Business partners
MasterCard®: payment card schemes
MasterCard is a leading global payments solutions company that provides a broad variety of innovative services in support of its global members' credit, deposit access, electronic cash, business-to-business and related payment programs. MasterCard manages a family of well-known, widely accepted payment card brands including MasterCard, Maestro® and Cirrus® and serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses in over 210 countries and territories.
The MasterCard award-winning Priceless® advertising campaign is now seen in 105 countries and in 48 languages, giving the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope.
http://www.mastercard.com/uk/
Broadcastle Bank: bank partner
Broadcastle Bank Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. It has been a safe home for individual savings and commercial deposits for over fifty years since its incorporation in 1954. All deposits on the APS' cashplus Gold prepaid MasterCard are held directly by Broadcastle Bank Limited which is also a full MasterCard member.
Broadcastle Bank's current permissions can be viewed on the FSA's register at www.fsa.gov.uk/register/ The company reference number is 204480.
www.broadcastle.co.uk
TSYS: card processor
TSYS is one of the world's largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, credit, debit and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions. Approximately 190 banks from 70 countries use its solutions. Its software and processing service addresses every aspect of the card-management business cycle, including card issuance, merchant acquiring, authorisation, message switching, encryption key and PIN management, e-commerce and fraud management. TSYS has an exceptional record of delivering scheme-compliant solutions on budget and on time. Every implementation is backed with 24x7 global support.
Thames Card Technology: card manufacturer
Thames is the largest independent manufacturer of plastic cards in the UK. It provides an integrated service which includes card manufacture, personalisation and distribution.
Thames is accredited to produce Visa and MasterCard and has an exclusive UK partnership with SAGEM to support chip and PIN personalisation. It is fully EMV (EuroCard, MasterCard, VISA) certified and supports all aspects of EMV cryptographic management.
www.thamesgroup.co.uk
Retail network
APS has a retail network of around 500 full retailers throughout the UK and several affiliate partners. Large retail chains include The Money Shop and Harvey and Thompson cheque cashing companies.
Reload network
APS was the first prepaid card company to offer cardholders the option of reloading at any Post Office® branch. Our cardholders can load funds onto our cards FREE of charge at any one of 14,000 Post Office branches throughout the UK. Cardholders can also load funds onto their cards instantly at our 450 plus retailers.
Partners
