SafetyPay Speaks on Role of Payments at UATP Airline Distribution Conference

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SafetyPay™, the real time online-banking payment solution that enables consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency, was honored to send Vice President of Sales, Sandra Feinberg, to participate as a panel speaker at the 2013 UATP Airline Distribution Conference in Miami, FL recently on April 18th.

Feinberg spoke with six other presenters on how payment strategy can help increase the likelihood of distribution success. Also participating were representatives from Lufthansa AirPlus, Telchar B.V. Payment Fraud Consultancy, WorldPay, GlobalCollect, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

The panel’s discussion lasted about 45 minutes, and was moderated by K. David Holmes, VP Global Sales for UATP. The speakers presented, discussed and responded to audience questions regarding payments, the largest distribution cost for airlines. They provided information and observations regarding the roles that fraud, credit cards, alternative payments and more play in payment strategies and successful distribution plans.

The panel emphasized the need for a wide-ranging payment strategy that balances customer preference with airline financial requirements. “In many developed and developing markets around the world, the costs and limits of using credit cards are costing airlines high fees and lost business opportunities,” said Feinberg. “Airlines need to enable customers to purchase online using real-time bank transfers and even cash to reach a broader market and protect themselves from fees and fraud.”

About UATP
UATP is a comprehensive payment solution that airlines offer to reduce the high cost of credit card use and provide important data for accurate travel management. It’s a low-cost option, void of high costing merchant service fees, currency conversion fees, and government and policy induced fees. UATP’s corporate program and data tools, DataStream and DataMine, supply Level III Data for all air and rail travel, and folio-level data for hotel stays. For more information, visit UATP.com

About SafetyPay
SafetyPay is a real time online-banking payment solution that enables hundreds of millions of consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency. The SafetyPay solution is available in the USA, Europe, Canada and Latin America. SafetyPay guarantees no fraud and no chargebacks while supporting mobile, call center applications, e-invoices, pay-outs and promotions. To learn more about SafetyPay, visit http://www.safetypay.com.

For more information contact: Sasha Hernandez 786-294-6411 ext. 252 shernandez(at)safetypay(dot)com

SafetyPay CMO Speaks at Boston University

BU Global Marketing students, Professor Patricia Hambrick and Barbara Bibas Montero of SafetyPay.

SafetyPay’s CMO, Barbara Bibas Montero, was invited as a guest speaker to the Global Marketing class at Boston University’s School of Management on April 17, 2013. She shared with a highly attentive and engaged group of students the marketing challenges of positioning and value creation of a global payment company, particularly one that is innovative.

The visit unfortunately coincided with the recent Boston Marathon event and the loss of one of BU’s own students. Ms. Bibas Montero had the opportunity to share her condolences with the students and commend them for their  true “Boston Strong” spirit.

SafetyPay’s VP of Business Development for Latin America Will Guest Speak at eCommerce Day in Costa Rica

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The safe online-banking payment solution company, SafetyPay, is proud to participate in February’s first annual eCommerce Day. SafetyPay’s very own, Ronald Wieselberg, VP of Business Development for Latin America will attend as a guest speaker for the conference in Costa Rica on February 21st, 2013.

SafetyPay is a secure e-payment system that allows all online banking customers to make online purchases worldwide directly through their bank.

Organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica and the Latin American Institute of e-Commerce,eCommerce Day, will host high-level conferences and theme-oriented workshops. In attendance will be more than fifty experts discussing current issues and latest trends on the Digital Economy.

“It’s been incredible to help develop and grow SafetyPay’s outreach in Latin America,” says Wieselberg. “I’m looking forward to addressing the current challenges and difficulties Latin Americans currently face with payment methods today at the conference this week.”

Ronald Wieselberg has more than twenty years working for both multinational and private companies both in the USA and Latin America in the areas of Marketing and Sales. Since 2009 he holds the position of VP of Business Development for SafetyPay, the safest internet payment solution.

Prior to that, he held the position of Marketing Director, Latin America and South Florida for IDEA Advertising Group and Marketing Director for Softbank Latin American Venture as well as for Reader’s Digest for Latin America. Mr. Wieselberg has also worked for Citibank, Time Life as well as Ford Werke, Shell and IBM. He holds educational degrees from Catholic University –Rio de Janeiro (MBA); M.Sc. in Operational Research from the London School of Economics and B.S., Mechanical Engineering from UFRJ-Brazil.

About Latin American Institute of eCommerce:
The American Institute of Electronic Commerce is a nonprofit organization of regional character that develops and supports the Digital Economy in the different Latin American countries in order to promote initiatives that strengthen and promote the world of internet business.
One of the main objectives is to weave an open network regional organizations and institutions that promote the initiatives of each of its members and the whole. http://www.einstituto.org/site/novedades/llega-el-ecommerce-day-a-centro-america/

About SafetyPay 

 

SafetyPay is a real time online-banking payment solution that enables over 300 million consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency. The SafetyPay solution is available in the USA, Europe, Canada and Latin America. SafetyPay guarantees no fraud and no chargebacks while supporting mobile, call center applications, e-invoices, pay-outs and promotions. For more information please visit http://www.safetypay.com.

