RENTABILIWEB Becomes a Fintech Pure Player, and Sells Its B to C Division
24 September 2015 - 5:35PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
RENTABILIWEB (ISIN BE0946620946 - Mnemo BIL) (Brussles:BIL)
(Paris:BIL) focuses on payment industry. The Group announces today
the disposal of Arion Entertainment, a holding company that
includes all of the division’s B to C activities. Now a fintech
pure player, Rentabiliweb unveils its new identity: in a few weeks,
the name of the Group will become DALENYS.
The birth of DALENYS, a pure player in financial
technologies
Since its creation in 2002, payment has been at the centre of
the Group’s strategy, when no alternative existed on the market for
the monetization of e-merchant. Rentabiliweb was amongst the first
to bring innovative micro-payment solutions into service.
Over the years, this business has allowed the group to develop
considerable expertise in mastering financial, technology and
telecom flows.
In 2011, European legislation enabled the Group to become a
Payment Institution and to launch Be2bill, its debit card payment
solution.
Be2bill is both a PSP (Payment Service Provider) and an acquirer
(authorised by the Banque de France and affiliate member of the GIE
[EIG - Economic Interest Group] Cartes Bancaires). Its solution is
unique and allows merchants both online and at a point of sale to
cash out customers while increasing their turnover and their
conversion rates. Be2bill also positioned as one of the leading
players in the fight against fraud.
With over 2,500 customers to date and a Run Rate of over one
billion euros, Be2bill reached in the course of 2015 the break-even
point with its online offer in France, and is now ideally
positioned to accelerate its international development, which
already represents 15% of its earnings.
Refocusing on its core activities will enable the Group to
devote all of its resources to the development of its
B to B products, while ensuring consistent financial
resources. The group is going to apply its growth to the creation
of synergies between payment, marketing and telecommunications
products.
With consolidated revenue up 49% during the first half of the
year, B to B activities are growing strongly. The Group will
continue to roll out its solutions around a unique area of
expertise: payment marketing. Payment marketing allows merchants to
control their sales cycle through the use of solutions enabling
them to acquire customers before the
sale (direct marketing), to optimise their payment
during the sale (payment), and to
retain them post sale (direct
marketing and telecom).
Now a pure player in financial technologies, the Group is
accompanying this new strategic direction with a name change. Thus,
upon approval of the Extraordinary General Meeting of October 28,
2015, RENTABILIWEB GROUP will become DALENYS, an institutional and
international brand symbolising its ambitions in a rapidly
expanding sector. A complete overhaul of the Group’s graphical and
marketing identity, products and services will accompany the name
change. This transformation will be completed in legal terms,
before the end of the year.
B to C division disposal
Within a few years the B to C division was able to establish a
portfolio of website publishing activities (astrology, dating,
entertainment, online communities, etc.) that was varied and
profitable. This division’s generation of free cash flows enabled
the Group to develop innovative B to B products - its payment offer
- without debt or equity financing. It is now strategic for the
Group’s development to rely on a consistent offer with high
potential.
By a protocol signed on September 21, 2015, Arion Entertainment,
has been acquired by the managers as part of a management buy-out,
for €30 million excluding net cash, which may increase via
earn-outs and depending on the achievement of reasonable
objectives, to €49 million. This sale price, paid quarterly over 6
years, also includes €3 million of financial interests. This
acquisition price is higher than the balance sheet value of the
division, and the operation will thus be neutral with regards to
the Group's equity.
Prospects for the end of the 2015 fiscal year
Building on this strategic refocusing, the Group aims to
continue its strong growth in both revenue and market share.
The group upholds its installed Run Rate ambition for 31
December 2015 of between €1.5bn and €1.7bn, together with a signed
Run Rate of between €2.6bn and €3bn.
Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier, RENTABILIWEB Chairman and
founder, says, “Financial technologies have always been at the
heart of our business. Today we have more than 5,500 clients using
our B to B solutions, half of them using the online payment
activity, which reached its break-even point in France this year.
The disposal of the B to C division is taking place under
favourable conditions. This marks the culmination of a determined
strategy initiated several years ago. The next phase is to make
DALENYS one of Europe’s Fintech leaders.”
A presentation detailing the strategic plan implemented by
management, as well as the Group’s new visual identity, will be
held between late October and early November 2015 in Paris.
See the press release on the Group’s corporate website:
https://rentabiliweb-group.com/en/?p=10635
About RENTABILIWEB
Created in 2002 by Jean-Baptiste-Descroix Vernier, RENTABILIWEB
is one of Europe’s major players in payment and digital content
monetisation. Comprised of over 270 employees in France and abroad,
listed on the Euronext Brussels and Paris stock exchange
(compartment C), the group rigorously applies the ten principles
established by the UN as an adherent to the Global Compact.
RENTABILIWEB is eligible for FCPI investment funds, and has the
"Innovative Company" label from OSEO.
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