October 13, 2006.
Online Payment Processor NETeller Continues To Deliver On Diversification Strategy.
NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the leading independent online money transfer business, today announced the latest milestone in its
market diversification strategy by formally launching two new country specific versions of its service in Denmark and Sweden.
The Company also confirms its position regarding the US SAFE Port Act.
US Safe Port Act Position
As stated in an announcement of 2 October 2006, the Company, in conjunction with its advisers, continues to monitor the progress of
the Act and likely resultant regulations. The Company expects to have a clearer view of how financial services companies can comply
and any possible resulting impact on its business as the regulations are drafted in the 270 days following the signing of the Act. In
the meantime, the Company will continue to operate its business to minimise any potential adverse impact, maintaining existing customer
and merchant support across all the markets it currently serves.
Sweden and Denmark Launch
The formal launches of the two new localised versions of the Company’s service in Denmark and Sweden represent the fifth and sixth
new European products launched by NETELLER during 2006. The Company, which has customers in over 160 countries, launched sites in Germany,
France, Spain and Italy earlier this year and expects to announce more localised services in the next few months.
NETELLER has also announced a number of significant improvements to its e-wallet service. These are designed to offer merchants greater
freedom and control over which markets they operate in, drive customer acquisition, and harmonise terms and conditions globally.
Greater Choice for Merchants
In an enhancement to the NetDirect merchant platform, the Company has released new capabilities which allow merchants the freedom to
define which global markets they wish to operate in. These new features work by enabling merchants to maintain country black-lists that
block any money transfers from customers in those countries.
Refer-a-Friend Program
To further drive customer acquisition NETELLER has made its refer-a-friend programme more appealing. Now NETELLER pays direct cash
incentives for each new referral. By bringing more customers who have existing relationships with one another into the NETELLER
community, the Company believes it will help drive increased use of its service.
Commitment to Consistent High Standards in Business
NETELLER has also achieved a significant milestone in its 12-month programme to harmonise its terms and conditions across Europe,
North America, and parts of Asia. Recent changes for North America enable the Company to apply the same high standards that it uses
in compliance with FSA authorisation and Joint Money Laundering Steering Group activities across all geographies.
As part of this commitment to apply standards consistently across the Company, NETELLER maintains all of its customers’ deposited,
in-transit, and un-cleared funds in Trust Accounts, which are segregated from the Company’s own cash balances. Therefore all customers
can be confident that their money is held safely in their NETELLER account with no default risk, and funds can be transferred with
total flexibility, speed and simplicity.
Ron Martin, President and CEO of NETELLER commented: “These updates, including new Danish and Swedish services, merchant platform
improvements, and harmonised terms demonstrate our unwavering commitment to our customers and merchants. These launches represent
further milestones in our continued global expansion as part of our diversification strategy.”
About Neteller Group With over 3 million customers in 160 countries, 3,500 merchants, and over $7 billion in annual transactions,
the NETELLER Group operates the largest independent online money transfer business in the world. The Group specializes
in providing innovative and instant payment services where money transfer is difficult or risky due to identity, trust,
currency exchange, or distance. Being independent has allowed the Group to support thousands of retailers and merchants
in many geographies and across multiple industries.
Source: Neteller
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