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About MonoBank PLC
- UK public limited company No. 5033632 incorporated in 2004.
- Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, under trading symbol WNW
- Company focused on the incredible growth opportunity in the prepaid debit card market accentuated by the current economic climate and credit crisis.
- Company vision is to provide prepaid card products and related services for credit challenged individuals and provide infrastructure and services enabling large companies to replace cash payments and cheque payments with single use and reloadable debit / credit cards, fully integrated with large global payment networks.
- Primary product is the MonoOne prepaid debit card
Prepaid Debit Cards
- Prepaid debit credit cards are similar to pay-as-you-go mobile phone cards, where the holder is required to put money on their account before they use it.
- Addresses the current credit crisis, not linked to credit card or bank account. No risk of running up debt.
- Closed loop (restricted) or single purpose prepaid debit cards are gift cards that can be used at only one location.
- Open loop cards can be used to make debit transactions allowing clients to rebuild their credit, receive payments make purchases wherever MasterCard®, Visa® are accepted (at over 24 million locations), and access cash at over 1 million ATMs.
- Replaces costly cheque preparing, cheque processing and cheque cashing costs and increase payment efficiency and reporting.
Prepaid Debit Cards Uses
- Corporate Benefits (Payroll, expenses, remuneration, reporting)
- Gifting (Incentives, Rewards, Peer to Peer)
- Government Benefits (Assistance, Employment benefits)
- Healthcare (employer and insurance payouts)
- Insurance (claims payments)
- Shopping Online Purchases (safely purchase online)
- Payroll Cards (Distribution of pay and wages)
- Remittances/Money Sharing (transfer of funds to family)
- Transit (payment of low value goods)
- Travel (Travel funds in foreign currency (safer than cash), air fares, car rental hotel bookings)
- Un-banked sector, who do not qualify for traditional banking services
- Teen, Youth and controlled spending cards
The Opportunity
- Prepaid credit cards have been available for a few years in the United States and are still gaining momentum, but they are now taking off worldwide. Whether it’s for those without bank accounts, or individuals who need to control spending or a business that needs to reduce the mountains of paperwork to produce cheques for employees, Visa says these cards will be the de-facto standard for online commerce with a far wider market potential than initially projected.
- Prepaid cards are Visa’s fastest growing payment product internationally, surpassing credit and debit cards, expected to total more than $ 720 billion by 2010.
The Market Size (Europe)
- Europeans are expected to spend €75 billion on prepaid cards by 2010. This represents 2.3 billion transactions per annum and an increase of 110 percent per annum over the next five years. Representing a significant growth opportunity.*
- By 2015, the prepaid market will generate a turnover of €132 billion representing 418 million cards in circulation and transaction volume of 4.4 billion with an average spend of €315.00 per card per annum.*
- Around 22% of the value spent on prepaid cards in the UK is expected to come from prepaid gift cards (closed loop) by 2010. The European prepaid gift card market is expected to generate a turnover of €20 billion.*
(*Source PSE Consulting)
The Market Size (Europe)
- Mastercard® Europe and Boston Consulting Group estimate prepaid card turnover in the UK will reach $ 34 billion USD (5% of the world total) and $ 164 billion for Europe (25% of world total).
- According to Visa®, the UK market for unbanked & underserved is estimated to be valued at € 803 billion, which includes payroll, basic banking, Government disbursements, youth and remittance spending.
The Market Size (United States)
- Visa® estimates there are 84 million consumers in the United States who are financially underserved, without access to a banking relationship or access to a payment (credit or debit) card. These consumers receive $1 trillion in annual income and pay more than $1 billion in cheque cashing fees and need cash for everyday transactions.
- Prepaid debit and stored value card transactions will amount to about US $257 billion transactions by 2009, up from US $63 billion in 2004 in the U.S. By 2009, prepaid processors will generate US $1.8 billion in revenues, up from nearly US $0.5 billion in 2005. (Aite Group)
- Tower Group research suggests prepaid transactions are expected to grow by more than 300 percent by 2009, and the U.S. is leading the world in issuance and usage of these cards.
The Market Size (U.S.) Aite Group

The Market (United States)
The $ 2 Trillion US Dollar Opportunity, according to MasterCard® and MBI
|
Prepaid Sector
|
Solution
|
Opportunity Size
|
|
Consumer to Consumer
|
Gift, General Purpose
Cards, Money Transfer, Teen, Travel |
$550 billion
|
|
Business to Business
|
Meeting Card, Relocation
Card, Project Card, Supply Chain Incentive Card & Travel Card |
$350 billion
|
|
Business to Employee
|
Payroll Card, Employee
Incentive, Healthcare Related Card, Spending and Expense Cards |
$400 billion
|
|
Business to Consumer
|
Gift, Insurance
(Property/Casualty & Life Insurance Claim Cards) Promotional Cards |
$789 billion
|
|
Government to Consumer
|
Child Support, Tax
Refund, Worker’s Compensation, State and Local Government, Transportation, Disaster Relief |
$468 billion
|
The MonoBank Strategy
- Rollout of MonoOne program in 2009 to offer cards to English-speaking markets and German-speaking markets in Europe.
