OTS - Wirecard signs global partnership with VEON
2017. June 20. 09:30
Aschheim (Munich), 20 June, 2017 (APA/OTS) - Payment and processing
services in ten diverse markets - New consumer solution for prepaid
top up
Wirecard and VEON have signed a global payments and processing
agreement that will benefit hundreds of millions of mobile users
across the world. Wirecard will now handle the airtime top-up as
well as third party payments functionality on VEON's personal
internet platform meaning customers will be able to upload and
update their mobile payment accounts on-the-go and within a few
seconds.
VEON launched its new personal internet platform in Italy in
November 2016 using data analytics and artificial intelligence to
offer users a variety of new, personalized and contextual services
from entertainment to financial services. The global cooperation
with Wirecard will continue to grow as VEON expands into new
markets throughout 2017 - including Russia, Georgia and Bangladesh.
AJ Hanna, Chief Mobile Financial Services Officer at VEON,
states: "We want the customer experience on VEON to be exciting,
enriching and extremely user-friendly. That means partnering with
the best processing and payments providers, like Wirecard, so that
users can top-up and pay for services quickly and easily."
Jan Marsalek, Chief Operating Officer at Wirecard, adds: "We
are delighted to work with one of the largest technology innovators
and mobile network operators on this state-of-the-art mobile
payment solution. Easy mobile payments are essential in the fast
growing frontier markets. With our new airtime top-up solution and
third party payment functionality, consumers will be able to upload
and spend money more efficiently than ever before."
Wirecard media contact:
Wirecard AG
Jana Tilz
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 4424 1363
E-Mail: jana.tilz@wirecard.com
About Wirecard:
Wirecard AG is a global technology group that supports
companies in accepting electronic payments from all sales channels.
As a leading independent supplier, the Wirecard Group offers
outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payments. A
global platform bundles international payment acceptances and
methods with supplementary fraud prevention solutions. With regard
to issuing own payment instruments in the form of cards or mobile
payment solutions, the Wirecard Group provides companies with an
end-to-end infrastructure, including the requisite licences for
card and account products. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt
Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060, WDI). For further
information about Wirecard, please visit www.wirecard.com or follow
us on twitter @wirecard.
About VEON:
VEON, a NASDAQ-listed global provider of communications
services, formerly known as VimpelCom, aspires to lead the personal
internet revolution for the 235 million customers it serves today,
and many others in the years to come.
VEON media contact:
Neil Moorhouse
Tel: +31 20 79 77 200 (Amsterdam)
E-Mail: pr@veon.com
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