Global Cash Access Increases International Reach With Central Credit Subscriptions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 7, 2000–Gaming properties in Belize, Bulgaria, Romania and the Caribbean island of St. Maarten recently signed contracts with Global Cash Access (GCA) to subscribe to Central Credit Services, the world’s largest gaming patron database.
Global Cash Access is the leading provider of cash access, financial management and customer relationship marketing technologies to the gaming industry. Central Credit (CC) is the leading provider of gaming patron credit information services to casinos throughout North America, the Caribbean, Europe, South America and Asia. Through a joint venture, GCA and CC partner to provide an unparalleled array of products and services to the gaming industry.
”Gaming properties can obtain a significant advantage by subscribing to Central Credit Services,” said Pam Shinkle, president and chief operating officer of Central Credit LLC. ”We provide credit information that helps gaming properties reduce their risk when considering the extension of credit to a patron.”
”Central Credit has the biggest gaming patron database available,” said Kirk Sanford, chief executive officer of GCA. ”GCA has integrated this database into QuikCash Plus 2.0, our newest transaction processing system, so GCA customers now have truly the most powerful management and marketing tool available to them.”
QuikCash Plus 2.0 is an Internet-based, full service transaction processing system for cage operations that consolidates secure processing for all types of financial transactions into a simple, Windows®-compatible environment.
International properties that recently signed contracts for Central Credit Services are:
– Princess International – Belize City, Belize
– Sofia Princess Hotel – Sofia, Bulgaria
– Havana Princess – Bucharest, Romania
– Port de Plaisance – St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Central Credit LLC was acquired from Cendant Corporation in 1999 by a joint venture owned by Global Cash Access partners First Data Financial Services LLC and M&C International.
Global Cash Access was formed in 1998 through a joint venture of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC – news), First Data Corp. (NYSE:FDC – news) and USA Processing, Inc. Providing access to the gaming industry’s largest patron database, Global Cash Access uses Internet technologies to deliver funds transfer, financial management and customer relationship marketing services to more than 1,200 gaming properties nationwide.
