- Partnership increases availability of
prepaid products in world's largest country
ATLANTA, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- InComm, a leading
prepaid product and transaction services company, announced today
it has partnered with Mail.Ru Group, one of the leading internet
companies in Europe.
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"Partnering with InComm is an obvious win for us," said
Vadim Rumyantsev, Head of Money
Mail.Ru. "Their prepaid product portfolio and unique delivery
solutions will allow Mail.Ru Group to provide even more
opportunities and services to an already large customer base."
Mail.Ru Group is a leading Internet company in Europe and is the 1st largest Internet
business globally[1], reaching approximately 96 percent of Russian
internet audience[2]. It is widely used by Russians to purchase
various forms of digital content, making its partnership with
InComm a natural fit.
"As the population of Russia
has become more aware of the availability of prepaid products
through Mail.Ru, we have seen considerable growth in sales through
this type of channel," said Simon
Osgood, Vice President, InComm, Global Development. "Mail.Ru
Group is a great partner to work with; their consumer reach is vast
and enables our product partners to reach across the whole of the
Russian market."
InComm first launched in Russia
in 2012, and since then has seen considerable growth in the Russian
prepaid market. That growth, combined with the size of the market,
represents a great opportunity for retailers and product partners
as the market evolves.
"InComm is keen to continue to expand this opportunity and looks
forward to maintaining the lead within Russia together with Mail.Ru Group," said
Roman Ermoshin, General Manager, InComm Russia.
About InComm
Leveraging deep integrations into retailers' point-of-sale
systems, InComm provides connectivity to a variety of service
providers that allow consumers to conduct everyday business at more
than 450,000 points of retail distribution worldwide. Whether those
consumers are activating prepaid products, paying bills, enjoying
real-time discounts through a membership card, purchasing digital
goods in-store or adding funds to an online account, InComm is
there to provide unique gift-gifting opportunities, cater to
on-the-go shoppers, deliver added value through loyalty programs
and serve cash-based consumers. With 186 global patents, InComm is
headquartered in Atlanta with a
presence in over 30 countries in North and South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Learn more at
www.incomm.com or connect with us on www.twitter.com/incomm,
www.facebook.com/incomm, www.linkedin.com/company/incomm or
www.incomm.com/blog.
About Mail.Ru Group
Mail.Ru Group (LSE: MAIL, listed since November 5, 2010) is a leading Internet company
in Europe and is the 1st largest Internet business globally,
based on the average minutes per visitor (comScore, top 100
properties, January 2015, worldwide).
In line with the communitainment (communication plus entertainment)
strategy, the Company is developing an integrated communications
and entertainment platform. The Company owns Russia's leading email service and one of
Russia's largest internet portals,
Mail.Ru. The Company operates all three of the major Russian
language social networks, VKontakte (VK), Odnoklassniki (OK) and
Moi Mir (My
World), and Russia's
largest online games. The Company's portfolio also includes Agent
Mail.Ru and ICQ – two instant messaging services popular in
Russia and CIS. The Company holds
an equity stake in Qiwi (1.31%). The Company also holds a number of
small venture capital investments in various Internet companies in
Russia, Ukraine and Israel. In November
2013, The Company launched My.com in the US and later
worldwide to provide communication and entertainment products and
services for the global audience.
http://corp.mail.ru/en/
[1] based on the average minutes per visitor (comScore, top 100
properties, January 2015,
worldwide)
[2] TNS, Russia, January 2015