Mon, 21 Jul 2008
Surfpin Appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers

Surfpin Limited, the market leader in small payments by phone (mobile and landline), today announced that the Board of Directors has approved the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company’s auditors and business advisors.

Chief Financial Officer, John Adebayo, commented “The choice of auditors was a difficult decision but after careful review it was clear PricewaterhouseCoopers was the best fit not only for the company’s current needs but also to meet future aspirations”.

About Surfpin

Surfpin are a world leader in processing small payments by phone. The Surfpin platform provides a comprehensive payment service solution for merchants to charge for digital content and services by charging consumers direct to their phone bill.

Surfpin technology manages the process of accepting these payments by integrating with mobile phone operators and carriers worldwide. With Surfpin's ever expanding global network, merchants can now accept payments by phone in the US, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Surfpin are a world leader in processing small payments by phone.

For more information please contact:
Jing Zhao
Surfpin Limited
Email: info [at] surfpin [dot] com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 808 7500

Media enquires should be directed to:
James Beaven
Indigo Pearl Limited
Email: info [at] indigopearl [dot] com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8964 4545

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Mon, 1 Nov 2007
Surfpin relocates to new Headquarters

Surfpin are pleased to announce that after months of planning and searching for the prefect location, they have completed a move to their new headquarters in Victoria, London. “We are very happy to have completed the move and are overjoyed with our new offices. It was important to us to display the right persona and company image. We are experiencing rapid growth and our new HQ is a clear indication of that we are looking to the future.” says Nicholas Grubb, Marketing Director of Surfpin.

Mon, 26 Jun 2007
Launch of PayByPhone & SMS in Austria

Merchants can now offer their digital products to the Austrian market with the launch of Surfpin’s PayByPhone and PaybySMS technology. With a choice of tariffs up to €10 merchants can specify rates for a one-off purchase of digital content or even a monthly access of a website member’s area.

Consumers call a premium rate line or SMS a short code and are issued an 8 digit number. The call lasts less than 1 minute and the SMS takes only a few seconds. The charge then appears on the consumer’s usual telephone bill.
Launching in Austria has opened up a potential 9 million new consumer’s to Surfpin payment mechanisms. It is part of our strategy to enable the whole of Europe to accept Surfpin payments thus increasing the total number of potential consumer’s to 1 trillion globally.’ says Nicholas Grubb, Marketing Director of Surfpin.

Mon, 08 Jan 2007
Launch of PayBySMS in Germany

Merchants can now offer their digital products to the Greman market with the launch of Surfpin’s PaybySMS technology. With a choice of tariffs merchants can specify rates for a one-off purchase of digital content or even a monthly access of a website member’s area.

Consumers text a SMS a short code and are issued an 8 digit number. The charge then appears on the consumer’s usual telephone bill.

Launching in Germany has opened Surfpin’s payment mechanisms to a whole new county of consumers. It is part of our strategy to enable the whole of Europe to accept Surfpin payments.’ says Nicholas Grubb, Marketing Director of Surfpin.

Tue, 10 Oct 2006
Pay By Phone in Australia

Merchants can now offer their digital products to the Australian market with the launch of Surfpin's premium rate 900 numbers. With a choice of tariffs up to AUS $50 merchants can specify rates for a one-off purchase of digital content or even a month access of a website member's area.

Consumers call a premium rate line and are given a short instruction of the service. They are then issued an 8 digit number. The call lasts less than 1 minute and the charge appears on the consumer's usual phone bill.

We are very happy to launch this product as our clients' consumers have been requesting a reliable micropayment method that they can use. We believe this will prove a strong driver for our clients' further growth' says Jose Ramirez, Marketing Director of Surfpin.

Wed, 07 Jun 2006
US Pay By Cell

Merchants can now offer their digital products to the North American market with the launch of Surfpin's US premium rate mobile payment service. With a choice of tariffs from $0.99 to $19.99 merchants can specify rates for a one-off purchase of digital content or even a month access of a website member's area.

Consumers simply send a text message from their cell to Surfpin and are given short instructions of the service and how to pay. They are then issued an 8 digit pin code to complete payment. The charge appears on the consumer's usual mobile phone bill.

Further adding to our US 900 payment option we have finally launched the ability to pay by mobile phone in the US. This gives us exhaustive coverage of the North American Market when it comes to alternative payment methods like the phone.

We are very excited on launching this product to further grow our clients' USA consumers and revenues. The US market is slowing coming round to the fact that paying by your cell is a viable option. With the opening of our New York office this launch is perfectly timed' says John Adebayo, Chief Financial Officer, Surfpin.

Tue, 31 May 2005
PayByPhone in Germany

Merchants can now offer their digital products to the German market with the launch of Surfpin's premium rate numbers. With a choice of tariffs from €0.50 to €30.00 merchants can specify rates for a one-off purchase of digital content or even a month access of a website member's area.

Consumers call a premium rate line and are given a short instruction of the service. They are then issued an 8 digit number. The call lasts less than 1 minute and the charge appears on the consumer's usual phone bill.

As the largest economy in Europe it was extremely important for Surfpin to extend its services to offer micropayments in Germany. As usual all existing clients will benefit from this German solution without any further integration. We continue to strive forward to increase our clients' revenues' says Jerry Webb, Sales Director of Surfpin.

Tue, 18 Nov 2003
Buy your PINs with Nochex

Online customers now have an extra option when it comes to accessing digital content via Surfpin's micropayment system. They can purchase multiple PINs via Nochex and use them as and when required.

The low value PINs are used as tokens in exchange for access to digital content and downloads etc.

The Nochex email money system allows users to purchase PINs on their Debit Cards. It is proven, fast and secure and the PINs are emailed directly to the user for immediate use.

Jerry Webb, Sales Director at Surfpin comments: The Nochex system adds a further dimension to our service and offers an extra alternative to consumers holding Debit Cards from UK banks. The Nochex option can be added to any of our payment windows and will certainly help to drive UK revenues.