NEWS
Wirecard and ALDI sign MOU and
agree collaboration
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irecard, a global innovation leader for digital financial technology,
and the ALDI Nord and ALDI SÜD groups have signed an MOU
and plan to work together in the area of cashless payments.
Within the scope of the partnership, Wirecard will process all credit
card and international debit card payments at all ALDI stores in
Germany. The possibility of expanding the cooperation is also
being considered.
“Wirecard and ALDI share a common vision of making lasting
improvements to the customer experience. In the retail sector,
optimal payment processes, which we can enable, play a key role
in this. We are therefore very pleased to be working with ALDI and
developing our partnership in the future,” said Christian Reindl, EVP
Retail and Consumer Goods at Wirecard.
“We always aim to offer our customers the easiest and fastest service
– and that includes the payment process,” said Sebastian Jockel,
Deputy Head of Financial Management at ALDI Nord.
“With Wirecard, we have found a reliable partner to facilitate smooth
payments for our customers,” said Guido Niechcial, Corporate
Finance and Administration Director at ALDI SÜD.
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Turkish payments platform partners with Visa to
enable greater financial inclusion for customers
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ninal, the new generation payments
platform, has announced a partnership
with Visa, enabling the FinTech to issue
prepaid Visa cards to its 3 million customers.
ininal customers will be able to use the new
redesigned cards in stores and online at any
of the 53+ million merchants who accept
Visa globally. The prepaid cards will also
enable ininal consumers to withdraw cash at
Visa accepting ATMs globally.
ininal CEO, Ömer Suner, emphasised that
ininal would continue to be the first financial
product for many young consumers. He said:
“Through our partnership with Visa, we have
enhanced the capabilities of the product
we offer to our cardholders and made
basic financial services more accessible to
everyone. In this product relaunch, we have
added a cash withdrawal feature that our
cardholders were awaiting for a long time.
“We are proud to issue our cards under
our own Visa BIN and provide all the
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security and worldwide reach of Visa to
our cardholders. Earlier this year, we had
introduced bill payment capabilities through
our ininal Wallet. Going forward, we plan to
diversify the basic banking services we offer
and add a 24/7 money transfer capability to
our product features.”
Merve Tezel, General Manager for Turkey
at Visa, highlighted that innovation is at
the core of Visa’s business. She said: “As
payments continue to become increasingly
digital, providing access to unbanked and
underbanked populations becomes critical
for the development of commerce.
“Through our partnership with ininal,
we are enabling 3 million cardholders to
benefit from Visa’s innovations, making it
easier, safer and more convenient to make
payments wherever they are – in store and
online. We will continue to work with ininal
to make a difference to unbanked and
underbanked consumers across Turkey.”
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