Metavante Technologies, a provider of prepaid and debit card outsourcing in Europe, has announced the first live implementation of MasterCard rePower, the point-of-sale reload service for MasterCard and Maestroprepaid cards in Europe.
MasterCard rePower leverages the extensive MasterCard merchant infrastructure through its acquiring partners to deliver a European network of top-up locations for prepaid MasterCard and Maestro cards.
The compnay has said that it has been working closely with MasterCard to complete the implementation which will service Advanced Payment Solutions’ (APS) range of prepaid card programmes.APS, a European prepaid card provider, outsources the processing of all of its card programmes to Metavante.
Rich Wagner, CEO of APS, said: “We have been a processing customer of Metavante since launch and are delighted with their ability to move quickly to bring new products and services to market. MasterCard rePower will make it quick and easy for our customers to top up their prepaid cards.”
John Yeomans, President of Metavante Technologies, said: “This is a major step forward for the prepaid card industry. One of the most significant hurdles for any issuer in providing customers with high utility prepaid products is the provision of widely available reload points. MasterCard rePower allows our card issuers and programme managers to do just that, and the return on investment of their card programmes is likely to improve as a result.”
“The implementation of MasterCard rePower is yet another demonstration of the leading role we play in the prepaid market. MasterCard rePower is the latest in a long line of technology and service innovations that we have rolled out for the benefit of our card issuers and programme managers and their cardholders,” he added.
