Leading
Australian Payment Gateway, SecurePay, Partners with
Leading Web Security Provider, GeoTrust [May
24, 2005]
GeoTrust SSL Certificates & Enterprise Security
Products to be Offered to SecurePay Customers Conducting
Business Transactions over the Internet
Melbourne, Au. – May 24 2005 – GeoTrust
Australia (www.geotrustaustralia.com),
a world leader in identity verification solutions for
e-business and a leading issuer of SSL (secure sockets
layer) certificates for web security, today announced
a strategic partnership with SecurePay (www.securepay.com.au),
Australia’s leading payment gateway. The partnership
will allow SecurePay to incorporate GeoTrust SSL certificates
and enterprise security products into its product portfolio,
complementing the online, call centre, phone and batch
file payment services currently offered via Credit Card,
Direct Debit and Direct Credit.
“Securing online transactions and providing evidence
of identity are critical factors for businesses conducting
e-commerce,” stated Robert McIntyre, general manager,
SecurePay. He added, “By partnering with GeoTrust,
we can provide customers with cost-effective, highly
recognised 128-bit strength SSL certificates that are
issued in only minutes - a fraction of the time taken
by other SSL providers. The GeoTrust brand complements
our services well given its reputation in the market
for security and the high acceptance amongst our customers
who include Australia’s top tier banks, major
corporates, state and local government organisations
and many small o medium size enterprises.”
By offering its customers access to GeoTrust’s
patent-pending, fully automated vetting and certificate
issuance process, SecurePay payment gateway customers
can easily and rapidly apply for and receive digital
certificates for securing Web domains.
GeoTrust has rapidly become the second largest SSL provider
worldwide, with Netcraft (www.netcraft.com),
an Internet research and analysis authority, confirming
GeoTrust’s growth being “well ahead”
of other vendors’ gains*. Today, GeoTrust certificates
secure more than one-third of e-commerce sites worldwide.
“We are extremely pleased that SecurePay, Australia’s
payment gateway market leader with annual processing
volumes exceeding $4.1b, has chosen to offer GeoTrust
SSL certificates to its customers,” commented
Paul Tourret, managing director, GeoTrust Europe and
Australia. “The GeoTrust brand has quickly become
the only credible alternative to high priced VeriSign
SSL certificates, as is proven by recent market statistics.
The 2004 Netcraft report shows that GeoTrust experienced
100% growth in Australia in 2004 in comparison to VeriSign’s
(including its Thawte brand) 3% growth*.”
GeoTrust provides a range of SSL products and associated
services to thousands of customers worldwide. These
include web security services to protect online transactions;
enterprise services to safeguard network access, online
communication and digital transactions; identity verification
services for web sites, businesses and individuals and
signing technologies that digitally bind people to documents
and ensure the integrity of computer code.
About GeoTrust Australia
GeoTrust is a leader in identity verification and trust
services for e-business. Its products include web security
services for secure e-commerce transactions, identity
verification, managed security services and TrustWatch
(www.trustwatch.com) - a free toolbar and search site
that helps consumers recognize whether a site has been
verified and is safe for the exchange of confidential
information.
With more than 80,000 companies in over 150 countries
using its technology for online security, GeoTrust has
rapidly become the second largest digital certificate
provider in the world. Visit www.geotrustaustralia.com
for more information.
About
SecurePay
SecurePay enables their clients to take a payment from
their customer over the phone, over the web, whilst
mobile or via batch files.
Payment services provided include:-
• paper based bill payment enablement via the
phone, web or batch file from credit cards and debit
accounts
• e-commerce payment enablement including pre-integration
into a broad range of shopping carts
• industry specific payment solutions including
a call and contact centre payment switch and a range
of specialist services for local government councils
and state government departments
• customised payment solutions
• mobile payments
Features of SecurePay payment services include:-
• multi currency and currency conversion
• a broad range of security and anti fraud measures
With over 2,000 customers and an annual value of transactions
processed exceeding $4.1b, SecurePay is Australia’s
largest payment gateway. Visit
www.securepay.com.au for more information.
* Jan 2004 to May 2005 Netcraft Secure Server Survey,
Netcraft Ltd.
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GeoTrust is a registered trademark of GeoTrust,
Inc. All other product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
Henry Brake, AxiCom UK, +44 (0)20 8392
4059, henry.brake@axicom.com
Steve Waite, GeoTrust, +44 (0)1622 764 789, stevew@geotrust.com
Rob McIntyre, SecurePay, +61 03 8627 4434, robm@securepay.com.au
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