France-headquartered IT services company Atos
has acquired Dutch electronic payments firm Quality
Equipment.
The acquisition is part of Atos’ global
expansion strategy, and the firm expects to become leader in
end-to-end coverage of terminals and merchants services in the
Netherlands.
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“Atos acquires a company in its core business
located in the Benelux where the Group is already working
with large customers, and has a leading market position. We will be
able to offer value added services with an enriched payment
services portfolio to our customers in the Benelux and
across Europe,” said Marc-Henri Desportes, Atos executive
vice-president of hi-tech transactional services
(HTTS).
The deal adds payment systems expertise to Atos’ portfolio in
areas such as identification, access management and PIN terminals
for various applications.
Atos will integrate Quality Equipment to its HTTS and
electronic payments arm, and benefit from Quality
Equipement’s high growth rate, which increased its market
share for terminal activity by 20% from 2010 to 2011.
“This transaction is fully in line with the strategy of the group
to grow its HTTS activities and to strengthen its international
position in the payments area,” said Desportes.
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By GlobalDataThe French company, which employs 74,000
employees in 48 countries, said the acquisition will help them
build a European competence centre for value added services for
merchants.
