Wirecard expands Möbel Inhofer's payment app

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) -

- Wirecard now also offers Möbel Inhofer customers in France, Austria
and Switzerland an innovative and convenient shopping experience with
mobile payment solutions
- Customers can now pay for furniture deliveries by credit card,
direct debit and Maestro at their doorstep

Wirecard expands its payment app for Europe's largest furniture
retailer Möbel Inhofer to include payments by credit card and
Maestro. With the help of the mobile payment solution from Wirecard,
the specialist for digital financial technologies, furniture
suppliers can accept payments upon delivery. Customers of the
furniture retailer Möbel Inhofer can pay an initial deposit for their
items on the spot when they make their purchase, and then settle the
remaining amount upon receipt of the delivery. This is made possible
by the combination of an app and an mPOS device, which works in
conjunction with mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.

Wirecard developed the payment app together with Ametras, an
international IT and software company, and since July 2016, customers
have been able to pay for their furniture purchases conveniently at
home using the app. Initially, German customers paid in-app via
direct debit, but now also credit card payments via Visa and
Mastercard as well as Maestro are possible. In addition to Germany,
customers in France, Austria and Switzerland will now also benefit
from the mobile payment solution. It is also particularly convenient
for suppliers: With the help of the app, they can see at a glance
what amount the customer still has to pay. Wirecard provides the
complete payment software and handles the payment processing.

With its mobile payment solution, Wirecard is following the
sentiments of many merchants: According to the "Mobile in Retail"
study conducted at the end of 2016 by the EHI Institute, 86 percent
of the merchants surveyed stated that Omnichannel only works with
mobile solutions. This is exactly what the Wirecard and Ametras app
for Möbel Inhofer aims at: The payment app offers customers a
user-friendly mobile solution that enables simple and flexible
payment - regardless of which sales channel the user chooses.

Edgar Inhofer, from the furniture store of the same name, says:
"Our customers throughout Europe are increasingly demanding
customized shopping experiences. Since this of course also affects
payment methods, we are pleased that we can now offer an additional
option. With Wirecard's payment app, our customers can conveniently
pay for their furniture purchases at their doorstep and cross out
further installments from their to-do list."

Christian Reindl, Executive Vice President Sales Consumer Goods at
Wirecard, adds: "With the expansion, the payment app now includes the
most common payment methods in Germany and other European countries
and makes buying furniture even easier for customers. Together with
Ametras and Möbel Inhofer we guarantee an innovative and comfortable
shopping experience."

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,
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 Möbel Inhofer:

Möbel Inhofer in Senden, near Ulm, is one of the most successful
furniture retailers in Germany and at the same time the largest
furnishing center in Europe under one roof. This is why Möbel Inhofer
can also call itself Europe's largest furniture store. Möbel Inhofer
currently employs over 1100 people, 60 of whom are trainees, and is
one of the most-visited furniture retailers in Germany - also due to
its convenient location on the Autobahn 7 in Senden. The family
business includes Möbel Inhofer, Europe's largest furniture store,
and interni by inhofer, the design venue in Senden, as well as the
Inhofer Wohnbau division. The managing director is August Inhofer.
Find us online at: www.inhofer.de

About Ametras:

AMETRAS informatik AG is a unlisted company based in Baienfurt,
Baden-Württemberg. The company was founded in 1977 under the name UDV
and changed its name to AMETRAS informatik AG in 2000. AMETRAS
develops software and delivers business IT solutions that support
users precisely and thus make their work more pleasant and effective.
The software and IT solution provider employs around 250 people, has
seven subsidiaries in Europe and the US, and concentrates on the
target markets Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the US. Further
information can be found online at www.ametras.com.

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

Ametras media contact:
AMETRAS informatik AG
David Locherer
Tel.: +49 (0) 751 5685-517
Email: david.locherer@ametras.com

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