DIMOCO Announces Acquisition of Smarcom AG

Vienna and Bern, 23 July 2018 – DIMOCO has announced the acquisition of Smarcom AG,

By acquiring 75 percent of the equity stake of vending specialist Smarcom AG in Bern, Switzerland, DIMOCO sets to expand its European market leadership through addressing the European-wide vending operator market to connect their vending machines to the payment method Direct Carrier Billing.

Swiss market leader Smarcom AG, already enabling Swiss consumers to purchase vending machine goods, such as snacks and soft drinks, with their mobile devices, will be renamed in DIMOCO Vending AG. Andre Cuttat remains head of the management board and holds 25 percent of the equity stake of the company. The agreement shall be effective retroactively as of 1 January 2018.

About DIMOCO
DIMOCO is a European-wide regulated payment institute for Direct Carrier Billing and holds a payment service license from the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), passported to all 28 EU member states. As a trusted partner of mobile network operators, it enables over one billion subscribers to purchase goods and services from merchants and aggregators with their mobile devices, charged via the operators’ billing system.

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Press Contact:
DIMOCO Europe GmbH
Charlotte Newby
+43 1 33 66 888 – 2059
[email protected]

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