Consumer & Commercial Payments
April 21, 2025
Once again Contis Group and its clients Monese and Suits Me have pulled more awards out of the bag by winning two European prestigious prepaid awards.
Hosted by Cards International, the awards ceremony was held at the prestigious Principe de Savoia in Milan and showcased the best of the people, programmes and innovations in the European prepaid payments industry.
As a proven innovator and disrupter in the sphere of challenger banking, Monese ‘the instant account for mobile people’ with Contis Group won the Financial Inclusion Programme of the Year award with a strong proposition on servicing a niche consumer group solely via a mobile app and with no physical branches. Supporting Monese, Contis Group has delivered a full ‘end-to-end’ bespoke debit card payment solution and current account platform giving full access via tailor-made APIs.
The Best Corporate/Payroll Prepaid Card & Government Digital Prepaid Initiative of the Year award went to Suits Me and Contis Group. Suits Me has been helping thousands of temporary workers to become financially independent and recruitment agencies nationwide to support these people into employment, ensuring they are paid smoothly, securely and on time.
Contis Group has been a pioneer in this field over the past few years. It is the only payment provider company in Europe that has the full solution capabilities for companies wishing to launch a debit card and current account programme. Its technology platform has the ability to build bespoke mobile applications, online application processes where accounts can be opened in five minutes and current accounts for both retail and corporate clients,
Contis offer their clients a fully one-stop solution for Payment Cards, current accounts and international remittances, using their Pan European E-Money Licenses, Visa and bank in house processing capabilities and provide their clients full treasury and compliance support.
Peter Cox, Chairman and Chief Executive of Contis Group said “I’m delighted and proud to receive these Awards on behalf of everyone who has diligently worked on these programmes. We have always strived to develop innovative, disruptive products and services for our clients. It’s fantastic that our efforts have been once again recognised by our peers within the financial services and Fintech industry”
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Notes to editors:
About Contis Group Ltd
Contis is one of the true European Fintech stars, with numerous awards to its name and a proven track record of delivering disruptive technology in the payments space.
Founded in 2008 by Peter Cox, it has grown into a complete and compelling partner for corporates wishing to launch innovative financial services. Fintech companies needing to link their brilliant ideas to the real world of payments can easily use Contis-owned technologies including bespoke API’s and its companies that are experienced in high volume payments and settlement across the EEA.
Contis is a pan-European E-Money institution, regulated by the FCA, and Issuer of Visa Europe and Visa certified processor, providing alternative banking and Visa card payment solutions to major brands across the EEA.
It provides the licenses for its clients to operate, handles all their regulatory needs, compliance and allows them to concentrate on customer acquisition and business development related to their sector.
All client funds are held and managed by the company under strict safeguarding arrangements with partner banks in various geographical locations.
Contis has its own in-house development centre located in India and processing centres in South Carolina and Texas, US.
Contis’ full agency banking is linked with NatWest and is currently in the process of launching its SPayments Association platform in central Europe where it has its own BIC’s.
In all, Contis is a ‘one-stop shop’ in the true sense, and offers its clients all they could desire in real-time, mobile, web and alternative payment solutions.
For more information on Contis Group companies go to www.contisgroup.com or call +44 (0)330 159 6348.
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