Morgan Beaumont, Inc. the Stored Value and Debit Card market as well as an issuer of signature-based VISA, MasterCard hologram cards and Debit Card Solutions announced today that it will commence the rollout of its Card programs to over 250,000 retail load locations with IPrepay Inc., a subsidiary of Radiant Holdings and a leading issuer of prepaid products and services.
As described in an October 7 press release, IPrepay will utilize Morgan's POS software and national cash loading network to offer Stored Value and Debit Cards to IPrepay's prepaid calling card customers.
Over the next 30 - 45 days, the first 10,000 load locations will be rolled out. It is estimated that approximately 17,000 load locations will be rolled out each month thereafter until rollout is complete in 18 months. Additionally, the agreement calls for IPrepay to issue 50,000 Stored Value VISAs using Morgan Beaumont's proprietary technology no later than January 2005. IPrepay estimates that it will issue as many as 1 million Stored Value VISA or MasterCard cards over the next 18 months.
Morgan Beaumont CEO Cliff Wildes commented, "Morgan Beaumont is delighted to commence this rollout with IPrepay, a leader in the telecommunications industry. It is exciting to offer their customer base convenient, personalized financial products and services utilizing Morgan's proprietary technology. At the same time, this rollout adds to our growing national foot print of load locations and, with our proprietary technology platform and functionality, sets us up to create significant barriers to entry as the technology standard and leader in the alternative financial marketplace."
Issa Asad, President of IPrepay, said, "Morgan Beaumont is the perfect solution for our business model, which is based on having load locations and powerful products to drive revenue and traffic. Adding a VISA Debit product with Morgan's technology platform will close the gap with our current market and ensure a competitive edge. The initial launch will result in approximately 10,000 locations in place by January 2005. We anticipate that in the next 18 months approximately 250,000 total retail locations will be active."
This rollout is significant to Morgan Beaumont because Management estimates that each retail load location is worth as much as $1,500 in recurring annual revenue to the company, and that each active and used card could generate $36 - $120 in recurring annual revenue. Furthermore, this arrangement supports Morgan Beaumont's target to have at least 20,000 POP locations by year-end 2004 and at least 100,000 locations by year-end 2005.
Morgan Beaumont, Inc. (OTCBB:MBEU) is a Technology Solutions Company located in Sarasota, Florida. Morgan is one of the premier providers of Stored Value and Debit Card Solutions in the United States. The company has developed POS and PC based software that connects merchants with multiple Stored Value Processors and Issuing Banks, in addition to private transaction networks and IVR and CRM technology. Morgan Beaumont is a MasterCard Third Party Processor (TPP). The company also has a national network of Stored Value and Debit Card load stations located throughout the United States. To learn more about Morgan Beaumont, please visit http://www.morganbeaumont.com.
IPrepay Inc., established and headquartered in Miami, Florida is a pioneer in marketing and distributing prepaid products. The company has successfully integrated services enabled by banking, credit card processing, and telecommunication networks into stored value card products that meet a multitude of needs for today's consumer. An ever-increasing number of these retail locations are adopting the conveniences of the IPrepay POS Solution that couples unlimited supply with no inventory costs. IPrepay's open model of competition enables it to both supply & distribute competitive products. To learn more about IPrepay Inc., please visit http://www.iprepay.com.
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