| Interpay | |
| Full Name: | Interpay Nederland B.V. |
| Merged: | Equens together with Transaktionsinstitut für Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen AG |
| Merger: | BeaNet, Bankgirocentrale and Eurocard Nederland |
| Purpose: | Payment processing |
| Location City: | Utrecht |
| Location Country: | Netherlands |
| Region Served: | The Netherlands |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Owner: | ABN Amro, Rabobank, ING Bank, Fortis Bank, SNS Bank, F. van Lanschot Bankiers, Friesland Bank and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten. |
Interpay Nederland was the Dutch payment processor and payment product provider that operated from 1994 until 2006. Interpay owned the payment systems PIN, Chipknip, Acceptgiro and Incasso.[1] The organisation was owned by a consortium of Dutch banks. In 2005, they spun off Currence which in 2006 merged with German company Transaktionsinstitut für Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen AG to form Equens.
Interpay was founded as a merger between BeaNet, the Bankgirocentrale and Eurocard Nederland.
ING Group was the largest shareholder of Interpay, at around 30%.[2]
In 1995, Interpay started with a pilot of the Chipknip.[3]
Trouw noted in 2001 that a smooth transition to the Euro was dependent on Interpay.[4] In 2003, Annemarie Jorritsma became a commissioner at Interpay.[5]
In September 2003, Interpay started together with Banksys and SSB the company Sinsys for credit cards, to reduce costs.[6] Sinsys ultimately became wholly owned by SIA in 2012.[7]
Director Willem Stolwijk left in 2006 and was replaced by Ben Haasdijk.[8] In 2004, Interpay was forced to lower their tariffs for the hospitality sector.[9] The Netherlands Competition Authority fined Interpay for 30 million euros because their tariffs were 5 to 7 times too high.[10] In 2004, Interpay sold their Document Services division to Unisys.[11]
In September 2006, it was merged with the German Transaktionsinstitut to form Equens.[12]
In 2005, Interpay processed 3.3 billion financial transactions.[13]
Interpay had two subsidiaries, Paysquare who facilitatated the acceptance of credit cards and InterEGI who distributed the prepaid Chipknip.[14]