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Prague - December 18, 2006 – GP mobile – the top up mobile phone service was launched at Rossmann
The drugstore chain Rossmann is the second company in the Czech market, providing its customers an opportunity to recharge their mobile phones on their payment terminals. Rossmann is currently operating 105 shops throughout the Czech Republic.
Moscow - December 12, 2006 – Introduction of the Payment Cards Encyclopedia 1870 - 2006
On the December 12th, 2006 at the Czech Embassy in Moscow the Russian version of the Pavel Juřík´s book Payment Cards Encyclopedia 1870 - 2006 was launched. It is the first encyclopedia published in Russia, which covers the entire payments cards history. This book has met the strictest evaluation criteria of not only its content, but also the quality of the graphics and printing.
His Excellency Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Russia Miroslav Kostelka christened the book together with the author Pavel Jurik and with Stanislav Coufal, Head of the Global Payments branch in Russia. The foreword for the book was written by Paul Garcia, President, Chairman and CEO for Global Payments Inc. which supports the Russian edition of the book as a general sponsor.
The ceremony and gala dinner were attended by representatives of the major Russian financial institutions, federal government, central bank, card payment systems and also by Global Payments Europe representatives - Petr Sedlacek, Roman Mentlik a Jiri Hollan.
Sarajevo - December 11, 2006 – Global Payments Day in Sarajevo
The fourth Global Payments Day of the year was held on December 11th, 2006 in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Completion of the acquisition of the assets of Diginet d.o.o., and integration into the Global Payments structure was announced to the journalists, clients and official guests during the press conference and gala dinner.
Carl Williams, President Worldwide Transaction Processing for Global Payments Inc. welcomed this expansion of the company activities into the territory of the Balkan Peninsula. Petr Sedlacek, CEO for Global Payments Europe explained incorporation of Sarajevo into the GPE expansion strategy. Mustafa Bektic, CEO for Global Payments Europe branch in Sarajevo spoke about the company plans to further enlarge services provided not only to customers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also in other markets in South-Eastern Europe.
Global Payments Day took place in the Conference Center of Holiday Inn hotel Sarajevo. It was attended by approximatelly 100 guests, representatives of the financial institutions, central bank and other governmental institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representatives of the US Embassy and journalists.
Prague, 23 November 2006 – 7.2 million consumers that own a mobile telephone with a prepaid card can enjoy a simpler life from today. Starting today, consumers can easily top up mobile phone credit for themselves or their friends in Globus hypermarkets while shopping, regardless of whether they are paying in cash or by credit card. The new method of topping up mobile telephones was presented today by representatives of Globus hypermarkets, all three mobile operators and Global Payments Europe.
"Globus, as usual, is bringing its customers new products that make shopping easier and more pleasant. Whereas ten years ago Globus was the first hypermarket in the Czech Republic, today it is the first hypermarket where, whilst paying, consumers can top up the credit on their mobile phone. Customers can choose from a chain of eleven Globus hypermarkets in the Czech Republic, which have a total of 550 cash registers.” said Boris Malý, head of marketing and corporate development at Globus Czech Republic
“The concept of topping up mobile phones through various top-up channels – ATM, POS terminals and directly from a mobile phone – was developed in the former MUZO a.s. at the end of the 1990s. We brought top-ups through ATM and mobile telephones into operation starting in 2001. Now, thanks to the specific interest and close co-operation with Globus ČR, and the traditionally good co-operation with all mobile operators, we can finally bring into operation also the third prepared top-up channel – POS terminals,” said Petr Sedlácek, director general of Global Payments Europe, which provides the GP mobile top-up service.
Mobile telephones with prepaid cards are still very popular with Czech consumers – at the current time mobile operators have more than 7.24 million. Consumers mostly use on-line methods of topping up phones, for example in ATM, GSM banking or at Sazka terminals, and their popularity keeps on rising. It can therefore be expected that the top-up service on POS terminals in a retail network will also be very popular.
“The whole top-up process is very simple. Whilst the checkout operator is counting the items to be purchased, the customer asks for the credit on his mobile phone to be topped up, by CZK 200, CZK 300 or CZK 500. He can input the number of the phone to be topped up on the terminal himself and the amount is added to the items he is purchasing. The whole transaction is confirmed by the sending of a text message to the number of the topped up telephone,” explained Bohdan Tetiva, product marketing director at Telefónica O2 Czech Republic.
