| Type | Public (LSE: NEO) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Products | Payment Gateway, Payment Service Provider |
| Website | www.netbanx.com |
Netbanx allows merchants and retailers to accept and process Web or call centre captured global payments via credit cards, debit cards, pre-paid cards, and a range of other payment types. The company has locations in the United Kingdom and Canada and has been offering payment services since 1996. Netbanx is a service of global payments company Optimal Payments Plc
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The company indicates it processes online and telephone financial transactions for a range of industries, including government bodies, universities, insurance companies, small and large businesses. Netbanx's customers include: the UK government's business registration agency, Companies House and Environment Agency, Shop Direct Group, npower.[1]
Netbanx falls into the payment gateway and payment service provider types of financial services solutions. The company offers card not present (CNP), online, and call centre/interactive voice response (IVR) payment processing, including payment gateway, merchant accounts and fraud management tools. The company’s processing service is 3-D Secure[2] and PCI compliant.[3]
The company supports payment through and partners with all the major payment brands and networks, including (in no particular order) Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Visa Electron, Diners Club, American Express, Visa Debit, JCB, Lloyds TSB Cardnet, Barclaycard, RBS Streamline, HSBC, HBOS, Direct Debit, Giropay, ELV, iDEAL, Poli, DirectPay24, Ukash, Carte Bleue, Carta Si, PayPal and the Neteller e-wallet. These relationships allow the company to process payments from most major countries.
Netbanx primarily generates revenue by charging fees to merchants for each transaction that is processed through the company’s system.
Netbanx supports companies that already have their own card acquiring relationships. The company also offers merchant account/card acquiring & bureau services to expedite the process of a new company getting an acquiring relationship/merchant-ID so they can accept payments online.
The company offers a range of fraud, identity and security features[4] to combat online payment and card fraud. These include PCI DSS, 3-D Secure, BIN and IP blocking, and address verification.