PayPoint's Field Support Team reached a record 60 , growing by 50%
PayByPhone launches one the world's largest Near Field Communications (NFC) payment solutions when San Francisco, CA, added NFC-enabled stickers to the city’s 30,800 parking meters to give drivers the option to pay for parking with NFC-enabled mobile phones
Collect+ reveals that it handled over 500,000 parcels over Christmas and New Year
Western Union MOney Transfer became available through PayPoint in Romania
PayPoint becomes the first payments network to introduce contactless debit/credit card payments
Launch of the PayPoint branded Christmas Club
Lexington (KY) and South Miami (FL) Parking Authorities introduce PayByPhone parking
SIM commission paid to PayPoint retailers passes £1m
Collect+ extended to consumers and small businesses, enabling them to send and pick up parcels at Collect+ stores within the PayPoint network
Ealing becomes the 7th London borough to introduce PayByPhone parking and the first to enable cash payments for parking through the PayPoint retail network
PayPoint wins contract with Department for Work & Pensions to pay out welfare payments through its retail network
Unicredit Consumer Financing signs up with PayPoint, becoming the company's 35th client in Romania
Expansion into France and North America with the acquisition of PayByPhone, a leading international provider of services to parking authorities, allowing consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for their parking by credit or debit card
Annual transactions processed across the group exceed 550 million
Bill payment transactions in Romania pass 5.5 million, with 22 bill payment clients
PayByPhone appointed to handle contactless mobile phone payments for public transport in Nice, Europe's first integrated ticketing, traveller information and entertainment solution
PayPoint makes first 'cash out' transactions when it facilitates cash credits, rebates and payments from several energy companies to their customers
PayPoint.net launches FraudGuard 4, the latest version e-commerce risk management platform, to help on line businesses manage exposure to global fraud risks
British Gas appoints PayPoint its sole convenience store-based cash payment network
PayCash launched, enabling customers buying online to pay cash at any PayPoint store
Collect+ parcel collection and delivery service launched in a joint venture with Home Delivery Network
Bill payment transactions in Romania pass 3 million, with 15 new bill pay clients
Severn Trent becomes the first utility to extend cash payments at PayPoint stores to online payments through PayPoint.net
PayPoint signs the first direct distribution agreement for SIMs with the major mobile networks and MVNOs
Annual transactions processed across the group exceed 500 million
Over 22,000 terminals live in UK and Ireland, collecting payments for more than 1,000 different schemes
Key Milestones achieved in Transport sector with 1 million System One bus tickets and more than 3 million Arriva tickets sold through PayPoint since 2006
Bill Payment Service launched in Romania
Customer satisfaction with PayPoint reaches an all time high of 98%, with 81% stating they were very satisifed with the PayPoint service. (ipsos MORI research 2007)
PayPoint plc completes the acquisition of Pay Store SRL, a leading independent Romanian mobile pre-pay distribution company
PayPoint plc acquires a second internet payment service provider SECpay Limited
In recognition of the important place that local retailers have in their community, PayPoint launches a search for the UKs favourite corner shop with the Corner Shop of the Year Award
PayPoint completes the acquisition of Metacharge Ltd, an independent internet payment service provider
PayPoint is awarded a six year contract by the BBC as sole provider for the collection of over-the-counter TV Licensing payments
With the addition of Manchester System One Travel, Blackpool Coastlines and First York, PayPoint now has signed contracts with 8 major transport operators across the UK
PayPoint wins prestigious New Company of the year Award in the PLC Awards
Over 14,000 dedicated PayPoint terminal sites are now live, collecting payments on behalf of more than 500 clients
Following the purchase of 54.4% of PayPoint's shares by leading institutional investors, PayPoint debut on the London Stock Exchange at 192 pence per share
Over 800 PayPoint ATMs installed in convenience retail and licensed trade outlets across the UK
Over 11,000 outlets with dedicated PayPoint terminals live, processing on average 4 million customer transactions every week
PayPoint is the only electronic payment network provider to achieve BS7799 Certification for information security management
Central London Congestion Charge launched with PayPoint awarded exclusive contract for retail cash payment solution
PayPoint launches ATM product with competitive terms for PayPoint and other retailers
PayPoint one of only 52 UK companies to win prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the ‘Innovation’ category
PayPoint enters European marketplace with Electricity Supply Board of Ireland (ESB) signing up with PayPoint
Work begins to plan and roll out new network of agents in Republic of Ireland to collect ESB and other payments
PayPoint mounts first TV advertising campaign on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and GMTV in Scotland
Working with Girobank, Streamline and Barclays, PayPoint launch new ‘all in one terminal’ deal with preferential rates for PayPoint agents wishing to process debit and credit card payments through their PayPoint terminals
Scottish Power, Manweb and Orange E Top-Ups join portfolio of over 100 clients
1000 additional PayPoint terminals installed bringing network count to 8400
T & S stores become first retailer to use PayPoint software to vend mobile phone E Top-Ups through their own EPOS till systems
PayPoint named in Vision 100 index, alongside First Direct, cahoot, Egg and Direct Line in recognition of reputation as visionary organisation
Trouble-free start to the new millennium
Vodafone first mobile phone network to launch E Top-Up service with PayPoint
1 million customers using PayPoint each week
£1 billion worth of bill payments collected Jan – Dec 2000
Initial network roll-out completed with 7,400 PayPoint retailers live in the UK
98% of UK households now within 5 miles of a PayPoint outlet
British Gas pre-payment meter customers able to charge their Quantum smart cards at PayPoint
4000 PayPoint outlets now in operation
PayPoint launched to the media, consumer groups and utility industry regulators in September
Within 8 weeks over 1000 terminals in operation in Northern Ireland, London and the NorthEast, serving over 1 million consumers
PayPoint brand created. First outlets in Northern Ireland begin accepting utility payments from November