“There will only be a gap of a few seconds between the confirmation of the top-up transaction at the terminal and the actual topping up. It is one of the fastest and easiest ways to top-up credit that consumers can use at the moment,” said Martin Horcicka, key services marketing director at Vodafone Czech Republic.
“The new method of topping up credit will not only be simple, fast and comfortable for customers, but also advantageous. Until the end of January each customer who takes advantage of the mobile phone top-up service in the T-Mobile and O2 networks at a Globus hypermarket checkout will get an additional 10% top-up,” added Jan Roule, Product & Terminal Management director at T-Mobile Czech Republic.
Prague, Czech Republic and Atlanta, GA USA – November 21, 2006
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a world leader in electronic transaction processing solutions, today announced that its Prague-based wholly owned subsidiary, Global Payments Europe, s.r.o., has opened an office in Kiev. The office, located in the Ukrainian capital, was established to facilitate expansion of the company’s payment services to this promising market which, according to The Nilson Report World Fact Book, experienced a 42 percent increase in card issuing from 2004 to 2005.
Additionally, the Kiev office will better serve existing Global Payments Europe customers who are increasing business development focus within the Ukraine. Global Payments Europe serves Central, East and Southeast Europe and has offices strategically located in Prague, Bratislava, Moscow, Warsaw, Sarajevo, and now Kiev.
CEO of Global Payments Europe, Petr Sedlacek said, "The Ukrainian market is one of the most dynamically developing card markets in Europe and a key area in our expansion plans. We are deeply committed to providing this, and all our markets, with the highest quality card issuing and processing products and services for financial institutions."
Prague, Czech Republic and Atlanta, GA USA - November 14, 2006
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a leader in payment processing services, announced today it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Diginet d.o.o., an indirect payment processor for both point-of-sale (POS) and ATM transactions based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Diginet's management team and employees will join Global Payments Europe and will help to expand its reach into the Balkan region.
"I am pleased to announce the completion of our Diginet acquisition," said Petr Sedlacek, CEO of Global Payments Europe. "I look forward to working with Diginet's management team and employees to continue serving its current financial institution customers and to grow throughout the Balkans," added Sedlacek.
Global Payments does not anticipate this acquisition will have a significant impact on its fiscal 2007 consolidated revenue or earnings per share results, but expects revenue growth and earnings accretion from this transaction over the long term.
Diginet was founded in 1996, and offers financial institutions credit and debit card transaction processing services, sales, installation and servicing of ATM and POS terminals, and card issuing services.
Warsaw - Prague, October 4th, 2006
The third Global Payments Day conference of the year was held on October 3rd in Warsaw, Poland. Partners of the conference, dedicated to the electronic transaction security, included Polish Bank Association and Bank Technology Forum (ZBP).
Global Payments Day took place in Poland at the Warsaw Bank and Financial Center and it was heavily attended by almost 100 experts from Polish banks, financial institutions, and professional organizations.
Moderators of the conference Remigiusz Kaszubski, Director of Polish Banking Association Technology Forum and Jerzy Switek, Head of GPE Branch in Poland delivered opening presentations. Roman Mentlík, GPE International Business Director presented new trends in card/payment processing industry, Tomas Fencl, Head of GPE security explained principles of the GPE security standards and their implementation. One of the key speakers was Ian Griswold, Director Network Services from Global Payments Inc. Atlanta, USA. Ian covered GP experience gained during the 5 years of maintaining secure transactions, particularly those on POS terminals connected via Internet using SSL and IPSec technologies.
The Global Payments Day Conference participants were also interested to hear about GPE experience gained during the EMV migration, which was delivered by Jacek Nowacki, Technology Manager from GPE Poland office and Marek Havelka, GPE Products Director. The final presentation was delivered by Dariusz Lasica, Deputy General Manager of VISA Poland. The round table discussion followed the presentations, where a variety of questions were fielded from the attendees. Participating in the roundtable were Remigiusz Kaszubski (ZBP), Konrad Korobowicz (eCard), Fred Sigal (Diebold), Steve Wilson (VISA) and Roman Mentlik (GPE).
Prague, Czech Republic - October 2, 2006
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), decided to simplify the structure of its group by merging companies from the Global Payments group operating in the Czech Republic. Additionally, the company increased and repaid the capital stock of the succession company from the former CZK 102 million to CZK 423,2 million. This increase of capital stock will support the development of Global Payments Europe business activities.
