First Reloadable Prepaid Card Program for the Unbanked Launched in Peru
NovoPayment's Prepaid Platform Was Vital to the Design, Execution and Support of the Pioneering Program Laying the Foundation of a New Payments Ecosystem
(firmenpresse) - MIAMI, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 05/31/12 -- NovoPayment, Latin America's premier prepaid card service provider, recently revealed its role in the design and delivery of Peru's first general purpose reloadable (GPR) program aimed at serving the country's unbanked population. LATODO MasterCard, launched in April by Servitebca Peru, is NovoPayment's second such program in the region and the foundation for a new breed of payments ecosystem based on stored value -- a program that the company expects other local players will soon join and whose model it hopes other markets will notice and want to replicate.
"Connecting those who lack a traditional banking relationship with a modern payments and services infrastructure has always been a key objective," stated Anabel Perez, NovoPayment's co-founder and CEO. "Together with our partners, we are pleased to bring this offering to the Peruvian market and to provide another working example of how prepaid can provide the on-ramp to financial inclusion and a vehicle to reduce costs for those that serve the unbanked," she added.
NovoPayment's Platform as a Service (Paas) capabilities fulfill LATODOs technical and financial processes and requirements from card sales to clearing transactions to compliance and customer service. This is the second GPR program NovoPayment has launched in the region, having already introduced the Plata card program in Venezuela in 2005.
LATODO (roughly, 'the everything' in Spanish) is a hybrid reloadable prepaid card that offers unbanked Peruvians for the first time a secure way to make modern purchases and payments without the need to open a bank account. It is estimated that seven out of 10 Peruvians, approximately 10 million people, are unbanked and the launch of this card aims to facilitate financial inclusion in the country.
The LATODO card can be reloaded in more than 2,200 stores affiliated with the new AKI network located throughout the country in places such as supermarkets, pharmacies, grocers and Interbank banking agents. Cardholders can access balance and account information and special offers through their mobile phones and the cards are insured.
The card allows cardholders to receive direct deposits from an employer, make purchases at points of sale and online, withdraw cash at ATMs, make recurring payments via direct debit, and perform P2P funds transfers from one card to another in a safe and convenient way. This is the beginning of a new payment category in the country. The initial launch of the LATODO card was in Lima and will gradually expand to other cities of the country.
LATODO also allows for users to meet various financial goals as they can request a transaction log that can serve as income history to qualify for loans and other credits products.
NovoPayment® is Latin America's premier prepaid card service provider and program manager, providing Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT), payroll, incentive, cash management, fuel, general purpose payments solutions for the region's unbanked, as well as mall and gift cards and other payments solutions for banks, retailers, utilities, telecommunications companies and government agencies. The company and its subsidiaries, Tebca and Servitebca, currently have more than 280 employees and more than 7,000 corporate clients. With a presence in Miami, Florida; Venezuela, Peru, Mexico and Colombia, NovoPayment's portfolio includes more than one million active branded cards (MasterCard®, Maestro®, Visa®, Visa Electron®), representing more than 58 million transactions annually. For more information, visit .
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