Emida Announces Support for Wallie-card
FOOTHILL RANCH, California, December 10, 2009 (Business Wire) − Emida Technologies, a leading provider of electronic prepaid solutions has announced the addition of Wallie-card, a pre-paid payment solution for the online gaming market. Wallie-card will be available on all Emida-supported terminals from December 14, 2009, in time for holiday shopping.
Wallie, founded in the Netherlands in 2003, supports millions of transactions for 1,600 merchants based in 76 countries. Consumers purchase cards of various denominations at gas stations, newspaper kiosks, electronics stores and grocery stores and then redeem the value online to purchase online gaming, downloads and online community services. Wallie-card transactions are easy, safe and anonymous. Importantly, Wallie’s strategy is to be a safe online payment option for youngsters – Wallie-card cannot be used for online ‘adult entertainment’ or gambling.
Wallie-cards will be available as an e-voucher on the Emida system in fixed denominations. They will complement Emida’s growing portfolio of services for the online market which Emida expects to extend further in early 2010.
Wim Jagtenberg, Founder of Wallie said, “Wallie is happy to partner with Emida. The U.S. is an important market for us and we are delighted to be working with a leading provider like Emida.”
“Wallie is an internationally recognized and trusted online payment mechanism and is a great fit with Emida’s U.S. strategy as well as our increasing international footprint.“ says Traci Benincosa, Director of U.S Sales Operations. “We are delighted to make Wallie-card available just before Christmas and are confident it will become a major seller in the U.S.”
About Emida
Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 35 countries throughout North, Central and South America, the extended Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. We support a network of more than 40,000 retail points with an annual dollar payment volume in excess of $1B, processing more than 120 million annual payment transactions.
Our network technology enables the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products and payment services. Our strategy is to build profitable, robust distribution networks for many prepaid products in targeted operating geographies, and to introduce unique cross border value products between regions. Our payment processing platform provides robust revenue solutions for distributors, ISOs, retailers, carriers and service providers alike.
Emida Extends Global Reach with 14 New Countries in 2009
FOOTHILL RANCH, California, December 3, 2009 (Business Wire) ─ Emida Technologies, a leading provider in electronic prepaid solutions has had a marquee year, expanding its global footprint to 36 countries at the end of 2009 having ended the fourth quarter of 2008 with 22 countries.
Emida’s network technology facilitates value transfer of a broad range of prepaid products and payment services and the company’s distinguished distribution partners now offer Emida service in North, Central and South America, the extended Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. Emida’s new operations in the last 12 months include Antigua, Barbados, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, Nauru and Trinidad and Tobago. This growth confirms Emida’s abilities to deploy and support reliable, real-time transactional services in differing (and, occasionally difficult) operating conditions, attributes which increasingly differentiate the company from its competitors.
The additional countries have substantially increased Emida’s active terminal base outside USA and Mexico, where Emida is already a leading value transfer provider. Emida supported over 15,000 active international retail points in November 2009, an increase of over 120% compared to November 2008. These newly established retail points confirm Emida is both satisfying needs in emerging markets and acting upon its strategy of building profitable distribution networks.
“The Emida team has continually surpassed customer expectations, often deploying new countries in weeks from agreed start dates.” said Steve Gooderham, GM, Emida International. “Many of the new countries are only just starting to ramp so we expect to see material returns next year on the team’s hard work in 2009.”
Dennis Andrews, Emida CEO said “Emida is committed to developing a global presence and we are pleased with the advances made in 2009. We expect to add more countries in early 2010 and remain at the forefront of the global value transfer industry.”
About Emida
Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 36 countries throughout North, Central and South America, the extended Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. We support a network of more than 40,000 retail points with an annual dollar payment volume in excess of $1B, processing more than 120 million annual payment transactions.
Our network technology enables the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products and payment services. Our strategy is to build profitable, robust distribution networks for many prepaid products in targeted operating geographies, and to introduce unique cross border value products between regions. Our payment processing platform provides robust revenue solutions for distributors, ISOs, retailers, carriers and service providers alike.
Emida Introduces i-wireless Instant Refill from Cincinnati Bell
FOOTHILL RANCH, California, August 25, 2009 (Business Wire) – Emida Technologies, a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, has announced a new prepaid mobile direct top up product from Cincinnati Bell, one of the nation’s most respected and best performing local exchange and wireless providers with a legacy of unparalleled customer service excellence.
