DGAP-News: Wirecard AG: Wirecard Bank and ICP Companies strenghten their strategic market position in the merchandise trade segment / Two cooperation agreements signed recently
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Grasbrunn/Munich, August 17, 2010; ICP Companies Group and Wirecard Bank AG
(a subsidiary of Wirecard AG), signed two agreements providing for
strategic cooperation early this month. In the process, the two enterprises
stand to benefit from strategic advantages in the brick&mortar trading
segment.
The Wirecard Bank will be given access to more than 100,000 point-of-sale
card recharging stations of major trading partners in Europe. Accordingly
in future, it will be possible to acquire and reload prepaid cards (both
Visa and MasterCard) issued by the Wirecard Bank at even more PoS stations
with cash in real time.
Moreover, the two companies plan to cooperate closely in the field of
issuing and processing eCash-based gift cards. ICP As one of the first
cooperative ventures of this kind in the SEPA region, the ICP Companies and
Wirecard Bank already offer a holistic solution for eCash-based gift cards
in compliance with the EU E-Money.*
Dr. Winfried Jerono, ICP Managing Director, says: 'We assign a great deal
of importance to long-term partnerships conducted in a spirit of mutual
trust-partnerships that enable us to provide our clients and the market
with the ideal solution at exactly the right point in time. We will soon
extend our cooperative venture with the Wirecard Bank to include additional
customer-oriented services.'
ICP Companies is one of the leading European full-service providers in the
merchandise trade involving electronic transactions in the field of
payments, prepaid products and loyalty management. Operating via its German
subsidiaries ICP Transaction Solutions GmbH, ICP International Cash
Processing GmbH and ICP Entwicklungs GmbH, ICP Companies is one of the
market leaders in the field of non-bank settlement of brick&mortar,
mobile and web-based cashless payment processes in Germany.
'We look forward to mutually agreeable collaboration with the ICP Group.
The services offered by both partners complement each other ideally,
particularly as regards our efforts to expand our co-branding card range of
services as a card-issuing bank,' adds Burkhard Ley, CFO of Wirecard AG.'
*The current E-Money Directive enacted by the European Parliament must be
implemented into national law in all EU member states by April 30,
2011.
Contact:
Iris Stöckl
Dir. Investor/ Public Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)89-4424-1424
e-Mail: iris.stoeckl(at)wirecard.com
http://www.wirecard.com
ISIN DE0007472060
Reuters: WDI.GDE
Bloomberg: WDI GY
ICP media contact:
ICP Transaction Solutions GmbH
Verena Brunckhorst
Antoniusstr. 2
D-54290 Trier
Germany
Ph.: +49 (0) 651 9662 131
e-mail: verena.brunckhorst(at)icp-companies.com
Internet: www.icp-ts.de
About ICP:
ICP Companies is one of the leading European full-service providers in the
merchandise trade. ICP offers all solutions from a single source: a
'terminal acceptance settlement service', whether over-the-counter,
integrated into a cash desk, through an ATM, by PC or via the Internet. ICP
Companies, a technical network operator for electronic payments, disposes
of state-of-the-art systems and solutions for payments by using bank,
credit and customer cards. With more than 100 million payment transactions
at the highest level of security each year, ICP is one of the market
leaders in this field. The portfolio of products and services comprises the
development and availability of all the hardware and software, full
transaction-oriented database management within its own authorization and
clearing center, system integration and customizing as well as the
development of ePayment security systems for web shops and call centers.
Its partners operating with a global reach include such groups as
Lekkerland, Schlecker, T-Mobile, T-Systems and Vodafone.
About Wirecard AG:
Wirecard AG is one of the leading international providers of electronic
payment and risk management solutions. Worldwide, the Wirecard Group
supports over 11,000 companies from many and various industry segments in
automating their payment processes and minimizing cases of default.
Wirecard Bank AG is a Principal Member of Visa, MasterCard and JCB and
operates as a credit card acquirer in more than 69 countries around the
world, involving over 100 transaction currencies and 15 payout currencies.
Part of the Wirecard Group, Wirecard Bank provides innovative solutions in
the fields of corporate banking, prepaid and co-branded cards, along with
account products for both business and private customers.
Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN
DE0007472060, WDI).
www.wirecard.de | www.wirecardbank.de | www.mywirecard.com
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Language: English
Company: Wirecard AG
Bretonischer Ring 4
85630 Grasbrunn b. München
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)89-4424 0400
Fax: +49 (0)89-4424 0500
E-mail: ir(at)wirecard.com
Internet: www.wirecard.com
ISIN: DE0007472060
WKN: 747206
Indices: TecDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Hamburg, München, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart
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