The logo of Italian payments group Nexi is pictured inside their headquarters in Milan, Italy, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

MILAN, June 8 (Reuters) – Italian payments group Nexi (NEXII.MI) is close to agreeing the purchase of the retailer payment business of Intesa Sanpaolo’s (ISP.MI) Croatian arm for around 180 million euros ($193 million), two people close to the matter said on Wednesday.

News of the deal was first reported by Bloomberg News.

($1 = 0.9326 euros)

Reporting by Valentina Za; Editing by Leslie Adler

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