 3C
Communications is proud to present: 3C CONSULTANCY SERVICES!
Do
you often think about how much you pay for your credit card
processing to the banks?
If so,
why not use the in-house card acquiring expertise that 3C
Communications can provide to you today.
3C CONSULTANCY
SERVICES offers a complete overview of your credit card arrangements
and works with you to centralise your operations with the
right acquiring partners for you.
We will
assist you in a Request for Proposal procedure and thereafter
analyse all acquirer's proposals/bids to find the best deal
for your group. The whole idea of 3C Consultancy is to provide
you with a fuller understanding of what acquiring partners
are in the market, plus help choose the correct one for you,
reducing the costs to your entire card process.
We Propose
to:
·
Assist you collate all data required for tender process
· Write a Request for Proposal tender with you
· Analyse the results from the incoming proposals
· Give expert advice from the acquiring industry
· Attend presentations from the candidate acquirers
· Recommend the best deal for you
· Save you money on this process
All above
will be our responsibility, why your Financial Controllers
can continue with their day to day responsibilities without
being concerned about saving you money.
Let 3C
worry about reducing your overall credit card costs because
our experience knows how to.
For further
details please contact our expert Simon Marsden, who will
be delighted to discuss the options with you. contact us.
+44 (0)7795 012213
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The
Westin Dublin and 3C Communications lead the way in Cardholder
Preferred Currency
Press
Release
"London
15 March 2004 Starwood Hotels & Resorts announces today
that it is the first global hotel group to implement a fully
integrated Cardholder Preferred Currency (CPC) system in its
hotels. CPC within the hotel industry is also known as Dynamic
Currency Conversion (DCC). The first hotel to receive this
new technology is the Westin Dublin, Ireland. This innovative
new system allows guests to settle their account paying in
the currency of their credit card, rather than the currency
of the country they are visiting. This enables the guest to
know immediately upon check out how much they will be charged
on their credit card statement in their home currency - perfect
for the busy executive who needs to complete their expenses
voucher on the plane on the way home.
In partnership
with Streamline International and 3C Communications, for the
last 10 months a Starwood project team has been working to
co-ordinate the pilot of this process at the Westin Dublin
hotel. Patrick Divall, Director of Finance for the Westin
Dublin and a team member on the Starwood Divisional Six Sigma
team who put together the Cardholder Preferred Currency integrated
process, was heavily involved with the development of the
application and tailoring it to fit the needs of the hotel.
Already hotels throughout Ireland are seeing a growing demand
from customers asking for this facility at check-out, particularly
from US visitors.
Enda Mullin, General Manager of the Westin Dublin said, "This
is a great way for us to offer our guests added value. 70%
of our guests pay with a foreign credit card so this is fulfilling
a real need. The new system means that there are no surprises
for our guests when they receive their credit card statements
once back at home, due to currency fluctuations. It also means
that guests won't have the hassle of trying to do conversions
in their head on how much money they have left on their credit
card!"
Mike Postle,
Head of Streamline International said, "We were delighted
to be asked to work with Starwood on this project. The hotel
sector is one that can very quickly reap the rewards from
CPC being available, both in terms of guest satisfaction,
efficient check out and revenue management".
The project was the result of a Starwood Six sigma initiative
run by the
Europe, Middle East and Africa Divisional office of Starwood
Hotels, who were looking at ways to make the guest check out
process more efficient.
Following
the pilot in Dublin, Starwood will be launching the system
at the Westin Palace Madrid. Starwood Hotels & Resorts
will then role out the installation of CPC throughout 2004
at all their hotels that currently work with Streamline International
and 3C Communications, a credit card payment company, in the
processing of their Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Starwood
also worked closely with Micros Fidelio, the Property Management
System utilised by Starwood to ensure that this was truly
the first fully integrated solution, without any manual re-keying
of information or use of a separate terminal, allowing a smoother
guest check-out experience.
Starwood will be working in partnership with the Royal Bank
of Scotland who independently provide the exchange rates,
thereby guaranteeing guests a competitive service"
Editors
notes
Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Westin is a brand of Starwood Hotels
& Resorts Worldwide Inc. which is one of the leading hotel
and leisure companies in the world with more than 740 upscale
and luxury properties in 80 countries and 110,000 employees
at its owned and managed properties with internationally renowned
brands.
Starwood is the fully integrated owner, operator and franchiser
of hotels
and resorts including: St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Sheraton,
Westin,
Four Points and W brands, as well as Starwood Vacation Ownership,
Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high
quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information,
please visit us at
www.starwoodhotels.com
For further
information on Starwood Hotels please contact:
Amalie Dence, Public Relations Director, UK & Ireland,
Starwood Hotels &
Resorts
Tel: + 44 20 7290 7105 Fax: + 44 20 7290 7560 E-mail:
amalie.dence@starwoodhotels.com
Streamline
International
Streamline International is a global leader in multi-currency
card payments
processing with over 10 years of experience in the industry.
Established in 1992, Streamline International is a service
provided by
National Westminster Bank Plc, a member of the Royal Bank
of Scotland
Group. It provides multi-currency card payments processing
services to
businesses, banks and financial institutions across Europe,
managing a
portfolio of international blue chip clients in the industries
of Travel,
Entertainment, e-commerce and Mail/Telephone Order (MOTO).
For further
information on Streamline International please contact:
Juliette Harris, Manager, Hotel Sector, Streamline International
Tel: +44 20 7672 5360 Fax: +44 20 7672 5393
E-mail : juliette.harris@streamline-international.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
3C
on the way of EMV in co-operation with Mosaic Software
3C
Communications International Selects Mosaic Software for
Chip and PIN Solution
London
(UK), March 31st, 2004 - 3C Communications, a leading
integrated card-processing specialist, and Mosaic Software,
a global transaction processing software provider, have announced
a partnership that makes the benefits of Mosaic Software's
Postilion for Retail solution available to 3C Communications'
clients.
