Optimal Payments also shortlisted for Best Payment
Innovation in e-Commerce Award
London,UK - Monday 24th September, 2012 - Optimal Payments
(LSE: OPAY) ("Optimal"), a leading online payments
provider, is pleased to announce that it has been
recognised by Elavon Merchant Services ("Elavon") with the
top award for "Outstanding PSP Performance" of the Year.
This award recognises the outstanding service that Optimal
Payments' NETBANX payment processing division provides to
its merchant customers. NETBANX works with a number of
acquirers including Elavon to offer a comprehensive and
global payments capability through a single integration.
"We are very proud to be recognised for this significant
achievement", said Danny Chazonoff, Chief Operating Officer
of Optimal Payments. "This award demonstrates the
commitment of the whole Optimal team to deliver outstanding
service to our NETBANX customers. It further enhances our
sound reputation as we continue to extend our solutions to
merchants and consumers built around our innovative
proprietary technology platform."
James Quickfall, Head of 3rd Party Sales at Elavon Merchant
Services, added "Optimal Payments has continued to
demonstrate its capabilities in payment processing, and we
are proud of our relationship with them, leveraging their
market leading technology, risk management experience and
operational excellence to help us win large, complex deals.
Their ability to deliver to their customers is unrivalled,
and our successful relationship is built on strong
foundations of innovation and professionalism from both
sides."
This award follows Optimal Payments' success in being
shortlisted for the Best Payment Innovation in e-Commerce
Award at the IMRG sponsored 2012 e-Commerce Awards for
Excellence.
These awards are unique in the UK and will bring the whole
industry together to celebrate its success. The awards
categories have been carefully selected to show off the
broad range of skills that are required for successful
e-commerce as well as reflecting the contribution that
eCommerce can make to society and culture. The ceremony to
announce the winners of the eCommerce Awards for Excellence
takes place on 2nd October (the first evening of the
e-Commerce Expo http://www.ecommerceexpo.co.uk) at the
Brewery, Chiswell Street in the City of London. More
information is available at http://www.imrg.org.
About Optimal Payments Plc
Trusted by businesses and consumers in over 180 countries
to move and manage billions of dollars each year, Optimal
Payments Plc is the leading payments company offering a
true alternative to banks and card schemes. 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 their
lifetime value. Being independent has allowed the company
to support tens-of-thousands of retailers and merchants in
many geographies and across multiple industries.
Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock
Exchange's AIM, with a ticker symbol of OPAY.
Subsidiary company NETELLER (UK) Ltd is authorised and
regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial
Services Authority (FSA).
For more information about Optimal Payments visit http://www.optimalpayments.com/ or
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Media and Investor Contacts
Optimal Payments' media relations team can be
contacted through the Media
Relations Contact page. Relations with the investor and
analyst community are managed by Citigate Dewe Rogerson who
can be contacted through the
Investor Relations Contact page.