Dunns Credit Card Operations Migrate to ACET Processing

Released on: October 23, 2007, 12:23 am

Press Release Author: ACET Processing

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Cape Town, 23 October 2007 - Dunns, a leading South African
fashion retailer, has outsourced the processing of its private label credit card to
ACET Processing, the foremost provider of outsourced consumer finance solutions in
Africa.

Press Release Body: Dunns, is a rapidly expanding fashion and value retailer of
clothing and footwear, with over 200 stores across Southern Africa, including
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. Dunns is a member of the
Pepkor Group and by following international outsourcing best practices, Dunns
recognised the value in partnering with a focused service provider capable of
delivering a consumer credit offering that is aligned with their retail business
objectives.

Recent market research in The Nilson Report, a publication covering payment systems
worldwide, shows that almost 95% of US private label cards are now outsourced to
third parties, up from a mere 53% five years ago. By recognising the opportunity to
partner with ACET Processing, Dunns is able to leverage off the unsurpassed
technology and resource base of ACET, thereby overcoming the cost and volume
limitations associated with developing internal systems.

ACET Processing provides full customer and account processing services to retail
credit and financial services organisations. The ACET platform is based on the
world's most trusted account processing platform, VisionPLUS® from First Data
International, and provides a broad spectrum of packaged and customised consumer
finance solutions, underpinned by system reliability and service excellence.

In conjunction with VisionPLUS®, established ACET Processing clients benefit from
Fair Isaac's account management software, TRIADT, thereby improving customer
targeting and enabling smarter, more effective use of operational resources. TRIAD
is the leading account management system in the world and is used by over 300
organisations to control over 75% of the world's credit cards.

Mike Crawley, Managing Director at ACET Processing, comments, "In order to remain
competitive, more and more South African organisations are considering outsourcing
their credit processing operations. The move follows international trends towards
outsourcing non-core activities, and provides companies like Dunns access to world
leading technologies and specialist skills at a competitive price point."

About ACET Processing
With offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, ACET Processing offers clients across
Africa access to both the VisionPLUS® account processing system and the TRIADT
account management solution. ACET Processing is jointly owned by PIC Solutions, the
largest credit risk management consultancy based in the EMEA region, and First Data
International. Through this unique combination of proven state-of-the-art credit and
risk systems, world-class third party processing expertise and established customer
management solutions, ACET Processing provides clients across Africa with an
unsurpassed range of services.




Web Site: http://www.ACETProcessing.com

Contact Details: Editorial Contact:
Mike Crawley
Director

Birkdale I
River Park
Liesbeek Parkway
Mowbray
7700
South Africa

Tel: +27 (0)21 680-6000
Fax: +27 (0)11 680-6003
Email: Info@ACETProcessing.com

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