Today Global Payout
announced the launch of a new payroll card program through its European
subsidiary, Global Funding Ltd. The new payroll card, a prepaid Mastercard®
with “chip and pin” technology branded as “the Premier”, is the newest addition
to Global Funding’s “chip and pin” program. Global Funding is currently rolling
out an aggressive chip and pin program in Europe.
The card will be
extended to European registered companies as a payroll option for their
employees and independent contractors as a payment reception option. It offers
secure transactions and is widely accepted online as well as in stores,
restaurants, and ATM machines where Mastercard® is accepted. Because it is
electronic, it offers users the ability to cut down on traditional costs associated
with payment, including costs of checks, wires, and cash disbursements.
According to Global
Payout, chip and pin technology has the power to make traditional features
associated with consumer cards obsolete. Specifically, the technology adds an additional
layer of consumer protection on top of magnetic strip swipe terminals, rolls of
paper, and required signatures, which helps clamp down on incidences of fraud
and security breaches. The chip and pin technology is applicable to any debit,
prepaid card, credit, and ATM card. Transactions are only validated when a
cardholder’s personal identification number matches the encrypted information
embedded in a card’s microchip.
The issuing bank for
the card program is IDT Financial Services Limited of Gibraltar, subsidiary of
U.S.-based multinational company IDT Corporation, which has offices in over 30
countries around the globe. As program manager for the card program, Global
Funding will hold general contracting responsibilities including card design and
production, and support for card issuance, card delivery, card distribution,
and card inventory management. It also maintains the program’s customer service
functions and regulatory compliance and is contracted directly with IDT
Financial Services.
Jim Hancock, Global
Payout’s CEO stated, “Experts estimate there is approximately $3 trillion of
cash and check expenditures that are ripe for electronic conversion. With our
global reach, ability to make payments and automatic currency exchanges in all
OFAC compliant countries, and the push for greater security, Global Payout
intends to aggressively pursue the many major prepaid debit card opportunities
utilizing chip and pin in Europe. And with the exceptional adoption rates both
in Zone 1 and Zone 2, 73.9% and 12.7%, respectively, and in combination with
our Consolidated Payment Gateway payment platform, we see a real value
proposition for many European companies, organizations, government agencies,
cardholders and account holders.”
According to Global
Payout, chip and pin technology has been shown to have a drastic effect on
fraud and security breach episodes, measured in billions of dollars saved on an
annual basis. The United States is reported to be making this integrated
circuit card technology mandatory by October 2015. Chip and pin technology has
demonstrated an ability to reduce fraud and compromised security incidences by
30 percent. Global Payout estimates that cardholders of European companies will
gain greater acceptance in over 130 countries around the world, where chip and
pin technology is embraced.
For more
information, visit: www.globalpayout.com
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