PCS Prepaid MasterCard Triumph at 2011 Prepaid365 Card Awards

By Emotion Associates Limited, PRNE
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Winner of the Best International Prepaid Card

LONDON, April 8, 2011 - The team at PCS rounded off an impressive few months with recognition at
the 2011 Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards by winning the Best International
Prepaid Card category. The first of its kind in France the product has
received widespread media coverage and consumer interest since its inception.

The PCS MasterCard launched in December 2010 has been developed
specifically for the unbanked and underbanked demographic however the demand
for the product would indicate that online shoppers, young people and
frequent travellers, have quickly come to recognise the benefits of this
card. The card is currently available for purchase in 20,000 merchants
throughout France.

The card can be loaded with cash in store and also using pre-printed
vouchers in EUR20, EUR50 and EUR100 denominations. Customers who wish to
purchase the card do not need to complete any time consuming documentation or
undergo credit checks. They can simply pick up a card in store, retrieve
their PIN using a simple SMS command, load it with cash at the counter and
begin spending immediately, thereby providing instant online spending
capability to the large unbanked community in France.

Philip Aim, CEO of CreaCard expressed his delighted with the result
stating: "We are extremely proud to have launched the first prepaid card in
France, but much more proud to receive this consumer award at the Prepaid365
Awards, which for us is primarily the recognition of a successful project
that's both secure and reliable. We hope that the French market for prepaid
will grow successfully for PCS products and that our customers will find in
this product an alternative to traditional means of payment, with additional
services that will enrich the offer in the coming weeks."

Noel Moran, CEO of Prepaid Financial Services Ltd, the programme manager
of the PCS Prepaid Card, comments: "We are delighted that the PCS MasterCard
has been recognised as the Best International Prepaid Card. For this
programme, PFS created a custom built instant issue Prepaid platform which
combines the capacity to load cash in store, voucher top up, unique SMS
functionality for card management, real time back office reporting and
inventory management."

Amit Sharma, CEO and founder of leading prepaid comparison site
Prepaid365 and the Prepaid365 Awards stated that "The consumer prepaid card
market in France is still in its infancy in stark contrast to the UK but the
success of the PCS MasterCard seems to indicate that the market for prepaid
is growing rapidly and there is a tremendous appetite for prepaid in France.
PFS and PCS are well positioned to take advantage of that demand."

The PCS MasterCard combines a payment card with innovative and cutting
edge loading and card management facilities providing low cost access to
online payments.

Prepaid Financial Services

Prepaid Financial Services (https://www.prepaidfinancialservices.com/)
(PFS) is a prepaid Program Manager, headquartered in London, delivering
prepaid card programs in many different geographic markets for banks,
processors and clients. Founded in 2007 PFS has launched programs for clients
including Foreign Currency cards, Money Remittance, Travel, Payroll,
Corporate expenses solutions, Commission payouts and Social and Benefit
Payments. The flexibility of the scalable PFS Middleware platform and its
ability to interface into multiple processors, third parties and vendors
allows the company to be innovative and robust.

For further information, please contact:

- Website: https://www.prepaidfinancialservices.com

PCS MasterCard

CreaCard is a limited company with capital of 224 000 euros founded by
Philip Aim and Philippe Boulakia in early 2010. Since its inception, the
company has raised more than one million euros, including the development of
its prepaid card PCS (R) MasterCard (R). After more than 10 year career in
international finance and telecom, Philip Aim and Philippe Boulakia had the
idea of giving everyone the opportunity to make a payment which is
simple, modern, economic and accepted everywhere! To give substance to the
concept PCS (R) (Prepaid Cash Services) CreaCard moved closer to a major
European bank and MasterCard (R) and now offers a solution for prepaid card
which is solid, credible and fully secure, with reliable partners and with a
rapidly growing profile. PCS (R) is a registered trademark of CreaCard.

- Website www.pcs-card.com

Prepaid365 - The Prepaid Card Comparison Portal

Prepaid365 is the UK's leading prepaid card portal online to review,
compare and buy prepaid credit cards representing an encyclopaedia of
information on prepaid cards, providers and all things prepaid.

The annual Prepaid365 awards, launched in 2009, recognise best in class
prepaid propositions and prepaid card providers voted for by consumers and
Prepaid365's subject matter experts, respectively with the awards being based
on various factors including application process, card design, fee structure,
features, functionality, added value and feedback from customer, customer
services and the prepaid industry. Visit Prepaid365 to find out more prepaid
credit cards (www.prepaid365.com/), prepaid MasterCard and visa
prepaid cards as well as the Prepaid365 Awards and the winners.

Prepaid365 is a trading name of Emotion Associates Limited - UK
Registration Number: 06964513

    For further information, please contact:

    - Website: www.prepaid365.com

    All Press Enquires should be directed to Prepaid Financial Services at

    - Tel: +44(0)207-125-0321

    - Email: info@prepaidfinancialservices.com

    - Website: https://www.prepaidfinancialservices.com

All Press Enquires should be directed to Prepaid Financial Services at, Tel: +44(0)207-125-0321, Email: info at prepaidfinancialservices.com

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