Earthport PLC First Payments Route into North Africa (0475F)
May 20 2013 - 2:00AM
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Earthport PLC
20 May 2013
20 May 2013
Earthport plc
("Earthport", the "Company" or the "Group")
Earthport Launches First Payments Route into North Africa
Earthport rolls out fully automated payment service into Morocco
to meet the growing demand for cost efficient, low-value payments
in the region
Earthport (AIM: EPO), the cross-border payments service
provider, today announced a fully automated payment service into
Morocco is now live. The route is the first low value payment
service for Earthport in North Africa and will enable the Company
to expand its network infrastructure into the region.
With more than three million people in the diaspora, Morocco is
one of the top remittance receive countries on the African
continent and the second largest remittance country in North Africa
with an estimated $6.4 billion worth of payments received in
2010.
The expansion into Morocco comes in response to the growing
demand for low-cost payments into the region. The payment route
will enable Earthport's clients to quickly launch new payments
services into the country and deliver faster, more cost efficient
and more transparent remittance transfers through Earthport's local
clearing capabilities.
Hank Uberoi, Executive Director of Earthport plc, commented,
"Morocco is a key remittance market in North Africa and an
important addition to our global network of countries with local
clearing capabilities.
"Earthport's specialist role in cross-border payments, means our
clients reap the benefits of our country-specific regulatory
understanding, local payment data framework and system connectivity
standards, enabling them to launch new payment services quickly and
cost effectively. In April, we announced the expansion into India,
and we look forward to announcing further expansion in due
course."
For further information, please contact:
Earthport plc
Hank Uberoi / Paul Thomas / Chris Cowlard 020 7220 9700
Panmure Gordon
Fred Walsh / Victoria Boxall 020 7886 2500
Charles Stanley Securities
Mark Taylor / Paul Brotherhood 020 7149 6000
Newgate Threadneedle
Fiona Conroy / Caroline Evans-Jones / Josh
Royston 020 7653 9850
About Earthport
Earthport plc, a regulated global financial services
organisation, specialises in the provision of a white label
cross-border payments service.
Through its innovative payments framework, specifically designed
for high volumes of low value cross-border payments, Earthport
provides a cost-effective and transparent service for secure
international payments. Earthport's clients include banks, foreign
exchange businesses, money transfer organisations, payment
aggregators and e-commerce businesses. Through Earthport's well
established payments infrastructure, clients can clear and settle
payments directly to banked beneficiaries in over 50 countries.
The company is headquartered in London and is listed on the
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange.
It operates globally with additional regional offices in Dubai and
New York. Earthport plc is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority under the Payment Service Regulations
2009 for the provision of payment services. To learn more, please
visit www.earthport.com and follow us on Twitter @Earthport.
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