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Welcome to the latest edition of Smartlink. With us about to enter a new decade, we take this opportunity to update you on some of our recent successes in Europe. This includes a very exciting partnership in the Nordics, a new approval in Spain and the launch of a new payments solution in France with our partner Spheragone. All this seems apt following an interesting trip to Cartes last month that had my team thinking about the future of payments in Europe, MyChip looks at this in more detail.
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1. STS launch new website
2. STS teams with Zamsos for new Nordics payment solution
3. STS & Spheragone deliver innovative payment solutions to France
4. STS & 2i achieve Sermepa approval for Spanish solution
5. MyChip - European consolidation through acquisitions



  STS teams with Zamsos for new Nordics payments solution

Swedish EFT provider, Zamsos and Smart Technology Solutions Limited (STS) are proud to announce their partnership in delivering new and innovative payment solutions for the Swedish market.

Zamsos, owned by largest Nordic region acquirer, Swedbank, are the leading Swedish provider of integrated payment solutions. The partnership with STS will deliver the first Swedish solution that offers merchants flexibility over terminal choices.

This new solution is the latest generation of Zamsos' Zaci payment application used by a growing number of the largest retailers in the Swedish market. Zaci, specifically designed to meet the needs of large integrated retailers, has been upgraded to include support for STS' SmartNS and Emvelink applications. This addition provides complete hardware independence as well as access to new and innovative payment technology including contactless payments and mobile POS hardware.

Bjorn Alfthan, Managing Director at Zamsos said "The large driver for this partnership was to provide Swedish merchants with flexibility over terminal choices as well as access to new technology. We see new payment devices such as Fujitsu's B-Pad as being capable of providing differentiators to our merchants. The latest version of Zaci will deliver this and provide our customers with a competitive advantage."

Cameron Olsen, Vice President, Business Development at STS said "Zamsos are the perfect partner for STS in the Swedish market. This extends our strong presence in the Nordic region and continues our push to allow merchants to access lower cost software based solutions rather than proprietary solutions based on monopolistic hardware standards. Zamsos are payment innovators in the Swedish market and we look forward to widening this solution into other Nordic and global regions."

For further information call STS +44 (0) 208 680 0252, email info@stspayments.com or visit our website at http://www.stspayments.com. For more information on Zamsos call +46 (0) 8 410 510 52 or visit the company's website: www.zamsos.se