LONDON — (Marketwired) — 04/11/13 — Carta Worldwide (“Carta”), a leading global provider of prepaid and mobile payments processing, is pleased to announce the signing of a strategic partnership with Prepaid Financial Services (“PFS”), a global prepaid solutions provider and a preferred prepaid partner for MasterCard®, to develop and deliver innovative Near-Field Communications (“NFC”) and mobile payment solutions.
Carta will partner and support PFS in developing NFC and mobile payment solutions for corporate clients, with numerous new programs set to be launched via the Carta platform, in the first half of 2013.
The agreement stems from PFS-s desire to continually deliver new and innovative NFC and mobile payment solutions to clients and expand into new payment markets, combined with the readiness of Carta-s innovative payments processing platform.
Carta CEO Brian Semkiw, stated: “We are thrilled to have earned the trust of an important, award-winning payments solutions provider such as PFS. Their desire to introduce our ground-breaking technology to their client base is a key win for our company. I applaud their leadership in developing new markets and regions, and championing innovation, especially in areas such as NFC contactless payments.”
PFS CEO Noel Moran, commented: “We have selected Carta-s NFC processing platform based on the stability of their core prepaid payments engine and the proven skills of their team. Innovation is the key driver behind the selection of Carta-s NFC payments technology extensions, as the Carta platform is already market ready with respect to certain capabilities that other technology providers are just starting to think about. That provides us with a considerable competitive advantage.”
PFS was recently voted as the “Breakout Company of the Year” in the 2013 Paybefore Awards Europe.
About Carta Worldwide
Carta Worldwide, , is an international leader in electronic payments and transaction processing technology, specializing in prepaid, mobile and emerging payments. Carta-s next-generation platform, specifically architected to meet the complexities of the evolving payments environment, excels where legacy systems are challenged; delivering end-to-end solutions that manage risk, enhance accuracy, and optimize profitability. Follow us on Twitter @CartaWorldwide .For more information, go to .
About Prepaid Financial Services:
Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) Ltd. is a multi-award winning global prepaid programme manager, e-money Issuer and a preferred prepaid partner for MasterCard®, operating out of the UK.
PFS is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK and have passported our e-money license across the SEPA region to enable card issuance in up to 32 countries.
In addition to programme management and issuance, PFS also offer BIN sponsorship and processing services for entities running or planning to run prepaid programmes globally.
PFS manage multiple programme-s processing millions of transactions every week and our products are utilised by Governments, Local Authorities, blue chip corporations, SME-s and individual consumers utilising our cutting edge, secure technology.
Since our launch in 2008, PFS has rapidly established itself as a trusted, dependable and credible prepaid provider to a range of clients across the globe. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook at and .
Contacts:
Carta Worldwide
Giles Sutherland
Director of Marketing & Strategic Development
416-840-5611 x 112
Carta Worldwide
Ms. Deborah Thompson
Media Relations
416-918-9551
Carta Worldwide
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Prepaid Financial Services
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