First Data International, leader mondial en matière de services de commerce et de paiement électroniques a noué un partenariat stratégique avec NCS, l'opérateur de services de paiement mobile qui a développé Crandy.
L'objectif de cet accord consiste à diffuser et promouvoir l'offre de paiement par mobile Crandy sur tous les territoires sur lesquels First Data est présent.
Crandy est déjà implanté en Allemagne, en France, en Belgique, au Royaume-Uni et offre aujourd'hui des services pour le paiement du stationnement et des services municipaux (meilleure innovation 2006 en Belgique), pour l'achat sur distributeurs automatiques de boissons (m-Payment sur les DA en France), pour du ticketing dans les transports ou les spectacles, ou pour des achats de contenus sur mobile et Internet, et aussi pour les transfères d'argent de mobile à mobile (P2P). Ce partenariat offre également aux banques et aux émetteurs la possibilité d'utiliser cette technologie en marque blanche (NCS ouvre sa technologie) en bénéficiant des applications et services développés clés en main qu'ils pourront proposer à leurs clients.
Ce partenariat permet à First Data de compléter son offre et d'accélérer son leadership dans le domaine du commerce électronique, et marque un réel tournant pour Crandy qui peut désormais s'appuyer sur un géant mondial pour accélérer son développement.
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First Data International and NCS Form Strategic Partnership to Offer Innovative Mobile Payment Services Worldwide
LONDON, 14 March, 2007 - First Data International, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, has partnered with NCS network and communication service Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (NCS), a mobile payment provider, to offer mobile payment and e-commerce services to merchants and consumers globally.
The joint service offering, named Crandy, provides an easy, 'ready-to-use' solution for anyone wishing to offer or accept mobile payments. This solution currently serves 360,000 consumers in four European countries; and provides merchants with a simple, fast, secure and inexpensive mobile payment system for handling micro-payments.
The service enables consumers to make cashless micro-payments anytime, anywhere, for on-street, mobile and Internet transactions (including person-to-person payments), using their mobile handsets. To activate the service and set-up a payment account, consumers simply call a number from their mobile device. Their mobile number becomes the payment account identifier. Once the account is activated, consumers can purchase a service, product or transfer money, via a mobile text message or interactive voice response (IVR), which authorizes payment.
"First Data is proud to offer innovative mobile payment services to our banking and merchant customers around the world," said Francisco Lorca, Managing Director, First Data International. "The partnership with NCS further positions First Data as a leading provider of mobile payments services. We look forward to bringing our combined knowledge and expertise to this growing market."
Crandy provides the following key benefits to merchants and consumers:
- On-street ticketing and vending merchants gain incremental revenue as consumers choose the convenience of a mobile payment option over cash.
- Merchant and consumer transaction costs are reduced through a more efficient transaction routing system. Consumers are not charged a fee by their mobile operator to make a purchase and merchants pay lower fees.
- Banks and other issuers can also offer services to merchants and consumers through a "white-labeled" agreement, while the technology and processing are provided through a managed service.
Rolf Krause, founder and CEO of NCS, said: "The First Data International partnership represents a key milestone for NCS. Together we offer the right mix of capabilities to extend mobile payment solutions services to merchants and banks worldwide."
About First Data International
First Data International, part of First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) is a leading provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for businesses worldwide. First Data International serves a diverse range of markets, leveraging global scale through a local presence and maintaining focus on individual client needs. The company has approximately 7,900 employees and operates across Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Canada, Australia and Asia-Pacific.
First Data serves 4.9 million merchant locations, 1,900 card issuers and their customers, First Data powers the global economy by making it easy, fast and secure for people and businesses around the world to buy goods and services using virtually any form of payment. The company's portfolio of services and solutions includes merchant transaction processing services; credit, debit, private-label, gift, payroll and other prepaid card offerings; fraud protection and authentication solutions; electronic check acceptance services through TeleCheck; as well as Internet commerce and mobile payment solutions. The company's STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at 2 million ATM and retail locations. For more information, visit www.firstdata.com.
About NCS network and communication service Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
NCS was founded in 2003, with the objective of developing Crandy, a comprehensive, simple, fast, secure and inexpensive mobile payment system that include reward and loyalty programs.
Under the Crandy consumer brand, more than 360,000 consumers are served in four countries (December 2006). For the consumer, the service is easy-to-use, free to join, works with all mobile and operators and does not involve a subscription.
Market deployments include Parking (Gent, Cologne), Vending (Paris, Marseilles, Brussels, Düsseldorf, and Schwerin), and Ticketing and send money (Belgium, France, Germany and the UK).
NCS mobile payment bank GmbH holds an E-Bank Licence from the German Federal Institute for Financial Services Supervision (BaFin), in support of services offered under the Crandy consumer brand.
For more information, visit www.crandy.com or www.mcells.net.
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