Company
History
eWAY has evolved over the years, changing and improving services to adjust
to the changing trends in eCommerce and the wants and needs of our customers.
- Continue improvement and product additions to ensure our merchants have access to
cutting edge payment solutions.
- Expansion into more countries to become the preferred payment provider for merchants
around the world.
- eWAY pushes live the Global Business Centre, bringing all merchants on our Australian,
New Zealand and UK platforms in line.
- Leveraging on the global platform, the new Australian Shared Payment page gives
international merchants a unified method of connecting to eWAY.
- eWAY extends into Social Media platforms, with a dedicated page on Facebook to communicate
with merchants, partners and friends regarding eCommerce matters.
- Certification with Elavon completed in the UK, adding to eWAY's list supported acquirers
- eWAY CEO Matt Bullock named as a finalist in the BRW Entrepreneur of the Year
- eWAY comes in at number 79 on the BRW Fast 100 for 2011
- IVR Payments launched, allowing eWAY merchants to have their customers pay
them directly over the phone
- eWAY partners with GetPrice to help merchants get started with their online
advertising
- eWAY signs Diners Club, enabling eWAY to resell Diners Club merchant facilities
- Transaction Emails released, giving eWAY merchants more opportunities to market
to their existing customers
- Link to Bendigo Bank completed
- eWAY opens its Scotland office in Edinburgh, allowing for follow the sun support
- eWAY releases its
Partner Portal, allowing eWAY and web developers to collaborate in order to
better service their customers
- eWAY signs an exclusive agreement with First Data and Standard Chartered Bank to
expand into Asia, paving the way for eWAY to accept merchants in India, Singapore,
Hong Kong and Malaysia. More countries in this region will be soon be added, further
increasing eWAY's global payment cloud platform.
- Citibank is added as another option for eWAY merchants in Australia to accept payments
online, enhancing the reach of eWAY's payment solutions.
- eWAY signs an agreement with Google to offer Google products such as Google Adwords
directly to its merchant base in Australia and New Zealand, enhancing their ability
to grow and succeed online.
- eWAY CEO Matt Bullock is recognised at the 2010 Online Retailer Industry Awards
with the Industry Recognition Award, acknowledging his significant contribution
to the online payment industry.
- eWAY releases it's iPhone Payment application, allowing Australian merchants to
accept payments directly through their mobile phone.
- eWAY completes its link and goes live with additional UK banks including RBS, Bank
of Scotland and Chase Paymentech, increasing the range of banks available to UK
merchants.
- eWAY signs an agreement with the major banks in New Zealand to expand its eCommerce
solutions across the Tasman by partnering with Paymark and accessing a banking network
including ASB, Westpac, ANZ, Bank of New Zealand and The National Bank of New Zealand.
- eWAY signs an agreement with St George to simplify the process of signing up for
an Internet merchant facility, making it even easier for merchants to get started
online.
- The new eWAY Business Centre is launched, with improved usability and functionality,
multiple logins with user-defined roles, enterprise reports and dashboard payment
analytics.
- eWAY launches its LivePerson chat service, further improving its ability to give
real-time customer service to eWAY merchants.
- eWAY wins the 2009 CeBIT.au Award for Engineering Excellence, making it three awards
in three years at Australia's leading ICT expo.
- eWAY's CEO, Matt Bullock, launches his twitter feed, follow him at http://twitter.com/mattbullock.
- eWAY moves to Avaya phone system for its communication needs, allowing for additional
functionality such as customised user experiences over the phone, as well as superior
tracking and reporting across our phone system.
- Leveraging on cloud technologies and expanding on our existing partnership with SalesForce.com,
the world's leading cloud-based CRM, eWAY launches it's force.com websites. The sites are hosted directly within
SalesForce, seamlessly tying in the content served to users with the customer relationship
data tracked within SalesForce.
- eWAY exhibits at the inaugural Online Retailer Exhibition.
- The new eWAY website goes live, further enhancing eWAY's reputation for online innovation.
- eWAY exhibits at the BizzOne trade show in Auckland to announce the launch of services
in New Zealand.
- eWAY's CEO Matt Bullock embarks on the ACT Chief Minister's Trade Mission to the
UK and UAE, establishing agreements with major banks and suppliers in the UK.
- eWAY wins the 2008 Telstra ACT Business of the Year
- eWAY wins the 2008 MYOB ACT Small Business of the Year
- eWAY wins the 2008 CeBIT Platinum Award for Excellence in Technology Services
- eWAY wins the 2008 Deloitte Canberra BusinessPoint Sales Growth Award
- eWAY is a finalist in the 2008 Dell Small Business Awards
- eWAY is a finalist in the 2008 ZDNet Innovation Awards
- eWAY is a finalist in the 2008 Telstra National Business of the Year
- eWAY is a finalist in the 2008 MYOB National Small Business of the Year
- eWAY becomes a Verisign Platinum Partner, one of only two such partners in the Asia-Pacific
region, giving eWAY merchants access to the world's leading SSL solutions at affordable
rates.
- Migration of infrastructure to Macquarie Telecom, Australia's only PCI DSS compliant
data centre, further enhancing our reputation for service excellence.
- CBA referral agreement signed to help fast-track Internet merchant facility applications.
- eWAY signs an exclusive reseller agreement with American Express to become the sole
online reseller in the Asia-Pacific region, once again making easy for online merchants
to grow their eCommerce business.
- Mobile Payments solution is launched in partnership with Mint Wireless, allowing
eWAY merchants to take credit card payments on their mobile phone.
- SSLStar.com, eWAY's international SSL division is launched, providing SSL certificates
to online businesses worldwide.
- Starpay Group Pty Ltd formed.
- Starpay Europe Ltd formed in UK.
- Starpay New Zealand Ltd formed in New Zealand.
- eWAY wins the Cebit Platinum Award for Export Excellence.
- Encryption upgraded to Ingrian
- DNS switched to VeriSign.
- Linking to Barclays completed, paving the way for expansion into the UK.
- Setup Data Recovery Site in Canberra.
- Beagle, our premium anti fraud service, is launched.
- Link upgraded for StGeorge, Westpac, NAB, ANZ and CBA.
- Launched Auction Master for eBay.
- Major SSL sales experienced.
- Launched multi currency accounts with NAB.
- Move to Sydney Data Centre.
- Link completed to BankWest - eWAY is now linked to all the major Australian banks.
- Implemented 3D Secure.
- ReBill solution launched.
- eWAY launch swap offer.
- SMS gateway smsCentral is launched.
- Link completed to Westpac, NAB, and CBA.
- Implemented CVN checking.
- eWAY sponsors NBL Canberra Cannons.
- eWAY Batch service is launched.
- First eWAY TV advertisement televised.
- Web site launched for eWAY.
- Exhibit at Internet World.
- Ezimerchant becomes the first shopping cart to Link to eWAY.
- Company formed Web Active Corporation Pty Ltd.
- Link completed to St George Bank.
- Link Completed to Bank SA.
- ACT Business formed as Web Active.