Link2Gov Offers an Alternate Way to Pay Taxes Online with Bill Me Later
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Link2Gov adds Bill Me Later for convenient and secure online payments MILWAUKEE--(Business Wire)-- Link2Gov Corp., a Metavante (NYSE:MV) company, today announced that it now offers Bill Me Later as a payment option for qualified taxpayers. Bill Me Later, Inc., a business unit of PayPal, is a leading provider of alternative payments. Link2Gov creates electronic payment processing systems for federal, state and local government agencies and has been an IRS-authorized payment provider since 2003. Internal Revenue Service/federal taxes Taxpayers can now log onto BML.PAY1040.com, powered by Link2Gov, to pay1 their individual or business federal taxes. Simple prompts guide consumers who choose Bill Me Later through an easy, real-time payment process. Bill Me Later offers customers credit for single transactions at the point of payment online, and provides authorization for approved customers within seconds. State, County, Municipality fees and taxes In addition to federal taxes, Link2Gov plans to add Bill Me Later as a standard payment option along with the card-based and electronic check payment solutions it provides to non-IRS government agencies of all sizes. "The Bill Me Later value proposition for Link2Gov is a classic case of delivering additional payment options to drive increased adoption of the cost-efficient online payments services Link2Gov supports for government agencies. In addition, Bill Me Later is able to deliver an exclusive consumer demographic to Link2Gov, opening a new market to our service," said Frank D`Angelo, group president, Metavante Payment Solutions, which includes Link2Gov. "Link2Gov has always enabled hassle-free online government payment solutions and now adds an option that speaks directly to the online convenience-seekers who have become loyal users of Bill Me Later." About Metavante Metavante Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:MV) is the parent company of Metavante Corporation. Metavante Corporation delivers banking and payments technologies to over 8,000 financial services firms and businesses worldwide. Metavante products and services drive account processing for deposit, loan and trust systems, image-based and conventional check processing, electronic funds transfer, consumer healthcare payments, electronic presentment and payment, outsourcing, and payment network solutions including the NYCE Network, a leading ATM/PIN debit network. Metavante (www.metavante.com) is headquartered in Milwaukee. 1 Link2Gov collects a convenience fee for BML.PAY1040.com services. Metavante, NYCE, and Link2Gov are registered trademarks of Metavante Corporation, which is the principal subsidiary of Metavante Technologies, Inc. All trademarks referenced in this press release are the property of their respective owners. Chip Swearngan, Metavante Corporation 414-357-3688, chip.swearngan@metavante.com or Jordan Rittenberry, Edelman 312-233-1226, jordan.rittenberry@edelman.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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