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PayPoint and FAN Courier announce the launch of a new partnership

PayPoint Colet Expres, the largest network for delivery in fixed locations in Bucharest.

PayPoint Romania, the main retail-based cash and mobile payment operator in Romania announces the launch of the PayPoint Colet Expres service, offered along with the leader of the local delivery services industry, FAN Courier. This agreement allows the delivery of medium-sized parcels in select PayPoint partner stores, through the Collect Point service from FAN Courier, where consumers can pick-up the goods they ordered at a convenient time that fits their schedule. Currently, there are 160 PayPoint Colet Expres stores in Bucharest and Ilfov, making it the largest network of fixed delivery points in the Capital and the surrounding areas. The number of participating partner stores is constantly growing, and soon the service will be available throughout Romania.

PayPoint is the only operator in Romania on whose terminals there is a parcel delivery service available, while in the UK, the parent company’s services have had tremendous success since 2009. In this context, the decision to launch PayPoint Colet Expres came from a desire to expand the company’s portfolio, to simplify Romanians’ lives even more, with innovative solutions that meet their changing needs.

To use this service, the consumer must place an order with an online merchant who is a partner of FAN Courier and request delivery of the product be made to a nearby PayPoint Colet Expres store. After the delivery of the parcel to the store by FAN Courier, the consumer receives a collection code through email or SMS and goes to that location with the code and ID to pick-up the parcel. In PayPoint Colet Expres stores payment for the goods is available in cash, should the goods not be paid for previously through other methods.

By choosing the Collect Point service in PayPoint Colet Expres stores, consumers receive the parcels ordered online in a simple, secure and quick manner, directly from their nearby PayPoint store at a time that fits their schedule. At the same time, they can also make their household payments through the PayPoint system as well as the daily shopping when they pick up the expected delivery in stores that are open late, often during the weekend too.

”We are very happy to announce the launch of this highly awaited service, PayPoint Colet Expres, with the leader of the courier services industry, FAN Courier. Consumers are looking for secure, quick and flexible options and PayPoint Colet Expres is a solution that meets those needs through the proximity of the partner stores, security and the length of transactions. The attributes of our network will allow consumers to collect their parcels close to home, without having to wait for the courier in a certain place, on a certain day or during a certain time period, or even travel large distances to obtain their parcel. Simultaneously, given the prevalence of payments made upon the delivery of the goods, our partners already have the experience of collecting cash amounts for other PayPoint services available, having handled millions of successful transactions. We are sure of this service’s success in Bucharest and we are working hard to expand it to the rest of Romania, where its potential is huge”, said Mugur Dogariu, Managing Director PayPoint Romania.

”The new Collect Point service is the optimum solution for the clients’ needs, given the sustained development of the e-commerce market and the broadening of the purchases made. Our statistics showed that the client’s satisfaction level increases when you provide a solution that is viable, accessible and easy to implement. The client wishes that their order reaches the destination and to receive it in the shortest possible time. We are sure the partnership with PayPoint will be a long one and, particularly, successful, given that PayPoint, like FAN Courier, is a service provider with national coverage, with a history of over 10 years in Romania and a business strategy based on organic growth”, said Roxana Magopet, Marketing & PR Manager FAN Courier.

Consumers can use PayPoint terminals for paying the road tax, utility bills (electricity, gas, sanitation, water, etc.), mobile phone plans, internet or cable TV, security services, plane tickets, as well as buy mobile phone top-ups and even transfer money, both internally and internationally, at selected PayPoint locations.