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Here are some recent stories. To view the entire press release, click on a title. Click here to view all press releases.

BPH PBK selects Euronet to Outsource Network of 700 ATMs
Euronet Worldwide has signed a multi-year agreement to provide end-to-end ATM outsourcing services with BPH PBK SA, the third largest bank in Poland, which is owned by Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, the market leader in Austria, which in turn is owned the second largest bank in Germany, HypoVereinsbank AG. Euronet will provide comprehensive ATM operation management and switching services for the bank's existing network of 717 ATMs, in addition to providing value-added services such as electronic recharge.

Euronet opens third new e-pay market with Ireland rollout
Euronet's subsidiary e-pay Limited has entered Ireland by launching electronic top-up services (e-top-up) at Tesco Ireland's 79 branches. The rollout provides e-top-up services at all Tesco Ireland outlets for the mobile operator customers of Vodafone Ireland, O2 Ireland and Meteor. Tesco Ireland is the largest food retailer in Ireland operating 79 stores nationwide.

Raiffeisen Bank Romania signs an ATM and POS Outsourcing Agreement with Euronet
Euronet has announced a multiyear agreement to provide end-to-end ATM, EFT POS and transaction gateway outsourcing services to Raiffeisen Bank S.A., the third largest retail bank in Romania and the largest Raiffeisen subsidiary outside of Austria. Additionally, Euronet will provide these services in addition to value-added services for the bank's current network of approximately 600 ATMs and 2,700 EFT POS terminals. Raiffeisen Bank plans to deploy an additional 300 ATMs and 3,300 EFT POS terminals in the first 24 months of this partnership.

Euronet expands PaySpot by acquiring U.S. top-up business
Euronet recently acquired the assets of Austin International Marketing and Investments, Inc. (AIM), a U.S.-based top-up company that sells prepaid services via point-of-sale (POS) terminals in 36 states. Euronet will use AIM's resources to enhance the company's U.S. prepaid program, called PaySpot, which enables consumers to purchase wireless airtime and long distance calling plans from ATM and POS terminals across the country. AIM distributes prepaid services through a network of more than 140 independent sales agents representing over 3,500 retail locations. Of those, more than 1,700 locations have electronic distribution of prepaid services via a POS terminal.

Euronet launches e-pay in Poland
Euronet's subsidiary, e-pay Limited, entered the Polish market launching e-top-up agreements with all three of Poland's mobile operators; PTK Centertel, Polkomtel S.A. and Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. All three mobile operators have Euronet recharge agreements for ATM and/or handset distribution, and are expanding with POS-based services through retail locations. e-pay Poland has installed more than 200 POS terminals to support e–top-up in mobile operator stores and plans to continue increasing the e-top-up distribution through small and large-scale merchants.

Euronet launches national ATM switch in India
Euronet recently established the first national shared ATM network in India to offer end-to-end online transaction processing across the entire network. The network, which operates under the bank-independent brand Cashnet, supports ATMs for the existing founding member banks: Citibank, IDBI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and Unit Trust of India (UTI) Bank. Cashnet provides access to more than 1,300 ATMs for the more than 6 million debit and credit cardholders of the member banks across more than 100 cities in India. Customers from the member banks can use any ATM in the network. These transactions are supported by the Euronet processing center in Mumbai, with Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) Bank as the settlement bank.

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