Wirecard provides voucher solution for Fitfox sports experience platform

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) - Fitfox, provider of online bookings for
fitness, wellness and sport events, integrates the Wirecard voucher
platform for better customer retention The Wirecard voucher platform
is a comprehensive omnichannel solution, covering a variety of
couponing formats for Fitfox The innovative platform guarantees the
seamless integration of customer retention methods into existing
systems

Aschheim (Munich). Wirecard, the global innovation leader for
digital financial technology, is expanding its partnership with the
Fitfox sports experience platform. The wholly-owned subsidiary of
German sports retailer SportScheck offers more than 10,000 different
sports experiences in over 100 German cities and is now using
Wirecard's voucher solution. Thanks to the innovative platform,
Fitfox is integrating a comprehensive customer retention program into
its existing system. The Wirecard platform provides coupons, vouchers
and gift cards on all digital channels and can also create physical
vouchers.

The market for gift cards and vouchers is growing steadily.
According to Juniper Research, it is expected that there will be 1.05
billion coupon users worldwide in 2019. This means that the number
would have almost doubled since 2014 (560 million users). The voucher
platform underscores Wirecard's investment in this growth market. The
platform combines all current voucher formats in a fully digitalized
solution and enables Fitfox to make its customer loyalty program
available on all channels. These measures can be integrated into
existing app ecosystems, provided as a QR code or embedded into the
offline user experience in the form of a voucher card. In this way
Fitfox reaches customers and prospects at all touchpoints.

"Customer retention measures are particularly successful when they
integrate seamlessly with the customer's user experience," explains
Boris Bongartz, Head of Sales Digital Goods at Wirecard. "We are
excited to extend our partnership with Fitfox. Our solution will
enable Fitfox to expand its omnichannel customer retention and
acquisition strategy and digitize the purchasing and payment process
for vouchers and coupons."

"The flexible sports experience we offer only works thanks to a
combination of online bookings and offline experiences," said Dustin
Selke, founder and CEO of Fitfox. "With Wirecard, we are happy to
have a partner who understands our needs and offers us a solution
that integrates seamlessly into our omnichannel ecosystem. With the
Wirecard voucher platform, we can reach existing and new members at
all touchpoints and use targeted measures to get them excited about
our offering."

The sports experience platform Fitfox is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the sports platform SportScheck, which in turn operates under the
umbrella of the Otto Group. Founded in 2013, the company has been
deploying Wirecard's payment acceptance solution for some time now.
The implementation of the voucher platform marks another milestone in
the cooperation.

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business
customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of
real-time value-added services built around innovative digital
payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem
concentrates on the areas payment & risk, retail & transaction
banking, loyalty & couponing, data analytics & conversion rate
enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard
operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets,
holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card
networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX
and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). Visit us on www.wirecard.com, follow
us on Twitter @wirecard and on Facebook @wirecardgroup.

About Fitfox:

Founded in Hamburg in 2013 by Max Tymoszuk, Edwin Hammond and
Dustin Selke, Fitfox has established itself as the market leader in
Germany for booking and using sports experiences without contracts or
permanent memberships. On fitfox.de, users have access to over 10,000
different sports activities in more than 100 German cities. In Spring
2018, Fitfox was acquired by SportScheck GmbH and complements its
ecosystem by offering sports events and trips.

Contact:
Wirecard media contact:
Wirecard AG
Jana Tilz
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 4424 1363
Email: jana.tilz@wirecard.com

Fitfox media contact:
Fitfox GmbH
Meryl Blank
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 882 153 752
Email: meryl@fitfox.de

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