lowcostholidays.com and Chase Paymentech’s Orbital Payment Gateway selected for the retail industry’s most prestigious awards

London, 14th September 2010 – Chase Paymentech Europe Limited, a leading merchant acquirer and payment processor, has been shortlisted for two Retail Systems Awards for its high level of customer service and Orbital Payment Gateway. Now in its fifth year the awards recognise excellence and innovation in information technology within the UK retail sector. The awards ceremony will take place on 28th October at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane.

Chase Paymentech is shortlisted for the ‘Best use of technology in the hospitality and leisure sector’ for its work helping lowcostholidays.com reduce the number of fraudulent bookings whilst lowering the cost of handling customer not present (CNP) payments.

The ‘Card and Payments solution of the year’ award will be presented to a retailer who has excelled in the field of cards and payments. Chase Paymentech’s entry for its Orbital Payment Gateway was one of three entries shortlisted for the award. The Orbital Payment Gateway supports thousands of merchants internationally and has processed over 1.3bn transactions over the last three years. The gateway’s stability, flexibility and scalability ensures that high growth merchants are equipped for international growth.

“We are extremely pleased to be nominated in two categories for such prestigious awards. At Chase Paymentech, we focus on our customers core needs regardless of their size or sector. The nominations for our work with lowcostholidays.com are a great example of why providing our customers with a service tailored for their particular business needs can provide significant financial benefits for the merchant,” said Shane Fitzpatrick, President and Managing Director, Chase Paymentech Europe Limited.

The 2010 judging panel includes:

- Luke Phillips, Head of Information Systems, Kurt Geiger
- Will Jones, IT Director, The Book Depositry
- Sharon Peters, Programme Manager, Retail Systems, Marks and Spencer
- Hayley Meenan-Wilkin, Head of Web Operations, Tesco
- Paul Rogers, Chairman, Vendorcom
- Scott Thompson, Editor, Retail Systems

If you would to like receive more information on Chase Paymentech or the Orbital Payment Gateway please contact [email protected]. For more details on the awards please visit www.retail-systems.com/awards.