Caltex Australia Moves to Prepay With E-Pay
SYDNEY July 09, 2008 e-pay Australia Pty Ltd ("e-pay") today announced a prepaid agreement with Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd ("Caltex"), Australia's largest petrol and convenience retailer.
Under the agreement, e-pay will be the recommended supplier of prepaid products to Caltex convenience stores, which are part of Caltex's national service station network. The signing of Caltex strengthens e-pay's position in the Australian electronic prepaid market. e-pay anticipates the roll out process to be completed by mid-July to all contracted Caltex convenience stores.
"The agreement with Caltex emphasises the security, consistency and quality that e-pay provides to the prepaid market," said e-pay Managing Director, Grant Sheppard, on welcoming Caltex to the e-pay platform.
"Prepaid is a mission-critical part of our business. The security, scale and financial strength offered by e-pay's prepaid business in addition to their leadership within the global prepaid industry were critical to our decision. We are very pleased with the e-pay team for enabling a seamless transition to their prepaid platform from our previous service provider, while ensuring customer satisfaction," said Karim Sumar, National Merchandise Manager for Caltex Australia.
e-pay has also recently won contracts with several other leading retailers. The Company has made significant additions to its customer services team nationally to ensure that both new and existing clients continue to enjoy the speed and quality of service e-pay is renowned for.
e-pay's current list of customers include some of Australia's largest retail groups such as Woolworths, BP, Mobil Quix and Video Ezy, among others.
About e-pay
* e-pay is a leading supplier for prepaid products in Australia.
* Together, e-pay and its sister subsidiaries, are the largest international providers of prepaid mobile airtime processing.
e-pay provides services in the U.K., Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand and Poland. A globally experienced company, e-pay commenced operations in Australia through a trial with Singtel Optus Limited in May 2000 and remain the premium electronic supplier of prepaid products - supplying over 60% of petroleum and convenience outlets in Australia. In February 2003, e-pay was acquired by Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (U.S. NASDAQ: EEFT). e-pay was the first company of its kind in the Australian market and the only company with a global network of support, technology and market experience. For more information visit our Web site www.epayaust.com.au.
About Euronet Worldwide Euronet Worldwide, Inc. is an industry leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. The Company offers payment and transaction processing solutions to financial institutions, mobile operators and retailers which include comprehensive ATM, POS and Card outsourcing services; card issuing and merchant acquiring services; software solutions; consumer money transfer and bill payment services; and electronic distribution for prepaid mobile airtime and other prepaid products. Euronet operates and processes transactions from 42 countries.
Euronet's global payment network is extensive including 11,917 ATMs and approximately 51,000 EFT POS terminals which are under management in 20 countries; a growing portfolio of outsourced debit and credit card services and card software solutions; a prepaid processing network of 394,000 pointof- sale terminals across approximately 193,000 retailer locations in 14 countries; and a consumer-toconsumer money transfer network of more than 68,000 locations serving approximately 100 countries. With corporate headquarters in Leawood, Kansas, USA, and 32 worldwide offices, Euronet serves clients in 130 countries. For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at www.euronetworldwide.com.
SOURCE: E-Pay Australia
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