Branded Payment Solutions wins Top Honour

Dateline: 14 October 2009

Branded Payment Solutions (BPS) last night scooped the award for Best Prepaid Programme Manager at the Second Annual Prepaid Awards, held at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London.

The awards were designed to recognise organisations that are leading the prepaid sector forward and BPS surpassed all other entries to win this accolade, demonstrating their success and innovation in the prepaid sector.  BPS was singled out as for its innovation with shopping centre gift cards, specifically for developing an automated system for b2b sales, an ecommerce solution for online sales, and a system to capture business intelligence, all of vital importance to the retail property market.  BPS was also short listed for a second award, in the category of “Best Corporate Card”, and was the only non U.K. entrant.

Branded Payments Solutions delivers an end-to-end prepaid programme solution for its many prestigious clients across Europe, ensuring a real and lasting return on investment, backed by state of the art proprietary technology and extensive product knowledge. BPS also won the 2008 Paybefore Award for “Best Retail Gift Card Programme in Europe” for having concurrently rolled out a comprehensive open loop programme in multiple European countries with different currencies.

Tim Murphy, CEO of BPS stated: “We very much appreciate being awarded “Best Programme Manager” in recognition of our success in creating solutions for our clients across Europe.  This award underscores the BPS hallmark of partnering with clients to ensure a rewarding result over the long term. BPS remains committed to market innovation and delivering an excellent client service”.

For further information please contact:

Alexandra Hahn

Head, Business Development

Branded Payment Solutions

+ 44 (0)7976 466 920

ahahn@bpscards.com

Peter Ohalloran

Product Manager

Branded Payment Solutions

+ 35318 475 726 ext 16

pohalloran@bpscards.com   

About Branded Payment Solutions

Branded Payment Solutions is one of Europe’s leading prepaid companies, providing an end-to-end service that is scalable, secure and efficient.   Backed by state of the art proprietary technology and in-depth product expertise, BPS is uniquely positioned to structure and manage prepaid solutions in a variety of applications.  Supporting multilingual, multicurrency international operations in single or multiple locations, BPS rolls out branded pan-European stored value solutions for a diverse client base. From corporate incentive programmes to retail gift cards and employee reimbursement and payments, BPS provides the gamut of prepaid services for both disposable (one time load) and reloadable cards.  Currently active in nine European countries, and with more countries in development, BPS is the leader in proactively developing the prepaid market across Europe.

About the Prepaid Market

Estimated to reach over €100 Bn in transaction value by 2015, the European prepaid market has been identified as the fastest growing sector in the payments industry

with a diverse set of applications for both the private and public sectors. For example, prepaid cards are an efficient and secure way to replace paper vouchers/payments.  Prepaid cards can also be an effective payment method for consumers who can not obtain credit cards or may not have bank accounts.

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