15th Jun 2010 07:00
NEOVIA Signs Deal With Gaming Giant bet-at-home.com And Five Further Gaming Merchants For Secure Online Payment Processing
NETELLER e-wallet & Net+ pre-paid card widen access to gaming portals
Tuesday, 15th June 2010 - NEOVIA Financial Plc (LSE: NEO), the leading alternative payments business, announces it has added six more gaming merchants to its growing list of customers, including the German gaming giant, bet-at-home.com.
Along with bet-at-home.com, NEOVIA has signed agreements with 2pay, Buzzluck, CAIgames, Littlewoods Game On Ltd and Play'nGo, further demonstrating NEOVIA's strengths in the online gaming payments market. Each of these merchants is now using the NETELLER e-wallet, part of the NEOVIA Payment Network™, to offer increased payment options for their members worldwide. By using NETELLER, merchants can offer their loyal customers a branded payment account that allows instant and direct settlement, and avoids the complexities and costs of traditional card schemes.
bet-at-home-com is a leading European company in online gaming and sports betting. With 2 million registered users worldwide and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the company is one of the most popular betting providers in Europe, especially in Eastern Europe and German speaking countries.
bet-at-home.com's Marketing & Business Development Manager, Koray Cakir said: "We are excited to announce our new partnership with NEOVIA as it is a big addition for us. We work directly in over 20 countries and indirectly with the rest of the world. We recognise that adding NETELLER to our payment options will not only give us a single source for international payment coverage, but also a competitive advantage."
Dan Starr, Chief Marketing Officer for NEOVIA said: "We are delighted to announce these merchant wins which highlight the great combination of our NETELLER e-wallet and Net+ card being used by more gaming merchants as a business enabling tool. We are providing bold payment solutions to merchants, so that they can improve consumer engagement, increase lifetime value, offer instant consumer spending and maximise their revenues.
"Similar to our recent Sega Games contract win announcement, we are seeing more and more land-based operators looking to evolve their business model to build a strong footing in the online market, and within the online gaming market we are the experts in handling payments."
The NEOVIA Payment Network™ simplifies payments for businesses improving customer experience, margins and lifetime value. It includes the international NETBANX® payments processing service for merchants, and member and card services through the NETELLER® payment account. NETBANX allows merchants to accept and settle card and non-card payments through multiple channels including online, contact centres, mail order and automated phone systems. Via NETELLER merchants can offer their loyal customers a branded payment account that allows instant and direct settlement that avoids the complexities and costs of traditional card schemes; the embedded multi-award-wining Net+® card allows consumers to spend at over 30 million MasterCard® locations worldwide.
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For further information contact:
NEOVIA Financial Plc
Andrew Gilchrist, VP Communications + 44 (0) 1624 698 713
Email: [email protected]
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Media Relations
Nick Daines / Sheelagh Connelly, Lumen PR
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Notes to editors
Further details on the other gaming merchant contract wins being announced are set out below:
Billed as the largest payment aggregator in Eastern Europe, 2pay (http://2pay.us.com) provides payments to online games and sells game time cards. Players can buy game time or in-game currency for more than 200 games, using popular payment methods including electronic money, cash terminals, or paid SMS.
Buzzluck - (http://www.buzzluckcasinos.com/) focuses on the 3D gaming experience for players so that it is similar to visiting a real casino - therefore no two visits to the site are the same.
CAI Games - (https://www.caigames.com/) is the recently launched online gaming platform of the giant Casino Austria International.
Littlewoods Game On Ltd (http://www.littlewoodsgameon.com) Established back in 1923, Littlewoods Gaming has established itself as the trusted name in gaming and has become renowned as a specialist in the online gaming industry. It was the Littlewoods Football Pools game that turned Littlewoods into a household name and one that people trust in the online gaming industry. Today thousands of players enjoy this and other games but this time online.
Play'n GO (http://www.playngo.com), with offices in Sweden and Austria, delivers a full range of smart, made-to-order online casino and bingo solutions, as well as back-office management and e-payment applications.
About NEOVIA Financial
Trusted by consumers and businesses in over 170 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, NEOVIA Financial Plc is a leading alternative payments business. Through the NEOVIA Payment Network, merchants use the NETBANX® processing service to simplify how they accept and settle card, direct-from-bank, and cash payments, and the NETELLER® payment account to increase margins, capture new customers and increase customer lifetime values. Being independent has allowed the company to support tens-of-thousands of retailers and merchants in many geographies and across multiple industries.
NEOVIA Financial Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM, with a ticker symbol of NEO. Subsidiary company NETELLER (UK) Ltd is authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to operate as a regulated e-money issuer.
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