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processor Wirecard spotlight
headquartered in Aschheim, Germany (near Munich) with subsidiaries in Europe,
Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Wirecard provides a di- verse range of software, payment and banking products for omni- channel commerce.
The company offers end-to-end infrastructure, including the requi- site licenses for card and account products, and is currently issuing payment instruments, including
credit, debit, open- and closed- loop prepaid cards, and mobile payment solutions.
As a technologically agnostic com- pany, Wirecard operates flexibly across interfaced or transmission formats via its modular platform. The mobile payments product range includes standard physical cards
via bridging technologies, such
as NFC stickers to innovative solutions using SIM-, handset- and software-based (e.g., HCE) and
by the numbers
• Average of 1,750 employees during FY2014.
• FY 2014 transaction volumes €34.3 billion, up 28.5% annually.
• Supports 19,000+ clients from e-commerce startups and SMEs to major international telecom, travel and mobility companies, retailers and financial institutions.
secure elements. Through its soft- ware development kit for wearable payment solutions, Wirecard sim- plifies the integration of payment functions into various applications and devices from wristbands and smartwatches to clothes, according to the company.
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