Skrill Acquires Paysafecard

Skrill has announced the acquisition of paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG, the Austrian prepaid payments business. paysafecard’s products allow payments without a credit card or bank account at more than 4,000 online stores and more than 450,000 sales outlets in 33 countries across Europe, North America and South America. In 2012, it processed more than 55 million transactions. Skrill and paysafecard’s combined offering will deliver an end-to-end stored value payment solution, combining a secure prepaid product that complements Skrill’s existing payments service.

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