Wirecard collaborates with Orange Money to launch innovative new digital payment and banking service in Eastern Europe

Aschheim (ots) - Hundreds of thousands of Romanian consumers will
benefit from ease and convenience of fully digital payments on a wide
range of devices Wirecard and Orange have successfully collaborated
in Europe since 2014

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial
technology, is expanding its collaboration with Orange in the field
of digital payment and banking. Together with Orange Money in
Romania, Wirecard is now offering an innovative financial commerce
solution that allows contactless payments with physical and virtual
Orange Money debit cards, smartphones, as well as Fitbit and Garmin
smartwatches.

Since 2014, Wirecard has helped Orange take a pioneering role in
mobile payment. Wirecard is responsible for implementing and
developing all technical and financial processes according to
Orange's design and other requirements. Within the first two years of
the partnership, the joint solution already gained more than 500,000
users.

Using the Orange Money app, Romanian users can now make P2P
(Peer-to-peer) instant transfers via mobile phone numbers, transfer
money using their individually assigned IBAN code, pay utility bills
or recharge their Orange Prepay accounts. Customers can also perform
internet purchases using their virtual card in the app, manage card
limits, reset the card PIN as well as lock and unlock the card
instantly.

"The partnership with Wirecard is an integral part of the digital
solution Orange Money offers on the Romanian market and an additional
guarantee of the quality of service that our customers are accustomed
to and expect from us," said Haris Hanif, CEO of Orange Money
Romania.

Utku Ogrendil, Managing Director Romania at Wirecard, said,
"Wirecard's mission is focused on providing cutting-edge digital
financial solutions, and the partnership with Orange is a significant
part of our vision to create a cashless future. We are delighted to
further partner on the innovative Orange Money service - a solution
that offers many benefits to Romanian customers and also a new
perspective on the payment market in Romania." Philippe Laranjeiro,
Head of Sales Digital & Telecom at Wirecard, added, "We are delighted
to further support Orange with their agenda to offer digital
financial services for everyday life. After the successful
development of Orange Cash and then Orange Bank in France to offer
fully digital payment and banking services, the launch of Orange
Money Romania is for us a further step to digitize payments
globally."

Wirecard provides a vast range of services within the partnership.
These include transaction processing and settlement, card issuing and
personalization, authorization - including 3Dsecure, card management,
tokenization as a VISA certified NFC solution as well as all call
center services.

Befitting all types of users, the digital payments are based on
Orange Money Visa debit cards that are available either through the:
Orange Money app, available for iOS & Android smartphones Orange Pay
app, available on Android smartphones for NFC mobile payments Fitbit
and Garmin apps, available on iOS & Android for NFC payments with
smartwatches.

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 and
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 Orange:

Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators
with sales of 41 billion euros in 2018 and 151,000 employees
worldwide at 31 December 2018, including 92,000 employees in France.
The Group has a total customer base of 264 million customers
worldwide at 31 December 2018, including 204 million mobile customers
and 20 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 27
countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and
telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the
brand Orange Business Services.

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

Orange media contact:
Orange Money Romania
Alexandra Pascali
Email: Alexandra.pascali@orange.com

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