- A comprehensive program in the U.S. targeting the unbankable, under-banked and financially underserved market. These people, due to poor or limited credit, are unable to open a bank account, start a savings account, obtain credit or a credit card, travel, or purchase much needed consumer services. Without a credit card they are unable to book a flight, reserve a hotel room, rent a car or quickly transfer funds to family abroad.
The MonoOne Card Advantages
- Immediate approval, easy online application
- No credit check required, everyone is approved
- No bank account required, no hidden charges
- Safer than cash, money is protected if card lost or stolen
- Shop safely and securely over the phone, online or in store
- Provides identity protection
- Supports multiple currencies – great while travelling
- Make purchases and access cash at over 25 million locations world wide and 1,000,000 ATMs (bank machines)
- A secure, efficient and cost-effective payment system (Chip and Pin)
- Innovative funds loading (top-up) solutions (unlike other systems) using the Internet, SMS mobile phone text messaging, bank transfer or cash loading options in UK, Europe and U.S. at over 250,000 convenient locations
- Share money with family & friends around the world (with additional card)
- Have your wages paid directly onto the card
- Innovative account management using the Internet or a simple SMS text to check balances or lock or unlock your card and live telephone support
The MonoBank Advantages
- Multiple prepaid card offering solutions powered by MasterCard®, Visa® and Maestro®, multiple currencies and geographic areas
- Rollout of innovative Paypass® contactless payment solution, 50% faster than cash or Chip and Pin
- Re-loadable stored value solutions for Gift cards, Promotional cards, Mall cards, Payroll cards, Incentive cards, Money Transfer cards, and Travel cards
- Providing an innovative platform for saving, building assets, establishing or repairing credit, bill payment services, travel and online shopping
The MonoPay Payroll Card
- The MonoPay payroll card platform provides corporations with a convenient and cost effective alternative to paper cheques and eliminates bank and mailing charges
- Simple to implement and administer with seamless integration with European and US payment networks
- Reduces check fraud, lost checks and stop payments
- Employees benefit by saving on check cashing fees, they do not have to carry large sums of cash, their pay is available on pay day and they can purchase products at millions of locations or access money at any ATM, therefore increasing productivity
- No bank account or credit check is required for the employee
- Unbankable employees represent 30% of the US workforce
The MonoBank Future
- MonoBank plans to offer a Rupee card program with our partners to exploit the immense opportunity for remittances and prepaid products in India
- Expand our European product offering to include Central and Eastern Europe and European Union
- Explore new products and markets such as Asia Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and Africa
- Continue to explore the latest technological innovations to ensure the MonoBank platform is state of the art, efficient and rich with features
- Expand our distribution channel to include affiliate marketing and utilize new online marketing and social network marketing techniques
The MonoBank Revenue Stream
- Initial retail card sales
- Residual monthly maintenance fees and revenue from card transactions including; POS transactions, ATM withdrawals (domestic & international), loading fees, money transfer fees, balance inquiry fees, and general transaction fees
- Wholesale sales
- Payroll program
The MonoBank Products
- MonoOne UK pound sterling retail card price ÂŁ 9.95
- Based on UK spending habits will generate ÂŁ26.81 in annual residual revenue per card
- MonoOne US Dollar retail card price $ 19.95
- Based on US spending habits will generate USD $ 84.00 in annual residual revenue per card
The MonoBank Projections
|
Year |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
Annual card sales |
$
1,382,841 |
$
4,164,621 |
$
9,291,729 |
|
Monthly card revenue |
$
1,056,416* |
$
3,650,056* |
$
9,209,492* |
|
Cost
of Goods |
($436,414) |
($1,339,800) |
($
2,851,200) |
|
Gross
Revenue |
$
2,002,843 |
$
6,474,877 |
$
15,650,021 |
|
Operating Expenses |
$
2,015,979 |
$
3,917,104 |
$
5,713,499 |
|
Income (Loss) |
($
13,135) |
$
2,557,773 |
$
9,936,522 |
*Based on conservative estimates of US $ 3.50 per card per month, the industry average for the US market is $ 7.00 per card per month.
Financial Disclaimer
Some of the statements contained in this document constitute forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our company or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activities, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
MonoBank Mission
MonoBank PLC was founded with the vision of providing products and solutions to credit challenged prospects. The company’s mission is to provide a variety of products and services to the credit challenged and to continue to develop new first-to-market prepaid and debit card programs, building on consumer acceptance and brand recognition while ensuring customer satisfaction.
We know that each customer has specific needs. At MonoBank PLC, we strive to meet those specific needs with quality service and individual attention. We pride ourselves in giving customers the solutions they are looking for.