MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Aug. 8, 2013) - ACCEO Solutions Inc., a leading Canadian company in the field of IT consulting and business and financial solutions for SMBs, is proud to announce its acquisition of Perceptech, a Laval firm specializing in direct-deposit payment solutions and pre-authorized bank transfers and withdrawals. The Perceptech team will be expanding ACCEO Solutions' payment solutions expertise centre, one of the largest in Canada and North America, with over 100 000 points of service - and more.

Perceptech's offering, focused primarily on pre-authorized bank transfers and debit payment solutions, will be gradually integrated into other ACCEO Solutions software to broaden its scope.

"Perceptech's debit solutions strategically round out our new Web-based credit payment gateway offering, allowing us to eventually provide a more comprehensive solution for e-commerce," says Alain Philippe, executive vice-president of ACCEO Solutions' Payment Solutions division.

"This new acquisition in the payment world is an important step. It further shapes our vision of e-business operations by bringing us one step closer toward inter-company system-to-system payments," adds Gilles Létourneau, president and chief executive officer of ACCEO Solutions.

"Perceptech's mission, which has always been to make people's lives easier, fits in perfectly with ACCEO Solutions' business vision, and our respective customers will benefit from this," says Céline Charlebois, president of Perceptech.

About ACCEO Solutions

Leading Canadian IT company ACCEO Solutions specializes in the design, implementation, integration, and support of management software; e-business development; and payment, professional, and technical services. ACCEO Solutions, which is currently experiencing an active growth phase, boasts nearly 1000 employees, approximately 55 000 clients, and annual revenues of over $100 million. For more information, please visit www.acceo.com.

About Perceptech

Perceptech has specialized in payment solutions since 1990. The company started out by designing software for tele-debit, tele-credit, and tele-transfer transactions associated with direct deposit, withdrawal, and pre-authorized bank transfers. Over the years, Perceptech has added operations management to its lineup. The company makes it possible for its clients to transfer funds across North America by means of a simple telephone, fax, or Internet request. For more details, please visit www.perceptech.ca .