In accordance with the respective decision of the Municipal Court in Prague the company Global Payments Europe, a.s. was deleted from the Register of companies on October 1, 2006. The company Global Payments Europe, s.r.o., with offices at V Olsinach street 80/625, Prague 10 - Strasnice, ZIP code 100 00, Company registration number 27088936, Tax identification number CZ27088936, registered with the Register of companies administered by the Municipal Court in Prague, department C, enclosure number 95419, became the succession company from October 1, 2006.
Prague, Czech Republic and Atlanta, GA USA - September 13, 2006
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a leader in payment processing services, announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Diginet d.o.o., an indirect payment processor for both point-of-sale (POS) and ATM transactions based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions and is expected to be completed during the 2006 calendar year fourth quarter. Diginet will join Global Payments Europe and serve as its Balkan region headquarters.
"We are very excited to acquire this business, its management team and employees," said Petr Sedlacek, CEO of Global Payments Europe. "Through this acquisition, we will continue to serve leading financial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and look to expand our presence throughout the Balkans," added Sedlacek.
President and CEO of Diginet, Mustafa Bektic, said, "As the only independent indirect payment processor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, partnering with Global Payments Europe will allow us to offer a broader array of services to our existing customers, as well as generate new business opportunities utilizing a leading-edge payment processing platform. The payments market in the Balkan region is growing rapidly, and we are pleased that we have found a partner that will help us take advantage of these growth opportunities," added Bektic.
Global Payments does not anticipate this acquisition will have a significant impact on its fiscal 2007 consolidated revenue or earnings per share results, but expects revenue growth and earnings accretion from this transaction over the long term.
Diginet was founded in 1996, and offers financial institutions credit and debit card transaction processing services, sales, installation and servicing of ATM and POS terminals, and card issuing services.
Prague, Czech Republic, August 22nd, 2006 - Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a leader in electronic transaction processing, today announced that its Prague-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Payments Europe, a.s., has entered into an extension of its relationship with Komercni banka, a member of Société Générale Groupe, by signing a new contract to provide an array of card processing services including: Authorization services, ATM and POS terminal services, payment card personalization, card management system maintenance and development, fraud detection, application development.
The agreement calls for Global Payments Europe to provide such services to Komercni banka through December 31, 2008. Global Payments Europe has traditionally provided card related services to Komercni banka dating back to February 1992, when Komercni banka issued its first payment cards and put into operation its first ATMs.
Petr Sedlacek, CEO and Chairman for Global Payments Europe, said, "We are extremely pleased to continue this relationship with one of our most important clients in Europe - Komercni banka, a member of Société Générale Groupe. Our long-standing relationship with the bank enabled a seamless implementation of the most advanced products and services, including our full integration of EMV technology in the bank's card payment processing."
Atlanta, GA April 20, 2006 - Global Payments Credit Services LLC (GPCS), a joint venture between Global Payments Europe, a.s. and Home Credit & Finance Bank of Russia, today announced its formal registration with the Russian State Register of Credit Bureaus and also announced agreements with two new customers: VimpelCom, a telecommunications firm operating in Russia under the brand name Beeline, and INVESTSBERBANK, a private Russian bank incorporated in 1994. This registration enables GPCS to provide credit bureau services in the Russian Federation. GPCS can now receive information about debtors from member banks and respond to inquiries regarding credit applicants.
Prague, Czech Republic, April 19th, 2006 - Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a leader in electronic transaction processing, today announced that its Prague-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Payments Europe, a.s. (formerly MUZO), has been selected by GE Consumer Finance as a preferred supplier of processing services and ATM network administration services for GE entities in the Russian Federation (GE Consumer Finance - Delta Bank), Poland (GE Capital Bank) and Hungary (Budapest Bank). As well, Global Payments Europe has been confirmed to maintain its current role as the GE Money Bank partner for authorization center services in the Czech Republic. The scope of services in the Czech Republic will also cover card personalization and PIN printing services.
Atlanta, Prague, Tuesday February 14th 2006 - Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a world leader in electronic transaction processing solutions, today announced that Global Payments Europe recently opened a new branch office in Warsaw to intensify and expand company activities in developing services for the Polish financial market. Jerzy Switek, International Sales Director for Global Payments Europe will head up from Warsaw the new operations in Poland and Ukraine. Both Poland and Ukraine have been declared key markets in the Global Payments Europe business development strategy.