Mosaic
Software's eSocket.POS, a component of the Postilion
product family, delivers Chip and PIN (EMV) functionality.
The solution integrates easily with 3CIntegra, 3C's integrated
card processing solution used by hotels, restaurants, car
parks and web applications for transaction processing.
3C will
be deploying eSocket.POS across much of its 2,000-strong customer
base to facilitate Chip and PIN compliance. Initial rollout
is planned for July 2004.
"3C
Communications is committed to always finding new technologies
which will continue to help our customers save time and money
by focusing on the specific needs of each particular industry,"
said Michael Balzer, COO of 3C Communications. Mosaic Software's
product and strong customer base, including Marks & Spencer
and Somerfield, demonstrate the ability to provide solutions
into a variety of retail sectors and geographical territories.
"Of
all the solutions we evaluated, we felt that Mosaic's software
offered the best balance of EMV-compliant functionality against
cost," he added.
Andrew
Marshman, Strategic Alliance Manager at Mosaic Software, commented,
"We are very pleased to be working with a global provider
of integrated card processing solutions like 3C. We were able
to prove to 3C in a short timeframe that our software could
easily be integrated into their existing processing solutions
to the benefit of 3C's substantial client base."
Press Contacts
Kim Williams, kim@contextpr.co.uk,
+44 (0) 1625 507 202
Craig Coward, craig@contextpr.co.uk,
+44 (0)1625 507 204
About
Mosaic Software
Mosaic Software is a global EFT software company with offices
in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and
Australia. The company has over 500 installations in more
than 40 countries, providing leading-edge software solutions
to financial institutions, retailers, network processors,
mobile operators, and portals.
Mosaic
Software's product, Postilion, is at the forefront of next-generation
payment processing software. Postilion drives payments and
other financial transactions through ATMs, POS terminals,
phones, and Internet access points. This multi-channel architecture
provides consistent cross-channel branding and integration,
consolidated management information, integrated debit card
management, EMV enablement, and loyalty software solutions.
Postilion
reduces transaction processing costs, speeds time to market
for new products and offerings, improves analysis of customer
transactions and business opportunities, and increases profitability.
For more
information, visit www.mosaicsoftware.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
3C
expands its services in the parking industry with EuroPark
in Norway and Denmark!
3C
Communications is delighted to announce the signing of an
agreement with EuroPark AS (Norway) and EuroPark A/S (Denmark)
to supply credit card payment facilities in Norway and Denmark.
In partnership with Skidata, 3C Communications will manage
the clearance of credit cards at 23 new locations, including
the major international airports at Oslo, Bergen, Billund,
Trondheim, Sandefjord and Stavanger.
Arne Molden,
CEO of EuroPark Scandinavia:
"EuroPark has always focused on new technology to achieve
better efficiency together with improved service for our customers.
We think that this policy is one of the reasons why we have
obtained our position as market leader on car parking both
in Scandinavia and in Europe through APCOA's ownership. EuroPark
believes that this agreement with 3C Communications will fit
our aims for efficiency and service".
Tobias
Lindh, Area Manager Nordic Countries for 3C Communications:
"Securing EuroPark further consolidates the position
of 3C Communications as Europe's leading integrated credit
card payment solution within the parking industry.
3C Communications looks forward to working together with EuroPark
in achieving excellent customer service and increasing operational
productivity. The utilization of the 3C-authorisation platform
enables EuroPark to reduce costs and improve profitability".
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Premier
Pay & Display locations in Denmark and Sweden for
3C! 
3C
is delighted to announce the launch of 3CIntegra at premier
Pay & Display locations in Denmark and Sweden during Quarter
1 2004. In partnership with Peek Traffic in Sweden and Denmark
and TTS in Denmark 3C has developed an on-line payment authorisation
for Parkeon and Cale parking meters. The introduction of Pay
& Display enables 3C to provide a totally inclusive portfolio
of card payment solutions for the parking industry.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
3C
now available at Wagamama!
3C
now available at Wagamama: 3C in association with Reseller
NFS Hospitality [Aloha POS] are now processing payment cards
at the latest Wagamama site in London. 3C now has the opportunity
to be the payment service processor in all 22 UK sites with
the roll out of Aloha.
The first
Wagamama noodle bar opened in 1992 on Streatham Street, near
the British museum in central London, and was immediately
a roaring success. Fifteen more Wagamama restaurants have
opened since then in central London.
Due to the popularity of many other cities in the UK, Wagamama
wanted to venture outside of London and the first national
site was in Manchester which opened in the printworks building,
October 2000. Following hot on the heels of its northern partner,
in April 2001 sites opened in Nottingham and then Bristol,
St Albany and recently Glasgow in Dec 2003. The Wagamama expansion
plan continues into 2004 with Mansion House London and possibilities
in Brighton, Birmingham.
For more information on Wagamama, please go to: www.wagamama.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Pizza
Hut takes advantage of 3C services in Stockholm!
Pizza
Hut Sweden, the world wide known brand, have signed on with
3C Communications for an integrated credit card solution in
cooperation with Micros Fidelio. The first location placed
in central Stockholm, has been installed, and the remaining
ones will follow during spring 2004. The handheld Micros terminals
equipped with an integrated credit card reader will enable
the waiters to accept and process the payments "on foot".
Nine Pizza Hut restaurants are placed in prime locations in
the major cities of Sweden: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö
and Västerås.
For tracking their restaurants please look up at www.pizzahut.com
|
top