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Publication of AMBER Alerts on Euronet Worldwide’s ATMs Leads to Hundreds of Phone Calls and Location of Eight Missing People in 2020
LEAWOOD, Kan., Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading global financial technology solutions and payments provider,
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[{"type":"text","content":"LEAWOOD, Kan., Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading global financial technology solutions and payments provider, announced today that the publication of active alerts on its ATM screens resulted in the location of eight missing people during 2020. This use of Euronet’s ATM screens, which are potentially viewed by millions of users and passers-by across Europe each day, is part of Euronet’s initiative to provide support to its local communities through services and philanthropic efforts. Euronet started the initiative with AMBER Alert Europe during 2019 in the Netherlands and that led to a pan-European agreement just a few months after the program launched. From that successful start, Euronet now has agreements with national organizations in four European countries for the display of active missing person alerts on its ATM screens, and more countries are expected to be added in the coming months. As a result of the company’s partnership with SOSDesaparecidos, the Ministry of Interior, and the National Police, alerts in Spain were by far the most frequent and impactful in 2020 of any country, including: 87 alerts, selected and approved by the Spanish National Police, were published on Euronet ATMs in Spain.A total of 458 phone calls were received by the National Police and SOSDesaparecidos from people who identified the disappeared after having seen their photos on the ATM screens.As a result of these calls, eight people were located. Apart from the primary importance of helping find missing people, additional results of the program include: A spike in the interest in the search for missing persons, leading to more than 100 million interactions on social networks, in the press, on radio and on television.Additional national police organizations in Europe and the Americas have expressed interest in extending this cooperation with Euronet to their territories. “We are extremely pleased that this initiative has such a positive impact on society,” said Nikos Fountas, EVP & CEO, EFT Americas and EMEA, at Euronet Worldwide. “The successful location of several persons made possible by the publication of active alerts on our ATM screens proves the ATM is a vital feature of our communities and serves them in multiple ways.” About Euronet Worldwide, Inc. Euronet Worldwide is an industry leader in pro...