Wirecard expands cooperation with O2 to offer mPOS solutions to more merchants in Europe

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) -

- Wirecard and O2 are extending their joint mPOS project in the Czech
Republic and expanding the scope to include Slovakia
- Partnership allows even more merchants to take advantage of the
strong digitalization trend in Central Eastern Europe and comply with
new fiscal laws

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial
technology, and O2 Czech Republic, the largest integrated
telecommunications provider in the Czech market, are expanding their
partnership. Even more merchants will now benefit from completely
integrated mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) solutions and thus take
advantage of the growing consumer demand for fully digitalized
payment options.

In addition to extending the existing project in the Czech
Republic, the two companies are expanding the offer to Slovakia and
helping retailers in both countries comply with upcoming changes in
fiscal laws. Wirecard provides the complete solution including
acquiring, payment processing and compliance checks, with O2 assuming
responsibility for the onboarding of the merchants.

The unified solution from Wirecard and O2 is a flexible
alternative to fixed tills and comprises an online, tablet-based till
system and an mPOS terminal. The hardware is fully integrated with
Wirecard's digital financial commerce platform, thus enabling the
secure acceptance and processing of digital payments as well as the
online completion of transactions in line with new legal
requirements.

Bohumír ?affek, Senior Manager eKasa at O2 Czech Republic, said,
"Thanks to Wirecard, we have been able to provide many companies with
O2 eKasa, a flexible, mobile solution for payment processing with
which they can accept digital payments both on-site and on the road,
while benefitting from improved efficiency and compliance. Together,
we are proud to be at the forefront of digital transformation in the
Czech Republic and Slovakia."

Roland Toch, Managing Director CEE at Wirecard, said, "The
collaboration with telecommunications companies is a key driver of
our business in Central Eastern Europe. The expansion of our
partnership with O2 is a testimony to the value we have brought to
many thousands of merchants in the Czech Republic so far by allowing
them to quickly and easily capitalize on the countless benefits
digitalization has brought to large and small businesses alike."
Philippe Laranjeiro, Head of Sales, Digital & Telco, at Wirecard,
added, "Wirecard and O2 share a common vision and passion for
innovation and driving digitalization. We look forward to partnering
with even more telecommunications providers to help merchants
worldwide optimize their payment processes, reduce complexity and
meet the ever-changing needs of consumers."

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business
customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of
real-time value-added services built around innovative digital
payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem
concentrates on the areas payment & risk, retail & transaction
banking, loyalty & couponing, data analytics & conversion rate
enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard
operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets and
holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card
networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX
and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). Visit us on www.wirecard.com, follow
us on Twitter @wirecard and on Facebook @wirecardgroup.

About O2 Czech Republic:

O2 is the largest integrated telecommunications provider in the
Czech market. At present we operate close to eight million mobile and
fixed accesses, which ranks us among the market leaders in fully
converged services in Europe. To users of mobile services in the
Czech Republic we offer state-of-the-art HSPA+ and LTE technology. We
have the most comprehensive proposition of voice and data services in
the Czech Republic, and we actively exploit the growth potential of
the various business lines, especially ICT. Our data centres, with
total floor area of 7,300 square metres, rank us among the leaders in
hosting, cloud and managed services. O2 data centres belong to the
few commercial ones in Central Europe to have TIER III certification.
With our O2 TV we are also the largest IPTV service provider in the
Czech Republic. In January 2014, O2 became a member of the Czech
investment group PPF.

Wirecard media contact:
Wirecard AG
Jana Tilz
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 4424 1363
Email: jana.tilz@wirecard.com

O2 media contact:
O2 Czech Republic
Lucie Jungmannová
Tel.: +42 (0) 800 163 342
Email: lucie.jungmannova@o2.cz

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