Partecis: BNP Paribas and Natixis renew their electronic banking partnership for 12 years

BNP Paribas and Natixis renew their agreement on Partecis. Signed 10 years ago, the partnership was established to make available to clients a common e-payment software package. Partecis is the publisher of the software solution, developed jointly by the two banks. The solution was designed to manage multi-format transactions, using a common information system, to support both banks’ clients across Europe.

The software is used to manage acceptance and acquiring for payments received from retailers. It is also used to manufacture and distribute bank cards to their individual and professional clients. The Partecis platform processes all electronic banking applications (authorization servers, management of retailer contracts and cards and transactions). With over 10 years’ experience, the solution is now mature. As from 2015, it will manage 5 billion transactions per year and 26 million bank cards.

In the very competitive and ever-changing world of card payments, the platform makes Partecis a major provider of e-banking software solutions in Europe, a key activity for both banking groups. This initiative enhances their performance in the area of card payments, across all client segments.

“We are happy to renew this partnership with Natixis. By joining the forces of two major European banking groups like BNP Paribas and Groupe BPCE, we are committed to better serve our clients and to make them benefit from the best innovations on the market. This allows us to thoroughly prepare for a future full of new opportunities” said François Villeroy de Galhau, Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas, Head of Domestic Markets.

“The electronic payment market is going to undergo radical changes in Europe: permanent technology innovation, new practices for users and also the emergence of new players in the field of means of payment. In this context of significantly increased regulatory pressure, it is only by pooling our development tools and our areas of expertise that we will be able to provide more value-added services to our clients”, highlighted François Pérol, Chairman of the Board of directors of Natixis and Chairman of the Management Board of Groupe BPCE.

[i] PARTnership for European Card Information System