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Monitise & RBS Technology Services Partnership

31st Aug 2011 07:00

RNS Number : 2804N
Monitise PLC
31 August 2011
 



 

 

Monitise and RBS Technology Services enter new strategic partnership for mobile services

 

New agreement covers all RBS Group divisions worldwide for next five years

 

 

London, 31 August 2011 - Monitise plc (LSE: MONI) today announces it has signed a new partnership agreement with RBS Technology Services to broaden mobile banking and payments services across its banking divisions.

 

Monitise has strengthened its existing relationship with RBS by entering a new five-year global strategic partnership. Under the terms of the new agreement, RBS will utilise Monitise's industry leading and award-winning platform to provide innovative bank-grade and secure mobile apps and services to RBS customers.

 

By further integrating Monitise's configurable technology platform within the bank, RBS is able to give its customers richer, real-time smartphone services as new devices and operating systems hit the market, while continuing to provide mobile services to any customer that wants them via text message, no matter what phone they have.

 

The new contract covers all RBS Group divisions including RBS and NatWest UK Retail, Citizens Bank US, Ulster Bank and RBS Global Corporate and Business.

 

Will Jones, General Manager for Monitise's RBS partnership, said: "New apps have been developed on the Monitise platform as part of a partnership project with RBS called Quantum Leap. It really does deliver a leap forward in terms of client innovation and convenience, with helpful banking at the heart of these new apps. The integrated technology is fully flexible and lets the bank optimise every app to take advantage of what advanced handsets can do."

 

Monitise Group Chief Executive Alastair Lukies said: "As a global provider of mobile money services we have great insights into the varied approaches being taken by banks and financial institutions around the world as they seek to defend and extend their business in this increasing digital and mobile age."

 

He added: "RBS has positioned itself perfectly to embrace the mobile money evolution and we are delighted to be playing our part. Mobile, like any banking and payments ecosystem, needs to be easy-to-use, secure and interoperable and RBS are putting their customers first by recognising mobile as a channel in its own right, not just another 'access point' for the internet or a call centre. There are 5.5 billion mobile phones globally and organisations that understand and utilise that channel best are going to get closer to their customers."

 

For Monitise enquiries:

 

Contacts:

 

Monitise Group Tel: 020 7947 4300

Alastair Lukies, CEO

John Brougham, CFO

Tom Spurgeon, Finance Director and Company Secretary

Gavin Haycock, Communications Director

 

Evolution Securities Limited (NOMAD) Tel: 020 7071 4300

Stuart Andrews

Tim Redfern

 

Canaccord Genuity Limited Tel: 020 7050 6500

Simon Bridges

 

Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113

Charles Palmer

Jon Snowball

 

 

About Monitise

 

Monitise plc (LSE: MONI.L) is a technology company delivering mobile banking, payments and commerce networks worldwide with the proven technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other service providers to offer a wide range of services to their customers in developed and emerging markets.

 

With live services in the UK, the US, India and Africa, the company is working with international partners to extend trusted and secure mobile banking, payment and commerce services in territories worldwide, including Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Monitise has a global alliance agreement with Visa Inc. and a strategic partnership with Visa Europe. Other leading partners and clients include FIS, RBS, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, First Direct, U.S. Bank, Ulster Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Travelex, Vocalink, Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile, 3 UK, Research In Motion, Best Buy Europe, The Carphone Warehouse, First Eastern, Astra, JETCO and PCCW mobile.

 

More information is available at www.monitisegroup.com

 

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