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Virtual Card Services goes local with e-commerce in Namibia

Johannesburg, 10 Oct 2014

As part of its vision to spread its wings into the African market, Virtual Card Services recently extended its e-commerce services to include the Namibian market with the launch of Virtual Card Services Namibia.

Virtual Card Services Namibia is the first service provider of its kind to be registered with the Payments Association of Namibia - confirmation of the company's support of the ideals of the Namibian National Payment System. All transactions that originate in Namibia will be routed to the local switch for processing.

"We want to expand geographical reach for Namibian businesses through the provision of secure payment methods and I believe that the Namibian market is ready for the transition to e-commerce," says Manja van der Walt, Director of Virtual Card Services Namibia (Pty) Ltd.

"Web-based transactions are nothing new to the Namibian tourism segment and we expect other segments to follow suit. Virtual Card Services Namibia provides a wide range of services in support of the transition from traditional commerce to e-commerce and our system already interfaces with most of the popular reservation systems and shopping carts available. We are open for business. Are you?"

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Virtual Card Services

Virtual Card Services was established in 1996 to offer a solution to the mail order market that found conventional methods of securing large volumes of credit card payment cumbersome and costly.

With more than 50 years' collective experience in developing and implementing credit, debit and smartcard processing systems for a major card issuer in South Africa, VCS was quick to identify the niche presented in providing a solution that exactly meets these needs.

The 'Virtual Vendor' system, which was developed out of this need, interacts with a bank's existing legacy systems, while meeting the vendor's demand for an automated, electronic transaction system. The business rapidly grew from this point by expanding the scope of services to all organisations requiring automated, high volume and secure credit card payment processing.

The company's client list today boasts a cross-section of businesses that have realised the benefits of automating their credit card transactions.

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