{"id":94129,"date":"2023-08-18T08:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T08:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.joyn.eu\/who-is-behind-joyn-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T08:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T08:59:34","slug":"who-is-behind-joyn-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.joyn.eu\/en\/who-is-behind-joyn-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is behind Joyn?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joyn was founded in 2014 as \u2018City Life\u2019, a spin-off from Mobile Vikings. The vision of inspirers Frank Bekkers and Koen Desmedt: Bring merchants and customers closer together. From the outset, they offered digital tools to local merchants and the hospitality industry to connect closely with their customers. Future shareholders, KBC and Mediahuis, strongly believed in the concept and supported the company.<\/p>\n<p>Joyn was formed in 2016, following the merger of CityLife with Qustomer. ING joined as a shareholder as well. 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