PayPoint Romania services are now available in all PROFI stores in Romania
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Timisoara, Romania, 22 May 2012. Shoppers at PROFI stores will be able to pay their bills and recharge their mobile phones at PayPoint from the end of May, following an agreement to install PayPoint payment terminals in all PROFI stores. PayPoint offers a convenient, simple and fast way for household bill payments, including gas, electricity, financial services and telecoms, and electronic top-ups, at stores throughout the country. With their long opening hours (Monday- Saturday: 07.00-22.00, Sunday: 08.00-20.00), customers will find bill payment in PROFI stores even more convenient. Every payment at PayPoint is free of charge and customers do not have to buy other products in the store. They simply hand the bill to the PROFI retailer along with the payment in cash and the retailer does the rest. The customer receives a receipt for every payment made. PROFI Rom Food currently runs 118 neighbourhood stores in 72 locations throughout Romania, making it one of the top four modern food retail chains in Romania. “Apart from the usual quality products, special promotions and good prices, PROFI now offers its customers a free service for managing their household finances quickly and with a minimum of effort,” said PROFI Rom Food CEO Pawel Musial. “The partnership with PROFI Rom Food further strengthens our national presence and extend PayPoint’s bill payment and electronic top-up services throughout the country. Some of the 118 PROFI stores are situated in localities where consumers do not have many modern commercial facilities or many other bill payment alternatives. With their extended working hours, consumers now have the benefit of going to their local PROFI store topay their household bills free and in comfortable surroundings while doing their daily shopping,” said Mugur Dogariu, Managing Director, PayPoint România. ENDS…. S.C. PayPoint Services S.R.L. ABOUT PROFI PROFI Rom Food currently runs 118 proximity stores that make one of the top four modern food retail stores in Romania. The company is owned 100% by Polish Enterprise Fund VI, administered by Enterprise Investors (EI), the oldest and one of the largest private equity management funds in Central and Eastern Europe, with vast experience in retail, that has so far invested 220 million euro in such businesses in the Region, including Romania. ABOUT PAYPOINT ROMANIA PayPoint is one of the main cash payment operators in Romania. The company has officially launched its bill payment service in Romania under the PayPoint brand in August 2008 and expanded its client portfolio by signing partnerships with a range of companies in different service sectors. In the first half of financial year 2011-2012, PayPoint processed over 8 million bill payment transactions in Romania, an increase of 69 % on the same period in the previous year. Romanian consumers can make payments to 36 suppliers across a range of services, including, in the utilities sector: GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, E.ON Gas Distribution, E.ON Energy Romania, Petrom Gas Distribution, Congaz, E.ON Moldova Distribution, Enel Energy, Enel Energy Wallachia, Electrica Transilvania Nord, Electrica Transilvania Sud, Electrica Muntenia Nord, Apa Nova Bucharest, ApaVital Iasi, Aquatim, CEZ Vanzare, Gaz Sud, Grup Dezvoltare Reţele, Wirom Gaz, Hargaz, Raja Constanţa, C.R.A.B.; in the telecommunications and cable sector: Cosmote Romania, Orange Romania, Vodafone Romania, Romtelecom, UPC Romania, Zapp, Akta TV, NextGen Communications; in the banking sector: Allianz-Tiriac, Citibank Romania, EOS KSI Romania, Garanti Credite de Consum, Patria Credit, UniCredit Consumer Financing, Campion Broker. PayPoint also offers top-up services for all mobile operators (Cosmote, Orange, Vodafone, Zapp), for landline operators providing international calls and Internet Service Providers. PayPoint clients include Nobel and Worldtelecom (Number One). For Focus Sat, PayPoint provides recharge vouchers for DTH service users. |