allpago Becomes First MRC Payment Gateway Member in LATAM

allpago international, one of Brazil’s leading payment gateway has become Latin America’s first MRC payment gateway member.

BERLIN, GERMANY (7 August, 2013) Today, allpago announced its membership in the MRC as the first payments gateway member located in Latin America.

‘We are more than happy to contribute to the MRC network with our Business Intelligence expertise for LATAM, said Philipp Bock, CEO of allpago. We see the MRC as the ideal platform to leverage our knowledge and in turn will benefit from the membership by gaining an understanding of current global trends in online fraud behavior.’

The MRC is the foremost global organization that fully supports and promotes operational excellence for fraud, security, risk and payment professionals within ecommerce. Membership includes nearly 400 of the world’s most prominent merchants and more than 50 category leading solution providers. Each year, the MRC hosts elite conferences in Europe and the Americas with industry leading keynote speakers, more than 200 merchant and vendor presenters and 100 panel discussions. Delivering bottom-line business value, MRC members report 45% less revenue loss due to fraud than non-members, experience more than 50% less manual reviews and boast 50% less fraud related chargebacks.

allpago’s MRC membership will give them two considerable benefits: Firstly, the tools for best practice sharing, networking, fraud prevention and payment optimisation in a complex region, and secondly the ability through participation at webinars, conferences and committees to share ideas and questions about the latest developments in markets where the MRC does not have physical presence yet.

‘We are pleased to welcome allpago to our all start line-up of world class ecommerce solution providers,‘ said Steven Mandurano, spokesperson for the MRC. ‘Their expertise and in-market knowledge of payment optimization in LATAM will be a value-added resource for our merchant members looking to expand their operations’. Further information on allpago’s services can be found by visiting their website.

About allpago international

allpago international operates as a payment gateway in Brazil serving merchants and payment service providers with its products and services.

allpago‘s features include one-click payments, recurring payments, instalments, dynamic descriptor and mobile payment solutions. The companys html 5.0 code allows multiscreen and is as easy to implement into the store through the “plug and pay” feature. Furthermore, the company offers a fully integrated Risk Management Solution with more than 70 checks. allpago has recently become the first LATAM payment gateway of the Merchant Risk Council (MRC).