HPS selects Integri for e-payments platform testing in Middle East and Africa
Brussels, 18
June 2008
– Integri, a leading provider of test tools and services for payment, ticketing
and mobile applications, today announces that HPS, a provider of electronic
payment processing solutions active in the Middle East and on the African
continent has selected its technology for testing payment host and terminal
connections.
To guarantee a correct functioning
of debit and credit payment transactions, it is of key importance that data
connections between issuing banks and acquirers are running faultless. With an extensive
range of Integri test suites, HPS Middle East & Africa customers are now being
offered a flexible and robust instrument to verify a correct data exchange as
well as compliance to the HPS proprietary protocols SID and PPWM. The tools are
built on the field-proven open Platform INQ®, a test tool development platform
enabling easy customization and test script editing.
HPS endorses Integri tools within local
banks and acquirers in the Middle East and Africa.
The partnership will possibly be extended to a larger region in a next stage.
Abdeslam Alaoui Ismaili, EVP Sales
& Customer Care at HPS said: “As a trusted supplier of payments processing software,
we have been very demanding throughout the process of selecting a testing
business partner, as recommending third party technology can seriously impact
our image. However, Integri successfully passed an in-depth quality check and
was able to meet our most rigorous requirements.”
Jan De Meester, General Manager at
Integri commented: “This partnership enables banks to benefit from a complete
offering that combines a payment processing solution with the matching
off-the-shelf test tool. We see an increasing demand from the industry for such
end-to-end packages as it leads to a shortened time-to-deploy and optimizes
cost-efficiency.”
About
Integri
Integri specialises in test tools
and test services for payment, ticketing and mobile applications. Alongside the
open INQ platform, Integri offers a number of dedicated platforms for specific
applications, each with a number of Off-the-Shelf Test Suites. These test
suites are fully prepared solutions that include simulation and test scripts
and are based on international open standards. Integri employs 45 staff, has
+150 customers and sold +2000 licenses in 35 countries since its inception in
1992. Integri is located in Belgium,
France and the US.
Integri’s clients are mainly financial institutions, smartcard manufacturers,
terminal manufacturers, ticketing operators, mobile operators and system
integrators active in e- or m-business.
Integri is a wholly owned,
autonomous business unit of Clear2Pay, an international financial technology
company focused on delivering globally applicable solutions for secure, timely electronic
payments. Clear2Pay operates from 13 international offices and currently
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Integri media contact:
Steve Lacourt
Phone: +32 2 717 69 00
E-mail: slacourt@integri.com
About HPS
HPS is
one of the leading providers of electronic payment systems worldwide. HPS mission
is to build, develop and maintain comprehensive, innovative and modular
solutions used by more than 300 institutions in 50 countries, including leading
banks, national and regional payment switch centers, telecom operators, oil
companies and e-government projects. Certified by international institutions
such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and JCB, HPS solution ‘PowerCARD’
is appropriate for any business that processes electronic payment transactions:
cards issuing (private or international debit cards, credit cards, prepaid
cards, loyalty cards, etc.), transactions acquiring, national/regional and
international switching and other innovative card-based offerings. Learn more
about HPS solutions and references on www.hps-worldwide.com.
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