Futura Card Services Extends Mobile Financial Services to Prepaid Card Platform
02 Giugno 2009 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Text messaging banking, powered by Metavante and Monitise Americas,
adding value to Futura(R) Card Services cardholders CARLSBAD,
Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Futura(R) Card Services announced
today that its launch of mobile phone text messaging in the fourth
quarter of 2008 is already proving a strong value-add to its card
product suite. The new service is a product of Metavante Mobile
Financial Services, and powered by Monitise Americas. The service
allows Futura cardholders to receive free text messaging alerts for
many types of transactions and to obtain real-time card balance
information on their cell phones. This dynamic text messaging
service is compatible with the great majority of handsets and cell
phone carriers in the country, making it an excellent fit for
Futura's customer base of prepaid and postpaid cell phone users.
"Text messaging is a tremendously popular form of communication in
today's society, and we are very pleased to be able to offer our
customers the information they demand in real-time and in a format
they are comfortable with. Customers do not like dealing with an
automated phone system to get their account information. This
technology provides the customer with the same information in a
more immediate and user-friendly manner," said Brad Golden,
President of Futura. "More and more consumers are demanding a
remote control for information regarding their finances. This
feature set provides the standard for baseline mobile products to
meet the consumer demand. The mobile phone is the remote control
device that they are looking for," said Jeff Lewis, President,
ePayment and Mobile Solutions, Metavante. The inclusion of mobile
financial services to Futura's line of card products comes at a
time when consumers' attitudes towards their finances are changing.
According to a recent survey of 1000 individuals commissioned by
Monitise and conducted by the Future Foundation(i), consumers* are
managing their money more shrewdly and are paying closer attention
to finances as a result of recent economic down turns. Of those
surveyed, 56 percent claim to be monitoring their finances more
closely, while 41 percent of consumers are planning to check their
finances more regularly. The addition of text message banking to
Futura cards allows consumers to have instant access to their card
balance and transaction history via their mobile phone, providing
peace of mind and increased control over their finances. "In
today's environment, debit and prepaid cards are taking over the
top spot in our wallets. Futura is an emerging star in this prepaid
marketplace, and we are very pleased to be working closely with
them on bringing state of the art mobile banking solutions to the
consumer," said Lisa Stanton, Chief Executive Officer of Monitise
Americas. Futura(R) Card Services is one of the largest and fastest
growing brands in the stored value card marketplace. Futura
markets, distributes and services a suite of prepaid MasterCard(R)
debit card products that include reloadable general spend debit
cards, gift cards and funds disbursement cards. Monitise Americas
is a joint venture between Monitise plc, a global specialist in
mobile banking technology, and Metavante Corporation, a leading
provider of banking and payments technologies to financial
institutions and businesses worldwide. About Metavante Metavante
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:MV) is the parent company of Metavante
Corporation. Metavante Corporation delivers banking and payments
technologies to over 8,000 financial services firms and businesses
worldwide. Metavante products and services drive account processing
for deposit, loan and trust systems, image-based and conventional
check processing, electronic funds transfer, consumer healthcare
payments, electronic presentment and payment, business
transformation services, and payment network solutions including
the NYCE Network, a leading ATM/PIN debit network. Metavante
(http://www.metavante.com/) is headquartered in Milwaukee.
Metavante and NYCE are registered trademarks of Metavante
Corporation, which is the principal subsidiary of Metavante
Technologies, Inc. About Monitise Americas Monitise Americas is a
joint venture between Metavante Corporation, a leading provider of
banking and payments technologies to financial institutions and
businesses worldwide and Monitise plc (MONI.L), a specialist in
mobile banking technology. Monitise Americas provides mobile
banking and payment services to North American financial
institutions predicated on an "ecosystem" principle, which allows
multiple mobile carriers and financial institutions to deliver
services over a single platform. It has a sister ecosystem in the
United Kingdom, MONILINK, developed by Monitise plc in partnership
with VocaLink. Current partners of MONILINK include: HSBC, first
direct, Alliance & Leicester, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest,
Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Hutchison 3G. For more
information on Monitise Americas and details of how to benefit from
participating in its cross-America ecosystem, please visit
http://www.monitise.com/. About Futura(R) Card Services Futura is
one of the largest and fastest growing brands in the stored value
marketplace. Futura markets, distributes and services a suite of
instant issue prepaid MasterCard(R) debit card products that
includes reloadable general spend debit cards, gift cards and funds
disbursement cards. The company leverages synergies between
consumers, merchants and ISOs to offer a diverse lineup of
financial tools. Futura's unique distribution model delivers the
lowest cost, highest margin prepaid debit card solutions to the
retail channel as well as innovative branded and private label
programs for the enterprise channel. For more information, please
visit http://www.futuracards.com/. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. (i) Source: "The Future of
Money", A research report for Monitise, The Future Foundation *
quantitative research of a national representative sample of 1000
people during October 2008 living in the United Kingdom DATASOURCE:
Futura Card Services CONTACT: Adam Ziles, Futura Card Services,
+1-760-444-1921, , or Chip Swearngan, Metavante Corporation,
+1-414-357-3688, , or Jordan Rittenberry, Edelman, +1-312-233-1226,
, or Rebecca Warzycha, Monitise Americas, +1-401-305-5211, Web
Site: http://www.futuracards.com/
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