Worldline, a global leader in payment services, and Volksbank, a prominent financial institution based in Italy, have recently embarked on a strategic partnership.
This collaboration marks Worldline’s first such agreement with an Italian bank, showcasing Volksbank’s extensive network of over 160 branches and a customer base nearing 300,000.
The core objective of this partnership is to enhance and manage the issuance of payment cards in Italy.
Worldline, renowned for its extensive experience in payment solutions, will offer a comprehensive range of services. These include setting up and producing cards, implementing advanced fraud detection systems, managing cardholder portals, and ensuring top-notch customer service. Volksbank, on its part, is set to provide its customers with distinguished services, leveraging Worldline’s expertise to introduce innovative, customised products.
Worldline excels in crafting tailored solutions that merge its global insights with localised adaptation. In collaboration with Volksbank, teams from various countries, coordinated from Italy, are working to deliver state-of-the-art services like enhanced fraud prevention systems and multilingual platforms.
Alessandro Baroni, Head of Financial Services at Worldline, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership: “We are very pleased to have concluded this agreement in Italy with a partner like Volksbank, which is a very solid bank and focused on innovation, as well as capitalizing on the opportunities offered by digital tools that demand an increasingly tailored approach.
“We want to extend this type of collaboration to other credit institutions by applying our ability to decline the offer we develop internationally to the characteristics of our country and the types of individual institutions, which in many cases are territorial in nature. Each of our solutions is designed to be dropped into the local reality, respecting the specificities of the operator itself.”
Alberto Naef, General Manager at Volksbank, highlighted the alignment of their goals with Worldline’s expertise: “We chose a partner like Worldline, which is mainly active in the transalpine region, an area that has several affinities with our bank and our customers, because of its established international experience in both traditional and innovative payments.
“Our goal is to offer a service of excellence to our customers and to develop innovative solutions with a partner capable of supporting us on this path – we are convinced that Worldline possesses these qualities.”
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