International prepaid program for scholarship benefit disbursements to be launched on i2c’s global payments platform.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and MIAMI – Dec.18, 2012 – i2c inc., a provider of payment processing and emerging commerce solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Banco do Brasil Americas to provide processing services for reloadable prepaid products. Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank serving more than 55 million consumers globally, is the parent company of Banco do Brasil Americas.
The first collaboration between i2c and Banco do Brasil Americas will be a prepaid card program allowing Brazilian students living in the United States and other countries to receive scholarship benefit disbursements conveniently on a prepaid card. i2c’s global payments platform will enable scholarship providers to load funds to prepaid cards that students can use to make purchases in their local currencies.
The new program supports Banco do Brasil Americas’ plans to offer a range of prepaid products, including payroll, teen and benefit disbursement cards, to consumers in the United States.
Miguel Cintron, Vice President of Business Development at i2c, said, “This card program will greatly simplify the scholarship disbursement process while enabling a common customer experience across different continents.”
The i2c platform will provide account communications and customer support options in Portuguese and English to Banco do Brasil Americas customers. Live customer service in those languages will be provided by i2c through its call center in Panama City, Panama.
“As Banco do Brasil Americas continues to expand and add to our range of convenient prepaid products, it is important that our partners have the ability to support these initiatives,” said Pamela Kohl, Executive Vice President of Products and Channels. “We chose to partner with i2c due to their global support operations and robust multi-currency, multi-lingual payments platform.”
“Banco do Brasil, one of the leading financial institutions in the world, has a clear strategy for international growth, and we are delighted to provide payment solutions to support that growth,” said Amir Wain, Founder & CEO of i2c. “Their selection of i2c is a testament to our reliability and the strength of our global payment processing technology.”
About Banco do Brasil Americas
Banco do Brasil Americas, a subsidiary of Banco do Brasil, provides banking services. For over 200 years, Banco do Brasil has provided efficient, trustworthy banking to Latin America and the world. In January 2012, Banco do Brasil expanded its model of quality and service while assisting clients worldwide by acquiring Eurobank Florida. Banco do Brasil Americas was established to create a solid, reliable presence in the US market. Three full-service branches are open in Coral Gables, Boca Raton, and Pompano Beach. Each branch is staffed with employees who speak English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Visit www.bbamericas.com for more information.
About i2c Inc.
An award-winning global financial technology innovator powering credit, debit, prepaid, core banking, and money movement solutions, i2c unifies banking and payments in an all-in-one platform, transforming product personalization with a customer-centric architecture and accelerating speed-to-market with composable building-block solutions. Financial institutions and fintechs globally trust i2c to help them quickly and efficiently configure and scale differentiated financial offerings in an evolving, competitive market. Powered by innovation and driven by trust for more than 24 years, i2c blends modern ingenuity with expert reliability to supercharge exceptional banking and payments experiences for millions of users and billions of transactions worldwide.
For more information, visit i2cinc.com and follow us at @i2cinc.
Media Inquiries:
Cesar Gomes
Banco do Brasil Americas
Telephone:+1 347-598-3703
E-mail:cesar@b2conteudo.com