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Quipu Processing in Kosovo - IPC

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04<br />

GLOBAL APPROACH<br />

<strong>Quipu</strong> is an <strong>in</strong>ternational company <strong>in</strong><br />

every sense of the word. Our customers<br />

receive support on all IT-related matters<br />

either from <strong>Quipu</strong>’s headquarters <strong>in</strong><br />

Germany, or from one of the 5 regional<br />

offices <strong>in</strong> Macedonia, <strong>Kosovo</strong>, El Salvador,<br />

Russia and Ukra<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

Our ma<strong>in</strong> customers to date <strong>in</strong>clude the<br />

members of the ProCredit group, an expand<strong>in</strong>g<br />

network of banks dedicated to<br />

serv<strong>in</strong>g micro, small and medium-sized<br />

enterprises and low-<strong>in</strong>come households.<br />

Today there are 22 ProCredit Banks operat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

successfully <strong>in</strong> as many different<br />

countries <strong>in</strong> Africa, Lat<strong>in</strong> America and<br />

Eastern Europe.<br />

The vast majority of them are runn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the bank<strong>in</strong>g software developed by<br />

<strong>Quipu</strong> and operate their card bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

<strong>in</strong> collaboration with <strong>Quipu</strong>’s process<strong>in</strong>g<br />

centre <strong>in</strong> Frankfurt. The personalisation<br />

of the magnetic stripe and EMV<br />

chip cards issued by the banks is carried<br />

out by us, <strong>Quipu</strong> Sh.p.k. <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kosovo</strong>.<br />

In addition to our presence on three<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>ents, our <strong>in</strong>ternational character<br />

is also reflected <strong>in</strong> our staff of handpicked<br />

experts, with no fewer than 10<br />

different nationalities represented. This<br />

puts us <strong>in</strong> a unique position to offer a<br />

localised service on a global scale.<br />

A PASSION FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING<br />

quipu | the company<br />

At <strong>Quipu</strong> Sh.P.K., Prisht<strong>in</strong>a – as <strong>in</strong> the other divisions of <strong>Quipu</strong> –<br />

we relish the opportunity to implement ambitious projects <strong>in</strong><br />

challeng<strong>in</strong>g environments. It is no co<strong>in</strong>cidence that <strong>Quipu</strong>’s first<br />

project to set up a card process<strong>in</strong>g system, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the personalisation<br />

of bank<strong>in</strong>g cards, was undertaken <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kosovo</strong>, only a short<br />

period after the prov<strong>in</strong>ce had emerged from ethnic conflict.<br />

And more recently, <strong>Quipu</strong> <strong>in</strong>stalled the first ATM ever to go <strong>in</strong>to<br />

service <strong>in</strong> the Democratic Republic of Congo. We fervently believe<br />

that – by provid<strong>in</strong>g technologically advanced cashless payment<br />

facilities which conform to str<strong>in</strong>gent Western European standards<br />

of efficiency and security – we can make a significant contribution<br />

to stabilisation and development.<br />

05

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