ACI Worldwide and Verifone Partner to Deliver the First Pan-European Payments Platform for Auchan Group
March 16 2016 - 6:10AM
Business Wire
ACI Worldwide and Verifone will jointly support the leading
French retailer to deliver its multi-country, omni-channel
electronic payments innovation strategy
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global provider
of real-time electronic and eCommerce payment and
banking solutions, announced today it will partner with
Verifone (NYSE: PAY), a global provider of payments and commerce
solutions, to deliver a comprehensive pan-European card payments
platform for Auchan Group, one of Europe’s largest food
retailers.
Auchan relies on ACI’s market-leading, omni-channel UP Retailer
Payments solution as the foundation for its cross-border payments
strategy. In addition, the ACI solution will integrate with
Verifone’s VX 820 PIN pads and ‘payment as a service’ provision to
manage all types of card and non-card transactions in-store.
The new payments platform will also be compliant with the nexo
standards, a set of unified card payments standards that aim to
drive interoperability across countries, championed by a growing
number of retailers across Europe that want to roll them out in the
near future.
Andrew Quartermaine, Head of Merchant Retail Europe, ACI
Worldwide comments:
“ACI has worked closely with Auchan for a number of years and we
are delighted to be delivering this innovative payment acceptance
offering to position the company for future growth. ACI, Verifone,
and Auchan share the same disruptive payments vision and we are
pleased to open up our flexible multi-vendor, acquirer-agnostic
solution to work collaboratively with Verifone in support of
Auchan. We believe that many other major retailers will follow
Auchan’s lead in helping to shape European payments.”
Jean-Philippe Niedergang, VP and GM Southern Europe, Verifone
says:
“At Verifone, our focus is on delivering simple and secure
payment solutions that improve consumer engagement at the point of
sale, allowing retailers like Auchan to sell more and grow. Our
proven payment-as-a-service platform is already used by some of the
biggest brands in France and there are over 3.5 million VX 820 PIN
pads installed globally. Verifone will provide deployment and
maintenance services for Auchan to ensure its business is always
on, and our collaboration with ACI means this leading innovative
retailer will have a complete end-to-end solution that manages all
types of payment and non-payment transactions, delivering a great
shopping experience.”
Arnaud Crouzet, Head of Group Global Payments Development,
Auchan Group comments:
“This new platform, which complies with the nexo standards, is
part of our strategy for a safer, more open and more accessible
European centralized payments platform. The partnership with ACI
Worldwide and Verifone means we will be able to work with open and
flexible solutions. Both companies are open-minded and understand
our needs for a new growing market.”
The new platform is expected to go live later in 2016 across all
Auchan stores in France, providing the ultimate shopping experience
for consumers.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide, the Universal Payments (UP) company, powers
electronic payments for more than 5,000 organizations around the
world. More than 1,000 of the largest financial institutions and
intermediaries as well as 300 of the leading global retailers rely
on ACI to execute $14 trillion each day in payments. In addition,
thousands of organizations utilize our electronic bill presentment
and payment services. Through our comprehensive suite of software
and SaaS-based solutions, we deliver real-time, any-to-any payments
capabilities and enable the industry’s most complete omni-channel
payments experience. To learn more about ACI, please visit
www.aciworldwide.com. You can also find us on Twitter
@ACI_Worldwide.
About Verifone
Verifone is transforming everyday transactions into
opportunities for connected commerce. We’re connecting payment
devices to the cloud - merging the online and in-store shopping
experience and creating the next generation of digital engagement
between merchants and consumers. We are built on a 30-year history
of uncompromised security with approximately 29 million devices and
terminals deployed worldwide. Our people are known as trusted
experts that work with our clients and partners, helping to solve
their most complex payments challenges. We have clients and
partners in more than 150 countries, including the world’s
best-known retail brands, financial institutions and payment
providers.
About Auchan Retail
Auchan Retail is the world's 11th largest food retailer. It
operates in 16 countries and employs 332,900 employees. It is
structured into 3 channels: hypermarkets, convenience stores and
e-commerce. Auchan Retail manages a network of 962 hypermarkets and
2,874 convenience stores under the banners, 170 drives and
e-commerce, m-commerce and click & collect activities. In 2014,
the firm reached a consolidated revenue excluding taxes of
€51.9bn.
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ACI WorldwideKatrin Boettger, +44 (0)7776
147910katrin.boettger@aciworldwide.comorVerifoneMatt Tapsell, +44
(0)7920 378670matt.tapsell@verifone.comorAuchanDiana Ibragimova,
+33 1 58 65 07 78dibragimova@auchan.fr
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