RBS WorldPay Certifies Gilbarco Passport POS

NEW ORLEANS, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- During NACStech 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana, RBS WorldPay announced that Gilbarco® Veeder-Root has completed certification of its point of sale application, the Passport POS, on the RBS WorldPay payment network.  Gilbarco Veeder-Root provides fueling and retail management systems for convenience stores, hypermarkets and service stations; and is the industry's only total solution provider with fuel and retail systems supported by the same service network.

With a year over year growth rate in excess of 34 percent, RBS WorldPay is among the fastest growing payment processors inthe United States.  Clients take advantage of RBS WorldPay's built for purpose petroleum interface, which leads the industry in value added functionality including Automatic Reconciliation. Merchants also appreciate working with a single-source provider that is dedicated to providing superior customer service.

"Today's convenience store operators are not simply looking for a traditional payments processor," said Ian Drysdale, senior vice president of Product and Business Development for RBS WorldPay.  "RBS WorldPay's consultative and collaborative approach, industry leading functionality, and the ability to handle all authorization and settlement needs via a single platform have redefined expectations.  Combining our abilities with the Gilbarco Passport provides an ideal solution set for the unbranded petroleum marketer."

"Electronic Payments in the convenience store market is evolving at an unprecedented rate," said Andrew Robinson, director of POS Marketing for Gilbarco Veeder-Root.  "Partnering with forward looking technology partners such as RBS WorldPay allows Gilbarco Veeder-Root to better serve the rapidly changing needs of our clients.  Passport makes it easy for retailers to comply with PCI requirements now and in the future."

About Gilbarco Veeder-Root

Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Gasboy are leading suppliers of integrated fuel control, site management, and support services petroleum marketers and commercial fueling enterprises worldwide.  (www.gilbarco.com, www.veeder.com,www.gasboy.com).  For more information visit www.gilbarco.com.

About RBS WorldPay, Inc.

RBS WorldPay is a leading, single-source provider of electronic payment processing services – including credit, debit, EBT, checks, gift cards, e-commerce, customer loyalty cards, fleet cards,  ATM processing and cash management services.

RBS WorldPay is the US-based payment processing division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc.  For more information, please visit www.RBSWorldPay.us.

About The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)

The RBS Group is a financial services company providing a range of retail and corporate banking, financial markets, consumer finance, insurance, and wealth management services.  The RBS Group operates in the Americas, Asia and the Middle Eastserving more than 40 million customers.  For more information, please visit www.RBS.com.