ePassporte Launches Convenient Funding Option for EU Consumers
Santa Monica, CA (March 5, 2006) ? ePassporte, N.V. (
www.epassporte.com), the Internet?s leading provider of prepaid Visa cards, announced today the acceptance of ?DirectPay EU,? a new funding option for its European cardholders. Provided by 20000Charge, Inc. (
www.2000charge.com), DirectPay EU enables over 200 million EU bank account holders to use the Internet for transferring funds.
DirectPay EU provides ePassporte cardholders the ability to move funds from their European bank accounts to their ePassporte accounts, using the bank transfer system. ?DirectPay EU simplifies loading for our cardholders in the European Union?, says Chris Mallick, Founder and CEO of ePassporte, who is focused on the commitment to continually increase the usefulness of ePassporte. Mallick continues, ?Adding Direct Pay EU brings real value because it incorporates a secure, well- known system that is preferred by Europeans.?
Since the EU bank transfer system is widely known and trusted by European consumers, DirectPay EU is valuable for merchants too. ?Having DirectPay EU available for loading ePassporte accounts helps merchants sell to millions of consumers who prefer alternative payment options when buying over the Internet,? adds Wolf Kring, CEO of 2000Charge.
Merchants wanting to leverage the Internet to reach consumers around the globe can expand payment processing options through the use of ePassporte. For more information please email
[email protected].
About ePassporte
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Curacao with marketing offices in the U.S. and Canada, ePassporte sells Virtual Visa and Visa Electron cards online in real-time, for use over the Internet and at point-of-sale merchant locations wherever Visa is accepted. ePassporte cardholders have the ability to perform peer-to-peer, business-to-business and business-to-peer transfers in real-time over the Internet. For more information about ePassporte, visit
www.ePassporte.com or call +1.416.703.7200.
About 2000Charge
2000Charge is an established payments processor offering merchants a range of secure regional payment options preferred by various cultures around the world. With 2000Charge payment options, merchants have access to each country?s most trusted forms of payment in a single easy-to-add, hassle-free solution. The company has grown substantially since its inception in 1999, servicing merchants with its suite of payment types that empower buyers everywhere to purchase over the Internet using payment brands they know and trust.
