Payzone News

NEW KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER AT PAYZONE  

23 March, 2012

Payzone, Ireland’s largest consumer payments network, is delighted to announce the appointment of Brian Rouse to the position of Retail Key Account Manager.  The appointment builds on Brian’s previous roles in Payzone, in which he has served as both account manager and sales representative over the past six years.

In his new role, Brian will be responsible for directly supporting key retail accounts, symbol groups and multiples, working at both head office and at store/branch level, to ensure Payzone can provide maximum value to its customers.       

Prior to joining Payzone, Brian worked in sales roles for both Diageo and Pernod Ricard. 

Brian is a first class honours graduate of the Bachelor of Business (finance stream) course at Sligo Institute of Technology.  He is a native of Ballina in Co. Mayo.

Media queries:

Sheila Gahan or Frans Van Cauwelaert, WHPR Tel 01 669 0030 /087 234 2409 (Sheila) or 087 9476743 (Frans)

sheila.gahan@ogilvy.com or frans.vancauwelaert@ogilvy.com

About Payzone:

Payzone is Ireland’s largest branded consumer payments acceptance network. The company also operates across Europe providing a wide range of payments

Photo: (L-R) Managing Director of HP Ireland, Martin Murphy, Brian Hurley, Enterprise Services Director, HP Ireland, Jim Deignan of Payzone, Tim Gaston, RPA Project Director and David O'Callaghan, RPA Chairman.

Dublin, Monday 24 May, 2010: Payzone, Ireland’s largest consumer payments acceptance network has been appointed by HP to provide payments services to the Rail Procurement Agency (RPA) for the Integrated Ticketing Scheme.  Payzone will also manage all payments processed via the ITS web site.

There may be an opportunity in the future to expand the scheme through Payzone’s national network of over 1,500 branded retailers, and should the RPA choose to do so, Payzone can enhance and develop further the transport card to enable additional low payment transactions which will provide significant benefits to retailers and consumers alike.

The integrated ticketing scheme will provide a pay-as-you-go system on re-usable smart cards in addition to holding weekly, monthly and annual tickets for regular commuters on Dublin Bus, Luas, Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and privately operated services.  

Commenting, Jim Deignan, Managing Director, Payzone Ireland said: “We are delighted to be playing such a pivotal role in the Integrated Ticketing Scheme and are looking forward to developing the solution in conjunction with the RPA and HP. This is a very significant contract both for Payzone Ireland and for retailers throughout our network.   It’s also a very exciting opportunity as we envisage that these smart transport cards can be enhanced and complemented with additional payment solutions to enable and manage low value payment transactions.  Should the RPA choose to extend the transport card on a national basis, this will be the first time such a card will exist in Ireland.  Solutions akin to it, developed around international transport systems, are evolving rapidly, and Payzone believe they are well placed to lead the development in the Irish market.  As we increasingly move to a cashless society in Ireland, we see great potential in this area of enterprise, which will further compliment both Payzone’s online and retail network.”

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For reference:

Paddy Hughes, Drury: 01 260 5000 / 087 616 7811 / paddy.hughes@drury.ie 

About Payzone:

Payzone is both Ireland’s and Europe’s largest branded consumer payments acceptance network. Providing services in five countries, Payzone implements and operates payment networks including prepaid mobile telephone top-up, credit and debit card processing, utility and general bill payment, money transfer and stored value solutions, and processes over 380 million transactions per year.

Last changed: Feb 03 2011 at 9:21 PM