Leading online payment solution
Ukash has signed a deal to extend its partnership with Spanish
partner Telepay by issuing Ukash online through the consumer site
Cuponesprepago.com, which has become the first site in Spain to
offer Ukash vouchers online.
Users can obtain Ukash vouchers in
fixed denominations of €10, €20, €50, €100,
€200 or €500 which they can choose to buy via bank
transfer from all Spain's major banks.
Enabling Ukash to be obtained from
bank accounts is an important next step for Ukash. Recent research
revealed that 90% of Ukash users have bank accounts but prefer to
use Ukash online as it enables customers to pay over the Internet
without the need for a debit/credit card or revealing sensitive
financial details. Ukash is available at more than 275,000
locations across Europe and South Africa and be used on a variety
of lifestyle, shopping, VOIP, gaming and gambling websites across
the world.
Mark Chirnside, chief executive
officer Ukash, explained, "We are delighted that our partnership
with Telepay continues to grow. By making Ukash available through
cuponesprepago.com we are reaching another new group of potential
customers and this represents a real opportunity for further growth
within Spain."
Patrick Becker, Managing Director
Telepay, added, "The Ukash offer is very appealing to customers
that use cash as their main payment method and those that limit
their online activity due to concerns over fraud, so we hope that
this new deal with cuponesprepago.com will galvanise consumers and
lead to greater online activity."
In October 2008 Ukash signed a deal
with Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica to make
Ukash vouchers available from all traditional telephone kiosks
across Spain. In addition, Ukash can be obtained from over 6,000
Correos Post Office), Telecor and Recarga Express outlets across
Spain.