NovoPayment, Latin America's leading prepaid program manager and service provider and parent company of Tebca and Servitebca, announced today that it has been granted a Principal Member license by MasterCard Worldwide for the issuance of MasterCard prepaid cards in the region, making it MasterCard's first non-traditional institution in Latin America to receive the designation.
The announcement marks another milestone for NovoPayment, which was also first to issue Maestro/MasterCard branded prepaid open-loop cards to replace paper food and meal vouchers in Mexico, Venezuela and Peru, among other achievements. The license will allow NovoPayment to issue MasterCard payment cards directly. Nonetheless, the company plans to continue to work closely with existing and future bank partners, which it sees as key to the industry's development.
"We are very pleased to be among the few privileged companies in the world to receive the Principal Member designation, not only because it will allow us to be more swift in deploying new programs and exploring new markets, but also for the recognition from a leader such as MasterCard and our fellow 2,400 members worldwide," said Anabel Perez, president, CEO and co-founder of NovoPayment.