MENTOR, Ohio, March 31, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClickandBuy, one of the leading ePayment providers, (www.clickandbuy.com), and CardinalCommerce, the worldwide-leading provider of alternative payment brands, (www.cardinalcommerce.com), today announced their partnership to enable a fast and secure eCommerce checkout option to merchants, especially those looking to expand internationally.
ClickandBuy's comprehensive payment solution has now been integrated into the Cardinal Centinel(r) platform. With Centinel's technology, merchants can enable multiple payment brands through one easy installation without disruption of their current infrastructure. Thousands of merchants currently using Centinel can now enable ClickandBuy and immediately access over 12 million ClickandBuy accountholders. With more than 46 payment solutions available in 120 countries, ClickandBuy's dynamic checkout allows shoppers to transact in their local currency using their preferred payment method. ClickandBuy's comprehensive solution including active fraud screening services, multi-currency conversion, VAT tax calculation, dunning and collections services and award-winning Customer service is an added-bonus for merchants.
"We are pleased to add ClickandBuy to the Centinel platform," said Mike Keresman, CEO of CardinalCommerce. "With its International reach and micro-transaction, multi-currency capabilities, ClickandBuy is a great solution for current and future Centinel Customers when expanding their payment options to broaden their market reach."
"Establishing a partnership with CardinalCommerce and their Centinel platform is paramount to our North American strategy for reaching the U.S. Internet Retailers," said Michael Doron, Vice President, New Media Sales of ClickandBuy. "Together, we are confident we have a solid International offering for those U.S. Merchants seeking new Customers across Europe and other International countries.
About CardinalCommerce
CardinalCommerce Corporation is the global leader in enabling authenticated payments, secure transactions and alternative payment brands for both eCommerce and mobile commerce. Cardinal Centinel(r)* enables payment brands such as Verified by Visa, MasterCard(r) SecureCode, Amazon Payments, Bill Me Later(r), ClickandBuy, Ebates, eBillme, eLayaway, Google Checkout, Green Dot(r) MoneyPak(r), Mazooma, MyECheck, NACHA(r) Secure Vault Payments (SVP), PayPal, RevolutionCard, Ukash, and more to a network of over 30,000 merchants and merchant service providers. Our mobile commerce platform, Cardinal MAX, makes it simple for retailers to sell and market products through the mobile channel. Cardinal's proprietary and easily deployable technology provides consumers, merchants, credit/debit card issuers, and processors the ability to conduct authenticated Internet, wireless and mobile transactions safely and securely. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, with facilities in the United States, Europe, and Africa, Cardinal services a worldwide Customer base.
For more information, visit www.cardinalcommerce.com
*Patent # US 7,051,002 B2
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About ClickandBuy
ClickandBuy is one of the leading payment systems in the internet as well as being an international full-service provider for e-payment and billing. More than 14,000 providers of goods and services use ClickandBuy for settling charges for e-commerce, online entertainment and paid content, for example, Apple iTunes, Electronic Arts (EA), T-Online Gamesload, Softwareload und Musicload, AOL, BT, msn, Orange, Tiscali, Nero, SanDisk, Meetic, RTL, Playboy, etc. By using the ClickandBuy internet payment system, online shops can increase their profits considerably and boost sales by up to 150 per cent according to the most recent study carried out by the E-Commerce-Centre Handel in Cologne (ECC). The internet payment system, which was founded by Norbert Stangl in 1999, is operated by ClickandBuy International Ltd. As an e-wallet solution ClickandBuy offers its customer 46 methods of funding in 30 countries.