Cincinnati Bell distributes a range of telecommunication products and services to customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and uses the Emida platform to distribute its i-wireless prepaid mobile products. It has now developed a new direct top up product called i-wireless Instant Refill. This provides an easy, flexible, end-to-end alternative to the current, standard PIN-on-receipt method of applying funds to a prepaid mobile account. With i-wireless Instant Refill, customers can select any amount to top up from $5 to $100 and have the funds add directly to their account at the time of the transaction removing the need to remember and correctly enter a PIN number.
Michael Gordon, Director of Prepaid Wireless at Cincinnati Bell states, “We’re always searching for ways to make it easier and more convenient for our customers to do business with us. i-wireless Instant Refill through Emida’s direct top up program is a natural choice.”
Emida is the first company to market and distribute i-wireless Instant Refill adding it to a growing suite of prepaid mobile direct top up products. “Emida is excited to br
ing this new direct top up product to our customers. We anticipate i-wireless Instant Refill will bring increased traffic and revenues to our merchant channel and increased satisfaction from i-wireless customers due to funds being applied directly to their accounts”, said Traci Benincosa, Director of US Sales Operations at Emida.
About Emida
Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 27 countries throughout North, Central and South America, the extended Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. We support a network of more than 40,000 retail points with an annual dollar payment volume in excess of $1B, processing more than 120 million annual payment transactions.
Our network technology enables the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products and payment services. Our strategy is to build profitable, robust distribution networks for many prepaid products in targeted operating geographies, and to introduce unique cross border value products between regions. Our payment processing platform provides robust revenue solutions for distributors, ISOs, retailers, carriers and service providers alike.
For more information, please visit www.emida.net or email info@emida.net.
###
MEDIA CONTACT:
Martyn Fricker
Emida
949-860 3522
Emida Announces New Prepaid Products and Upgraded Services
FOOTHILL RANCH, California, August 18, 2009 (Business Wire) – Emida Technologies, a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, has announced multiple new and enhanced products and services in its “Emida Unleashed” offering.
Since the Emida/Q-Comm merger in mid-2007, Emida has consistently expanded not only the breadth of their worldwide customer base, but also the depth of their technology portfolio. As part of their ongoing technology expansion, Emida Unleashed brings five key prepaid services to Emida customers across the U.S. These three new and two enhanced products and services include Verifone POSA microbrowser access, enhanced PC terminal access, Prepaid Prepaid, money transfer, and Cash and Transact™, Emida’s mobile wallet solution.
Each of the new and enhanced services is designed to give Emida’s clients more flexibility, more value add and better customer retention. The new microbrowser application for Verifone POSA terminals allows merchants to run faster transactions, improving productivity and efficiency. For PC-based customers, PC Term, Emida’s enhanced web-based terminal solution, means merchants can run real-time transactions conveniently from any standard PC, and PC Term features new product categories, improved reporting and enhanced customer management tools. Prepaid Prepaid brings new freedom to Independent Sales Organization (ISO) customers, by allowing them to collect funds from their merchant clients before issuing a line of credit, thereby removing the risk of default and improving the merchant’s buying power. Emida expands their money transfer capability to offer a convenient and user-friendly service with competitive money transfer rates utilizing more than 10,000 payout locations throughout Mexico. And rounding out the new services, Cash and Transact™, Emida’s prepaid mobile wallet solution, lets users pay for goods and services and transfer funds from their mobile handset.
In order to support the new services and greatly expanded customer base, Emida has also launched World Class Customer Support, a premium support program that exceeds industry standards with 24×7 bilingual assistance, an on-call Level 2 team including production support engineers, proactive, around the clock systems monitoring, and an easy-to-use online ticket-tracking system for all issues submitted via phone or email.
Finally, to showcase all Emida’s advancements, Emida will launch their new website to coincide with The Prepaid Press’ industry showcase, TPP Expo, in mid-August. The
new website represents Emida’s fresh approach to the global prepaid market, making it easier than ever to learn more about Emida and how their technology and services benefit their customers and end users around the world.
