Age Verification for Bill2Phone Mobile™ PaymentsApr 1, 2008 1:00 AM CDT
Integrated Risk Management Service Reduces Charge Backs for Off-Deck & On-Deck Mobile Content
April 2, 2008 – Las Vegas, Nevada - BSG Clearing Solutions (BSG), the leading provider of payment and risk management solutions for communications service providers and e-commerce merchants, today announced at CTIA it has added an age verification module to its Bill2Phone Mobile™ payment solution. As a module of its integrated risk management platform, this new service is particularly valuable to off-deck mobile content merchants who sell music, videos, games and social networking services intended for users who are 18 years of age or older.
"Off-deck mobile content merchants need to ensure their services end up in the right hands," said Greg Carter, President of BSG Clearing Solutions. "This integrated risk module for Bill2Phone Mobile™ adds a safety net for merchants who want to both protect end-users and lessen potential charge backs. BSG has listened to its customers and will continue to deliver innovative and differentiated Bill2Phone Mobile™ payment solutions.
This new module provides merchants with age verification data so that they may make informed sales authorization decisions. By capturing user specific information during checkout and then cross-checking this information with proprietary and industry databases, merchants can deliver appropriate content to the right people. If a user fails to verify appropriate age for particular content, the merchant can restrict access or present an age appropriate version of the content to the user. This service is fully customizable based on the merchant&039;s parameters and requirements.
This integrated risk management age verification service can also be used with other payment services offered under BSG&039;s Advanced Payment Gateway (APG™): Bill2Phone, Credit Card and ACH payments.
BSG will be offering demonstrations of Bill2Phone Mobile&039;s age verification enhancement at CTIA Wireless 2008 April 1-3 in Las Vegas. Visit BSG at Booth # 4318 and find out more about BSG&039;s leading suite of payment services.
Bill2Phone Mobile™
BSG&039;s Bill2Phone Mobile™ enables off-deck multimedia merchants to deliver digital content to mobile phones and bill those content charges to subscribers&039; mobile phone bills. Bill2Phone Mobile™ works with all major carriers, allowing more than 240 million mobile subscribers to charge purchases, such as games, videos, news, horoscopes, sports and stock updates directly to their mobile phone bill.
About BSG Clearing Solutions (www.bsgclearing.com)
Established in 1988 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, BSG Clearing Solutions is a leading and trusted provider of advanced payment services for digital media, communications providers and eCommerce merchants. BSG&039;s comprehensive, multi-channel payment solutions optimize merchant revenue by encompassing full service credit card merchant acquisition, integrated financial risk management, and unique, alternative payment options such as Bill2Phone™ that reaches more than 350MM consumer wireline and wireless phone bills. BSG Clearing Solutions is an operating subsidiary of Billing Services Group Limited, which is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) under the ticker symbol BILL.
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