Alfonso Grassopoulos Wins the IAMTN Award of “Best Manager in Money Transfer”

Alfonso Grassopoulos, Regional Director of Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Switzerland and Poland of Coinstar Money Transfer has been nominated as “Best Manager in Money Transfer” by the International Association of Money Transfers (IAMTN), the only international trade association, representing Money Transfer (remittances) industry across the globe.

The prestigious awards were presented by the RT Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Honorary President of the IAMTN, during the Global Money Transfers Summit (GMTS) in London on 11th November in front of business leaders from money transfer companies, banks, regulators, suppliers, inter-governmental agencies, technology companies and international legal firms.

As a truly global lobbyist of the remittances industry, IAMTN raises awareness of importance of the money transfers as one of the most dynamic sectors of the world economy as well as a widely spread social phenomenon. The Award forms a key part of IAMTN’s role by highlighting excellence and recognizing best practice.

Alfonso Grassopoulos has been delighted to receive this Award and says “I am honored and very pleased for receiving this prestigious Award from IAMTN. After nearly a decade of commitment in the money transfer business, I still feel so thrilled and excited for working in this dynamic, open and fast moving industry, which makes it so unique for its potential to discover and exploit new business opportunities, synergies, creatively develop new channels and products, and ultimately work and interact with people. These people – consumers, agents and colleagues, I want to truly thank for making this industry and my job so special.”

“Now in its fourth year the judging for the awards was harder than ever due to the volume of nominations and citations that were received.” Leon Isaacs, Managing Director of IAMTN commented “Alfonso was awarded the prize due to the sheer range of recommendations that he received. These included nominations from consumers, business partners, agents and his own staff members. Alfonso has clearly demonstrated that he understands the needs of all the stakeholders that he provides a service to and consistently received praise for the ability to go the extra mile”.