SafetyPay Welcomes German-speaking Markets

Originally posted on PR Web: http://www.prweb.com/releases/online-banking-solution/SafetyPay/prweb10384805…

 

SafetyPay™, the real time safe online-banking payment solution that enables consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency, today announced wide availability of the service to consumers and merchants in German-speaking markets. In addition to offering SafetyPay to the majority of online-banking customers in Germany, over 95% of banked customers in Austria can also shop securely online from local and international merchants.

“Many German and Austrian consumers are already using SafetyPay to purchase goods and services from our merchants in Europe, USA, Canada and Latin America and are paying directly from their bank accounts in Euros,” said Ralf Ohlhausen, President of SafetyPay, Europe.“Not only do they enjoy the convenience of the SafetyPay solution, they also appreciate what is probably the safest online payment solution available worldwide because they do not have to enter any personal data outside their trusted bank’s system. Furthermore, German and Austrian merchants now have a one-stop shop to sell locally and internationally.”

SafetyPay is the first online-banking payment optionwith connections to German and Austrian banks that enables merchants in these markets to access customers in Europe, North America and Latin America with just one contract, one bank account and one connection. Merchants benefit from guaranteed payments, low transaction costs and no chargebacks when they sell to SafetyPay’s network of over 300 million customers worldwide.

German and Austrian merchants can easily connect to SafetyPay directly or through one of the company’s numerous local and international Payment Service Provider (PSP) gateway partners. As SafetyPay enters new markets, German and Austrian merchants will benefit from additional market reach without requiring any technical or business changes.

About SafetyPay
SafetyPay is a real time online-banking payment solution that enables over 300 million consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency. The SafetyPay solution is available in the USA, Europe, Canada and Latin America. SafetyPay guarantees no fraud and no chargebacks while supporting mobile, call center applications, e-invoices, refunds, pay-outs and promotions.

 

For more information contact: Sasha Hernandez (786) 294-6411 ext. 252 shernandez (at) safetypay (dot) com.

SafetyPay Announces Record Growth

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SafetyPay™, the real time safe online-banking payment solution that enables consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency, today announced record growth in transactions processed, as well as record growth in the value of transactions processed.

Transactions for the year of 2012 increased 149% over 2011. Likewise, the dollar value of transactions processed increased by 88.5% in 2012 over 2011.

“Our operations are growing in multiple dimensions,” said Manuel Montero, CEO of SafetyPay. “Not only are we growing transactions in each country in which we operate, we are also adding new markets on a steady basis.” SafetyPay currently operates in twelve countries, with merchants in many more countries around the world accepting payment through theirsafe online-banking payment solution service.

SafetyPay focuses on recruitment of merchants and banks, which both benefit from lower costs and increased security compared to other online payment methods. Though consumers do not register with SafetyPay to use the service, the company provides both merchants and banks with marketing support to increase consumer awareness and adoption.

During 2012, SafetyPay released the following significant announcements:

• SafetyPay and WorldPay form Strategic Global Partnership
• E-Commerce Provider Payelp Global Partners with SafetyPay to Expand Online Payment Options for Merchants and Customers Worldwide
• Airline Industry Recognizes SafetyPay Payment Solution
• SafetyPay Welcomes Canada to their Leading International E-Commerce Payment Solution
• SafetyPay Offers Global Mobile Payment Platform

About SafetyPay
SafetyPay is a real time online-banking payment solution that enables over 250 million consumers to shop from merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account in their local currency. The SafetyPay solution is available in the USA, Europe, Canada and Latin America. SafetyPay guarantees no fraud and no chargebacks while supporting mobile, call center applications, e-invoices, pay-outs and promotions. For more information please visit http://www.safetypay.com.

 

For more information contact: Sasha Hernandez (786) 294-6411 ext. 252 shernandez@safetypay.com

 

 

SafetyPay and WorldPay form Strategic Global Partnership

SafetyPay™, the secure online payment solution that enables online banking consumers to shop from Merchants worldwide and pay directly from their bank account, in their local currency, announced today that integration has been completed with WorldPay, a global leader in payments processing, risk and alternative payments.

“We are very enthusiastic about our recent partnership with WorldPay,” said Sandra Feinberg, Vice President of Sales for SafetyPay. “This integration allows WorldPay’s merchants to now have access to additional customers in Latin America, Europe and the U.S. through our network of top banking partners.”

With over 250 million potential customers and more than 1500 banking partners, SafetyPay positions itself as the safe payment solution for international eCommerce by allowing customers to make purchases directly from their bank account or with cash in their local currency. SafetyPay focuses on the travel industry, digital goods and merchants who are looking to sell internationally.

SafetyPay and WorldPay have formed the partnership with the objective of global expansion within the eCommerce and travel industry, as well as providing WorldPay merchants with greater alternative payment options in Latin America. Brazil, as an example of a key market in this region, is the fastest growing online shopping market outside of Asia with a predicted CAGR of 18% over the next three years according to Forrester.

