Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, December 18th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
Global Reach Portal Services (GRPS) – known as REACH announces the new tie up with TransferTo in order to provide international mobile top-up services to its customers.
Under this tie up TransferTo, an Ingenico Company and leading provider of international airtime transfer services, will allow the customers of GRPS to send top-up credits for prepaid mobile phones of their loved ones, relatives and friends back home initially through any Al Fardan Exchange outlet in the UAE and eventually all agents of GRPS in the region.
The service will be available soon at all 40 outlets of Al Fardan Exchange.
The United Arab Emirates has an approximate of 7.5 million expats from 200 different nationalities, and it is considered as one of the best destinations for working and living.
To avail the service at any agent outlet the sender needs to provide the mobile number of the recipient along with the selected top-up value, after making the necessary payment, the transfer will be processed in a real-time through 'TransferTo’s secure platform which is integrated with the GRPS application. Once the transaction is completed the recipient is notified by SMS about the top-up credits received.
Osama Al Rahma, Chairman of Global Reach Portal Services (GRPS), said, "Our tie-up with TransferTo will extend our services to a wider network of customers and it will strengthen our reach by adding new services that improve the lives of more people.
We are pleased with this partnership with TransferTo and are looking forward to provide their customers a convenient, safe and secure payment option via the platform of Global Reach Portal Services (GRPS)."
Eric Barbier, CEO at TransferTo added, "the addition of GRPS / Al-Fardan Exchange as a key sending partner demonstrates, once more, our commitment in the UAE & the region plus our ability to win new business in a very competitive environment. It also highlights the need of International Airtime Top-up as a service and product that is embedded in the daily routine lives of our customers. It serves the needs of customers served by Money Transfer Operators on regular basis. We are very excited about this partnership.”
About Global Reach Portal Services (GRPS):
Global Reach Portal Services (GRPS), a joint venture by Al Fardan Exchange, ITSC-Egypt, and SygmaTel. The company has developed a new platform under the brand name "REACH”. It offers an open platform for Telecom Operators, Banks, Financial Institutions and other Retail outlets to provide Mobile Money Transfer and Payment Services.
For more information visit: www.grps.mobi
About TransferTo:
TransferTo, an Ingenico Company, provides International Mobile Top-Up services enabling migrants to conveniently recharge the prepaid phones of their relatives back home. International airtime transfer is the ideal low cost, high value complement to cash remittances.
For more information, please visit: http://www.transfer-to.com / www.ingenico.com
Contacts
Zameer Punjabi
Senior Manager
Marketing and Business Development
Al Fardan Exchange
+971.50.3510833
marketing@alfardanexchange.com
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