Casablanca, Morocco, November 22 2023 - HPS, the leading global provider of payment solutions and services, today announces it has been awarded a top three placement in the latest global vendor guide by Datos Insights.

The “2023 Datos Insights Vendor Guide: Global Debit Card Providers” evaluates 14 of the world’s biggest providers, focusing on the following four components: provider stability, client strength, product features, and client services. Client interviews and analyses of the provider platforms also contribute to the final ratings.

As well as being named Leading Contender, HPS achieved the highest score (93%) in the product features category, with the report giving credit to the robust capabilities of HPS’ PowerCARD platform and its ability to support various payment product types.

The report also outlines HPS’ overall key strengths as a global payments provider. These include HPS’ cloud-native solutions, its white-label online banking and mobile apps, and its offering of multiple payments-related services to support all major client needs for card issuing and payments.

David Shipper, Strategic Advisor, Datos Insights, comments: “The PowerCARD platform from HPS checks many important boxes for card issuers. The company achieved a Top 3 placement in our Debit Card Vendor Guide evaluation and is a strong competitor in the card issuing and processing space.”

Abdeslam Alaoui Smaili, CEO of HPS, comments: “We are so proud of our performance in this year’s vendor guide. The report not only showcases the extensive and growing capabilities of our PowerCARD solutions, but the importance we place on building strong relationships with our customers. This is demonstrated by the positive feedback cited in the report which praises our regional customer support, our responsiveness and our ability to support customers with their unique and individual needs.”

You can download a full copy of the report here.

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About HPS

HPS is a multinational company and a leading provider of payment solutions and services for issuers, acquirers, card processors, independent sales organisations (ISOs), retailers, mobile network operators (MNOs), and national & regional switches around the world.

PowerCARD is HPS 'comprehensive suite of solutions that covers the entire payment value chain by enabling innovative payments through its open platform that allows the processing of any transaction coming from any channel initiated by any means-of-payment. PowerCARD is used by more than 500 institutions in over 90 countries.

HPS has been listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange since 2006 and has offices located in major business centres (Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East).

For more information: www.hps-worldwide.com

About Datos Insights

Datos Insights is an advisory firm providing mission-critical insights on technology, regulations, strategy and operations to hundreds of banks, insurers, payments providers, and investment firms - as well as the technology and service providers that support them. Comprising former senior technology, strategy, and operations executives as well as experienced researchers and consultants, our experts provide actionable advice to our client base, leveraging deep insights developed via our extensive network of clients and other industry contacts.