Wirecard enables digital unified commerce for leading German delicatessen Käfer

Aschheim (ots) - Wirecard manages all digital offline and online
transactions for Käfer - from the stores to the home service and the
online shop Käfer AG has an annual turnover of more than 145 million
euros

Aschheim (Munich). Wirecard, the global innovation leader for
digital financial technology, has equipped the Käfer AG with modern,
digital unified commerce solutions. In addition to the acceptance of
digital payment methods - including Apple Pay and Google Pay - at the
point of sale throughout Germany, Wirecard's scope also includes
e-commerce, enabling payment acceptance in the Käfer Online Shop.

All touchpoints and business units of the Käfer AG thus benefit
from a holistic solution, which significantly simplifies backend
administration and accounting. By connecting to the Wirecard
Financial Commerce Platform, Käfer AG can easily add new locations
and services at any time.

Käfer AG is a company in the fields of gastronomy, catering,
licenses and retail. The company employs over 1,400 people and
generated total revenues of 145 million euros in 2018. The gastronomy
and catering industry in Germany has annual revenues of 56 billion
euros. While just under 50% of all transactions in this sector in
Europe are contactless, in Germany the percentage lies by 20%.

"Our customers have high expectations of our service. This
includes a smooth payment process and a cross-channel shopping
experience. We enjoy working with Wirecard with its many years of
experience in the field of digitization because the company helps
long-established businesses like Käfer to modernize processes and to
prepare for the future," said Dr Stephan Thewalt, Member of the Board
at Käfer AG.

"The Käfer brand stands for creativity and innovation - combined
with the highest product and service quality. This is also the case
with Wirecard. Our solutions for digital payment transactions fit so
well with Käfer because they enable the company to not only meet the
requirements of customers now and in the future, but also to grow its
own business with state-of-the-art technology. We are delighted to
accompany Käfer on its digitalization journey," said Christian
Reindl, EVP Sales Consumer Goods at Wirecard.

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 Käfer:

Käfer AG was founded in 1930 by Paul and Elsa Käfer as a grocery
store. The headquarters of the company, which has been managed by the
founders' grandson Michael Käfer since 1992, is located in
Prinzregentenstraße in Munich. Thanks to its continuing success and
excellent reputation, the company has become an established player in
the delicatessen trade, gastronomy and party service and has expanded
both within Munich and in other parts of Germany as well as
internationally. Today, Käfer employs over 1,400 people in various
divisions and generated sales of EUR 145 million in 2018. The brand
stands for passion for quality, service at the highest level,
creativity, exclusivity and innovation. www.feinkost-kaefer.de

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

Käfer media contact:
Schoeller & von Rehlingen PR
Marion Drux
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 9984 27 11
Email: m.drux@svr-pr.de

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