WorldPay already provides its merchants with access to over 200 local payment methods, with a global payment service offering single point access to popular local payment and collection services worldwide.

Phil McGriskin, chief product officer, WorldPay comments: “Latin America is an emerging market for eCommerce that is seeing significant growth. The partnership between WorldPay and SafetyPay will provide merchants with the capabilities to offer customers their preferred method of payment, therefore capitalising on the revenue potential of selling to this market.”

About SafetyPay
SafetyPay is a global, safe and secure online payment solution that enables online banking customers to make internet purchases from merchants worldwide, and pay directly from their local bank account in their local currency. SafetyPay also offers: business-to-business payments, call center payments, payouts, mobile, and walk-in cash payments. To view customer experience demo, http://goo.gl/ODf0r For more information, go tohttp://www.safetypay.com or call 1.786.294.6411 ext 233

About WorldPay
WorldPay is a leading global provider of payment and risk services, processing millions of transactions every day. WorldPay is a unification of seven leading retail payment solutions and offers a range of services including acquiring, gateway, alternative payments, risk management, and mobile payments. WorldPay became an independent company in December 2010. http://www.worldpay.com

Twitter: @WorldPay
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A Broader Online Payment Strategy Lets Merchants Sell Worldwide

By Bailey Reutzel 

Cheap travel and social media continue to connect people all over the world. Companies focusing on e-commerce and payments gateways could see success as the world becomes more globalized by helping merchants handle payments from those who want to spend beyond their borders.

Recently Payelp Global, which provides an e-commerce platform that allows merchants to support an array of different payment methods, partnered with SafetyPay to expand those options. Through SafetyPay, customers with an online bank account can use that account to make online purchases in their local currency.

The system is designed to overcome the limitations of country-specific digital wallets and conventional payment cards.

“We’re trying to globalize business through the Internet,” says Albert Donahue, Payelp’s CEO. The company’s system “connects all countries into one global network.”

This gives companies like Payelp some job security, since cash and cards won’t perish anytime soon even though mobile payments are at the forefront of the discussion today, says Alex Kwiatkowski, a research manager at IDC Financial Insights.

Wallaby, a MuckerLab-backed startup, operates on a smaller scale. Users register all their payment cards in the smartphone app. When a user pays with Wallaby, the app chooses which card to use to get the most rewards.

“It’s about being pragmatic and avoiding the gold rush,” Kwiatkowski says. In mobile payments, many companies risk the same fate as prospectors in the California gold rush, where “a lot of prospectors came away with nothing,” he says.

Companies should have a broad strategy, because mobile payments will not vanquish the benefits of cash and cards in some cases, he says.

“Whereas 10 to 20 years ago the idea of ordering something from overseas was something that felt like a ‘wow’ moment, now it’s become very de facto,” Kwiatkowski says.

Online transactions provide merchants a way to tap into new markets without the expense of hiring new representatives, says Peter Caparso, president of Adyen North America.

Adyen is another global payments provider that provides its merchant clients with more than 100 payment methods across North and South America, Europe and Asia. Recently Adyen launched a portable mobile card reader to support both EMV chip cards and mag-stripe cards.

“There’s an appetite for goods across borders,” Caparso says.

Consumers today “make international payments that look and feel like they’re buying from a store down the road or ordering from a local merchant,” Kwiatkowski says. “The planet hasn’t gotten any smaller in circumference but it certainly feels like it’s getting smaller in terms of commerce.”

Companies like Payelp and Adyen allow merchants to accept any type of payment without adding friction for the shopper. Consumers pay with their preferred method while payments gateways convert the currency.

“At this point there is one global currency — there’s one major currency that we’re calling electronic currency,” Donahue says. “Currency politics isn’t going to change but all these currencies will be optimized into electronic money.”

But as the rise of debit shows, successful new payment methods don’t completely eliminate older ones such as cash and coin, says Kwiatkowski.

Original article from: http://www.paymentssource.com/news/a-broader-online-payment-strategy-lets-merchants-sell-worldwide-3012603-1.html

SafetyPay Launches Canada!

SafetyPay is proud to offer our secure online payment service via the Canadian Interac network. Canadian shoppers now have the ability to make Internet purchases globally and securely!

Stay posted to our Canadian landing page to learn more: http://www.safetypay.ca

Check out our Press Release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/international/e-commerce/prweb9938235.htm

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Reports of New Social Game Notifications

Recently, there have been reports of Facebook users seeing notifications about their friends playing certain games or apps. These notifications are not requests from the games, but from Facebook. This is Facebook’s testing initiative to re-engage past game players to their long, lost forgotten social apps, as well as encourage new users to discover new games. These new notifications will include a “Play Now” call-to-action, as previously seen in the “Games You May Like” side modules.

Facebook has been known to test new sidebar modules to promote the discovery of new games, but this new method will be more prominent since it will be at the top of the Facebook Page with the red notification icon.

For the time being, it seems like these testings are limited to a small group of users for the sake of gathering data before implementing these features more broadly.

 

Read more about the reporting here: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2012/06/11/facebook-tries-promoting-games-with-…