Verizon Wireless Customers Now Have the Freedom to Make Walk-In Payments and Add Minutes at CheckFreePay(TM) Locations Nationwid
30 Maio 2007 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Customers Can Conduct Cash Transactions at Over 11,000 Authorized
Agent Locations CheckFreePay(TM), a business unit of CheckFree
Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR), and Verizon Wireless today announced
that Verizon Wireless customers may now pay their bills and add
minutes to prepay plans at more than 11,000 CheckFreePay walk-in
locations across the country. Verizon Wireless customers with both
traditional and prepay service plans can now take advantage of the
convenience of CheckFreePay's walk-in locations. Traditional
wireless account holders can immediately pay their phone bills
using cash at CheckFreePay sites, a new feature for these
subscribers. CheckFreePay converts the cash payment to an
electronic transaction that quickly and securely updates the
customer's account in real time, providing consumers continued
access to the nation's most reliable wireless network. For Verizon
Wireless prepay customers, adding minutes has never been easier.
CheckFreePay gives users of Prepay, INpulse and EasyPay Plans,
which require no long-term contract or deposit, the flexibility to
pay for additional minutes in person. Minutes are instantly added
to the account without the need for an account number, calling the
IVR or using a PIN. "Offering walk-in payments through CheckFreePay
is another way that Verizon Wireless is enhancing our customers'
wireless experience," said Paul D'Auria, Executive Director and
Treasurer, Verizon Wireless. "CheckFreePay provides a real-time
cash transaction, giving Verizon Wireless customers the ability to
pay their bills right up to the due date, or replenish their
wireless minutes while on the go. In addition, customers walk out
with a receipt as proof of payment." The CheckFreePay network is a
convenient new option, in addition to how customers are able to pay
and replenish minutes with Verizon Wireless directly. Direct
options include walk-in kiosks located at Verizon Wireless stores,
online at http://www.verizonwireless.com/, the customer's handset
(dial *611) or through an interactive voice response (IVR) system
(call 1-800-922-0204). "Verizon Wireless is helping customers
manage their busy lifestyles by making it as simple and convenient
as possible for customers to pay their bills or purchase minutes at
CheckFreePay agent locations," said Steve LaBella, Vice President,
Agent Business Unit Executive, CheckFreePay. CheckFreePay powers
consumer in-person payments at more than 11,000 agent sites located
in check cashing, retail and grocery stores. According to Aite
Group, an industry analyst firm, consumers make hundreds of
millions of walk-in payments each year. Consumers pay utility,
credit card, wireless and other bills in-person, often using cash.
By partnering with CheckFreePay, Verizon Wireless is expanding its
relationship with CheckFree. More than 60 million customers already
have the opportunity to receive and pay Verizon Wireless e-bills
through the more than 2,000 leading financial institutions that
offer CheckFree's electronic billing and payment services online.
For more information and to locate a CheckFreePay authorized
payment location, please visit http://www.checkfreepay.com/. About
Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most
reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 60.7 million
customers. The largest US wireless company and largest wireless
data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered
in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 66,000 employees nationwide. The
company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and
Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request
broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of
Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless
Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About CheckFree (http://www.checkfreecorp.com/) Founded in 1981,
CheckFree Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR) provides financial electronic
commerce services and products to organizations around the world.
CheckFree Electronic Commerce solutions enable thousands of
financial services providers and billers to offer the convenience
of receiving and paying household bills online, via phone or in
person through retail outlets. CheckFree Investment Services
provides a broad range of investment management solutions and
outsourced services to hundreds of financial services
organizations, which manage about $1.8 trillion in assets.
CheckFree Software develops, markets and supports payment
processing solutions that are used by financial institutions to
process more than two-thirds of the 14 billion Automated Clearing
House transactions in the United States, and supports
reconciliation, exception management, risk management, transaction
process management, corporate actions processing, and compliance
within thousands of organizations worldwide. Certain of the
Company's statements in this press release are not purely
historical, and as such are "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These include statements regarding management's intentions, plans,
beliefs, expectations or projections of the future. Forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without
limitation, the various risks inherent in the Company's business,
and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the
Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended June 30, 2006 (filed September 8, 2006), Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (filed November 8, 2006),
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 (filed February
8, 2007), and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 (filed
May 10, 2007). One or more of these factors have affected, and
could in the future affect the Company's business and financial
results in future periods, and could cause actual results to differ
materially from plans and projections. There can be no assurance
that the forward-looking statements made in this press release will
prove to be accurate, and issuance of such forward-looking
statements should not be regarded as a representation by the
Company, or any other person, that the objectives and plans of the
Company will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made in
this press release are based on information presently available to
management, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: CheckFree Corporation
CONTACT: Media, Tom Pica of Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7516, ; or
Judy DeRango Wicks, Media Relations, of CheckFree, +1-678-375-1595,
; or Tina Moore, Investor Relations, of CheckFree, +1-678-375-1278,
Web site: http://www.checkfreecorp.com/
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