MUNICH, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

• Global credit card acceptance and payment processing  
• Providing payment solutions in 30 different countries 

Wirecard, the leading payment service provider, and TeamViewer, Germany's largest software company for remote monitoring and online meetings, are cooperating in the field of payments: Wirecard is to provide credit card acceptance in more than 30 different countries for TeamViewer, handling payment processing and international risk management in its role as an acquirer.

TeamViewer has more than 200 million active users. At present, more than 750,000 new IDs are added to this each day. Overall, the software has already been installed on more than one billion devices. Wirecard will now be providing the credit card acceptance (American Express, JCB, Visa, MasterCard and more) in over 30 countries.

Andreas König, CEO of TeamViewer: "Wirecard is the perfect partner for us, we value the international availability of their payment services. We are therefore well placed to serve customers in Asia, for example. This is a key factor in our global expansion project."

Julia Kitzinger, Head of Digital Goods: "We are delighted to support TeamViewer in the technical implementation of internationally recognised payment methods and to be able to offer everything from a single source - from payment acceptance to processing and risk management. We are able to flexibly react to TeamViewer's requirements. From now on, we will devise new, pioneering developments together."

About Wirecard:  

Wirecard AG is a global technology group that supports companies in accepting electronic payments from all sales channels. As a leading independent supplier, the Wirecard Group offers outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payments. A global platform bundles international payment acceptances and methods with supplementary fraud prevention solutions. With regard to issuing own payment instruments in the form of cards or mobile payment solutions, the Wirecard Group provides companies with an end-to-end infrastructure, including the requisite licences for card and account products. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060, WDI). For further information about Wirecard, please visit http://www.wirecard.com or follow us on Twitter @wirecard.

About TeamViewer:  

The German company TeamViewer GmbH, headquartered in Göppingen, was launched in 2005. TeamViewer is involved in the development and operation of online support systems, web-based collaborations and the remote monitoring of IT components. Team Viewer remote monitoring software is available in over 30 languages and has over 200 million users worldwide. Airbackup, an online back-up solution, and ITbrain, a remote monitoring solution, anti-malware and an inventory solution complete TeamViewer's product portfolio. Further information is available at: http://www.teamviewer.com Follow TeamViewer in Twitter (@TeamViewer) and the company's blog at: http://blog.teamviewer.com .

Wirecard media contact:

Wirecard AG
Jana Tilz
Tel.: +49(0)89-4424-1363
Email: jana.tilz@wirecard.com

TeamViewer media contact

Axel Schmidt
Tel.: +49(0)7161-60692-395
Email: press@teamviewer.com

SOURCE Wirecard AG