Ron Kraft, Emida’s Vice President/General Manager of North America stated, “In continuing to build on Emida’s world class reputation, we are unleashing a series of enhancements to our prepaid solutions between now and the end of the year. ISO partners and retailers alike will be able to take advantage of exciting new solutions, like Prepaid Prepaid, our flexible prepaid deposit option, as well other system functionality updates that will help them expand their distribution portfolios and be even more competitive in today’s prepaid market.”
Dennis Andrews, Emida CEO added, “As Emida smashes through the $1B annual transaction volume threshold, again the U.S. is leading the way. But more importantly, as a company, we’re not just getting bigger, we’re getting better. Better products and better services as evidenced by the Emida Unleashed bundle. And we won’t stop here. Every single day, the Emida team is working hard to change the global prepaid market landscape – and we’re succeeding.”
About Emida
Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 27 countries throughout North, Central and South America, the extended Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. We support a network of more than 40,000 retail points with an annual dollar payment volume in excess of $850,000,000, processing more than 120 million annual payment transactions.
Our network technology enables the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products and payment services. Our strategy is to build profitable, robust distribution networks for many prepaid products in targeted operating geographies, and to introduce unique cross border value products between regions. Our payment processing platform provides robust revenue solutions for distributors, ISOs, retailers, carriers and service providers alike.
For more information, please visit www.emida.net or email info@emida.net.
###
MEDIA CONTACT:
Martyn Fricker
Emida
949-699-1401 x 1322
mfricker@emida.net
Traci Benincosa
Emida
949-699-1401 x1311
tbenincosa@emida.net
Emida Fills Key Positions
Foothill Ranch, California, USA – June 30, 2009. Emida Technologies Inc., a leading provider of electronic prepaid solutions, today announced they have filled two key positions to help maintain continued company growth.
First, Martyn Fricker has been promoted to Director, Business Development where he reports to Dennis Andrews, CEO of Emida. The new position covers company strategy as well as several key strategic programs. Martyn has been with Emida for 3 years and previously worked for telecom carriers and cable TV companies in Asia, the Caribbean & Europe, including Binariang Sdn Bhd, Cable and Wireless Ltd, Comcast and US West.
Dennis Andrews said “Martyn has made an enormous contribution to Emida and has set the standard for many key programs. Our management team whole-heartedly and unanimously welcomes his promotion”.
Second, Emida has been fortunate to secure the services of Greg Coogan to replace Martyn. Greg is based in Oviedo, Florida and was previously VP Sales, More Magic and VP Mobile, Cable and Wireless (Northern Caribbean).
Steve Gooderham, G
M, Emida International is delighted to welcome Greg to Emida. “Greg has a lot of experience in our market space and brings a fresh perspective to our operations that will enable us to move forward in the International arena”.
About Emida
Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 27 countries in North & South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and the South Pacific.
Emida’s technology allows for the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products including prepaid wireless, long distance, lottery and stored value. The company’s strategy is to build profitable, robust distribution networks for many prepaid products in identified operating geographies and introduce unique cross-border value products between regions. Emida’s POSA products provide robust revenue solutions for distributors and carriers alike.
For more information, please visit www.emida.net or email info@emida.net.
Emida To Exhibit at Mobile Commerce Americas 2009 Conference and Expo
FOOTHILL RANCH, California, March 31, 2009 (Business Wire) – Emida Technologies, a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, has announced it will exhibit and present at Mobile Commerce Americas 2009 Conference and Expo, that will be held in Miami from June 15-16, 2009.
The conference and expo is focused on opportunities offered by new mobile commerce technologies as tools for executing payments and performing financial operations. The event is devoted exclusively to the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets.
About Emida
Emida is a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 24 countries in North & South America, the Caribbean, Europ
e, the Middle East and the South Pacific.
Emida’s technology allows for the domestic and international distribution and value transfer of many types of prepaid products including prepaid wireless, long distance, lottery and stored value. The company’s strategy is to build profitable, robust distribution networks for many prepaid products in identified operating geographies and introduce unique cross-border value products between regions. Emida’s POSA solutions, Debisys and Puntoflex, provide robust revenue solutions for distributors and carriers alike.
For more information, please visit www.emida.net or email info@emida.net.