO of VR Payment, in their press release. “By connecting to Green Banana, we now enable our customers to seamlessly integrate European BNPL solutions into their familiar payment environment.”

Find more info about Green Banana here and more about VR Payment here.