For Distribution on October 6, 2006
National Payment
Card Joins Retail Broadband Alliance
Group Helps Merchants Migrate to Broadband
Boca Raton, Fla. – (October
6, 2006) – National Payment Card LLC, an electronic funds
payment service bureau that interfaces with POS system to add ACH
payment options to non-payment cards, has joined the Retail Broadband
Alliance, a forum that makes it easy for businesses migrating to
broadband networks to increase revenue, cut expenses, and improve
customer experience.
National Payment Card’s new ACH payment card
allows consumers to link their loyalty cards, membership cards,
or driver’s licenses to their checking accounts as an alternate
payment method with rewards. The product is designed to provide
instant gratification to consumers by rolling back the price per
gallon at the pump when the consumer selects this payment option
For merchants the National Payment Card payment system
reduces credit/debit card interchange fees. Leveraging New Edge
Network broadband products, a merchant can significantly reduce
processing transaction fees with a direct connection from the store
to the National Payment Card processing center.
“Most gas stations today use legacy communication
systems, with many limitations, for new advance applications. National
Payment Card technology was created with a future view of Internet
broadband services. Joining the Retail Broadband Alliance will allow
us to offer, in collaboration with New Edge Networks, communication
solutions to maximize the value of broadband services across multiple
in-store applications,” said Danilo Portal, Vice President
and CTO of National Payment Card. “The Retail Broadband Alliance
provides a crucial service for merchants to evolve to the next level
of robust and reliable communication infrastructure that uses ready
complementary applications for efficient operations.”
The Retail Broadband Alliance brings together companies
that represent products and services used in the entire retail sales
supply chain for data networks. The Retail Broadband Alliance now
includes more than 200 companies. Retail merchants pick and choose
the providers they want.
“New Edge Networks welcomes National Payment
Card into the growing Retail Broadband Alliance,” said Greg
Griffiths, Vice President of Marketing for New Edge Networks. “National
Payment Card represents yet another trusted choice for merchants
who turn to the Retail Broadband Alliance for support in migrating
to broadband.”
About Retail Broadband Alliance
The Retail Broadband Alliance is a forum that makes it simple for
merchants to migrate to broadband networks. It brings together more
than 200 companies that provide products and services used in the
retail supply chain for high-speed data networks. Through joint
marketing and educational programs, the Retail Broadband Alliance
helps increase awareness of viable broadband-ready solutions and
new offerings that increase revenue, cut expenses, and improve customer
experience for retail merchants. New Edge Networks, which provides
broadband networks to 100 percent of business addresses in the United
States, formed the Retail Broadband Alliance in November 2004. Information
about the Retail Broadband Alliance and membership is available
at www.newedgenetworks.com/solutions/rba/.
About National Payment Card
National Payment Card (www.nationalpaymentcard.com), based in Boca
Raton, Fla., is an innovative marketer of ACH card-based payment
systems. The company’s primary product is the Payment Card,
a retailer branded program that provides consumers access to funds
in their checking accounts so they can pay for goods or services.
The Payment Card is not a credit or debit card that is linked through
the national banking networks, but rather utilizes a user ID for
consumer authentication and is processed through the National Payment
Card ACH Payment Card network. A Payment Card can be a loyalty card,
a membership card or driver’s license. National Payment Card
has filed a series of patent applications for methods of payment
processing with a driver’s license.
NATIONAL PAYMENT CARD LLC
4171 W. Hillsboro Boulevard, Suite 4
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
954-449-9540
NEW EDGE NETWORKS
Vancouver, Washington
3000 Columbia House Blvd. Suite 106
Vancouver, WA 98661-2969
360-693-9009
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