PayPoint plc : Notice of Interim Management Sta...

10 January 2014

PayPoint plc

Notice of Interim Management Statement

PayPoint plc advises that it will issue its Interim Management Statement for the third quarter, period ended 31 December 2013, on 23 January 2014.

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ABOUT PAYPOINT
PayPoint is a leading international provider of convenient payments and value added services to major consumer service organisations in the utility, housing, water, telecoms, media, financial services, transport, retail, e-commerce, gaming and public sectors.

PayPoint delivers payments and services through a uniquely strong combination of local shops, internet and mobile distribution channels and handles over £14 billion from 750 million transactions annually for more than 6,000 clients and merchants.

PayPoint is widely recognised for its leadership in payment systems, smart technology and consumer service.

Retail networks
The PayPoint branded retail network across the UK numbers over 25,600 local shops (including Co-op, Spar, McColls, Costcutter, Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express, One Stop, Asda, Londis and thousands of independents), where it processes energy meter pre-payments, cash bill payments, mobile phone top-ups, transport tickets, BBC TV licences, cash withdrawals and a wide variety of other payment types. In Romania, the branded retail network numbers nearly 8,000 terminals located in local shops, processing cash bill payments for utilities, money transfers and mobile phone top-ups. In the Republic of Ireland, over 500 terminals in shops and credit unions process mobile top-ups and bill payments.

Collect+, a joint venture with Yodel, provides a parcel collection and drop off service at more than 5,500 PayPoint retailers. PayPoint's ATM network numbers more than 3,000 'LINK' branded machines across the UK, mainly in the same sites as PayPoint terminals.

e&m commerce
PayPoint.net is an internet payment service provider linking into 16 major acquiring banks in the UK, Europe and North America to deliver secure online credit and debit card payments for over 5,350 web merchants. It offers a comprehensive set of products ranging from a bureau service to a transaction gateway, and FraudGuard, an advanced service to mitigate the risk of fraud.

PayByPhone is a leading international provider of services to parking authorities allowing consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for their parking by credit or debit card.  It has contracts in the UK, France, Canada, the USA and Australia.

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