Equens Opens Branch Office in London

Utrecht, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) -

Equens SE, one of the largest payment and card processors in
Europe, today announced the forthcoming opening of a branch office in
London (UK). The opening in October this year will be a next step in
Equens' strategy of further European growth with the aim of gaining a
stronger foothold in the UK. Being locally present enables Equens to
better fulfil its clients' needs.

Michael Steinbach, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Equens
SE: "We clearly pursue a strategy of European growth. Therefore, we
are glad to announce the opening of a branch office in London in
October this year. As we consider the UK as one of the key markets
for the payments and cards business in Europe, it is a logical step
in our expansion within Europe. The presence in the heart of the UK
market will allow us to better support and be closer to our clients."

Equens is constantly looking for new opportunities and new
markets. In the UK, Equens would like to attract new clients for back
office processing of UK domestic, currency and SEPA payments. In
addition to the SEPA back-office processing, Equens offers, with its
SEPA CSM services, a compliant and easy to use clearing solution for
SEPA payments.

Since the beginning of 2011, Equens is a member of the UK
payments council and since September 2011 affiliate member of BACS, a
UK scheme for the electronic processing of financial transactions.
These memberships underline Equens' commitment to the UK payments
market.

After the opening of the Finland office in Helsinki in 2007, the
branch office in the UK will be the second office outside of Equens'
home markets in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.

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About Equens

Equens SE is one of the largest payment processors in Europe,
leading the market for future-proof payment and card solutions.
Thanks to an extensive and competitive range of services, the company
seamlessly meets the requirements and wishes of the European payments
market. Equens supports the development of a single, uniform European
payments market (SEPA), and is dedicated to the standardisation and
harmonisation of European and global payments. With clients and
partnerships in multiple European countries, the company offers
pan-European market coverage from offices in four countries - the
Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Finland. With an annual processing
volume of 9.7 billion payments and 3.9 billion POS and ATM
transactions, Equens SE has a European market share of more than
12.5%.

For additional information on Equens, please visit
http://www.equens.com.

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