MOL AccessPortal

MOL AccessPortal - "it's money online" is a payment service providers for games, content and services in Asia.Infobox_Company
company_name = MOL AccessPortal Berhad
company_
company_type = E-commerce
location = flagicon|Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
foundation = 2000
location = Malaysia
key_people = [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/603/4ba Ganesh Kumar Bangah]
industry = E-commerce
homepage = [http://www.mol.com/ http://www.mol.com/]

History

MOL AccessPortal Berhad (MOL) was incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act, 1965 on 9 February 2000 as a private limited company under the name of Superior World Sdn Bhd. It assumed its present name on 8 July 2000 and was converted into a public limited company on 29 April 2002. MOL was officially listed on the MESDAQ Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad under the Technology Sector on 22 December 2003. It was subsequently privatized by Tan Sri Vincent Tan, Chairman & CEO of Berjaya Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in Malaysia with an annual turnover of USD3.8 billion in February 2008.

MOL is a MSC Malaysia Status Company that develops and operates payment systems. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn6207/is_20060101/ai_n24909857 "Going regional".] It leverages on a network of over 500,000* physical and virtual payment channels across more than 68* countries worldwide to operate its key payment products. [ [http://china.mol.com/molap_nr_08index.aspx.] MOL processes over 4,500,000 transactions per month with a volume of more than USD200 Million a year.

MOL is recognized as one of the Asia Pacific’s fastest growing technology companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Awards for 2005 & 2006 [ Deloitte. [http://www.deloitte.com/.../content/Tech%2520Fast%2520500%2520Asia%2520Pacific%25202005%2520ranking%2520only(1).pdf.] , has won a Merit Award for the Best of E-Commerce Applications in MSC Asia Pacific ICT Awards [ MSC Asia Pacific. [http://www.mscapicta.com.my/images/apicta/page12.pdf ] and is a Microsoft Certified Partner.

Key Products & Services

*MOLePoints- Online Micropayment System For Content and Services
*MOLeTopUp - Electronic Prepaid Distribution Infrastructure
*MOL Freedom – A Multi-Application Prepaid Payment Card [ http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/mol-accessportal-launches-mol-freedom-mastercard.html "MOL launches Freedom Mastercard"2007-06-18.]
*MOL GamesHive - An Online Game Payment Aggregator [ [http://www.gamershell.com/news_11258.html "MOL AccessPortal Signs Astonia 3"] 2004-01-19.]
*MOL Wings - A Payment Aggregator For Wired and Wireless Internet Services
*MOL Zone - A Multi-Application Mobile Payment
*MOLiCafe – Cybercafe Management Program
*MOL SafePay - An Escrow-based Payment System For Micro-merchants. [ [http://pages.ebay.com.my/presscentre/Press_Releases/PRESS_RELEASE_MOLSP_Final.pdf "MOL Collaborates with eBay Malaysia"] .]

MOLePoints - Online Micropayment System For Content And Services

MOLePoints is the All-In-One online currency for games, content & services. It leverages on MOL AccessPortal's 500,000 physical and virtual payment channels across more than 68 countries worldwide with over 80 game titles. MOLePoints is presently available in 5 localized versions with its respective currencies:

*MOL Global - United States Dollar
*MOL China – China Yuan Renminbi
*MOL India – India Rupees
*MOL Malaysia – Ringgit Malaysia
*MOL Singapore – Singapore Dollar

MOL is currently in the process of localizing in Indonesia, Philippines & Thailand which will be available by Quarter 4, 2008. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21775245_ITM "MOL AccessPortal eyes Asian online game market"] , 2004-06-28.]

Distribution Channels

MOL also supports the following international payment systems:
*Western Union
*MoneyGram
*MoneyBookers
*PayPal
*Visa
*Mastercard.

Games, Contents & Services

MOL distributes and collects payment for the online games below originating from their respective countries:

MOL also collects payments for the following content and services:

Content
*Music
*Videos
*Hardware and Software
*Mobile Applications
*Domain Names

Services
*Telecommunication Reloads
*Flowers & Gifts
*Magazines Subscription
*Travel & Leisure
*Pick-Up & Delivery

Notes and references

External links

*http://www.mol.com/v2/default.aspx
*http://www.gameshive.com/
*http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2007/9/20/technology/20070920164928&sec=technology
*http://announcements.bursamalaysia.com/EDMS/AnnWeb.nsf/dfDisplayForm?Openform&Count=-1&form=dfDisplayForm&viewname=LsvAnnsAll&category=MOL+ACCESSPORTAL+BERHAD
*http://pages.ebay.ph/presscentre/Press_Releases/PRESS_RELEASE_MOLSP_Final.pdf
*http://www.computerwire.com/companies/company/?pid=952E537B-2CD5-495F-8906-F70EC13C2F14
*http://www.gamershell.com/news_11258.html
*http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn6207/is_20060101/ai_n24909857
*http://www.pikom.org.my/cms/Member/corporate_profile.asp?id=545
*http://www.bernama.com/kpdnhep/news.php?id=246800&lang=en
*http://www.snapcard.com/en_gb/news/snap.pdf
*http://ulu_langat.idesa.net.my/index_files/Page2158.htm
*http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/603/4ba
*http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/techNu/Monday/Newsfront/20080720102619/Article/index_html
*http://www.mscmalaysia.my/main_art.php?CategoryID=2&parentID=12073017112685&artID=12081683969953&p_artID=120
*http://www.maybank2u.com.my/myzone/entertainment/mol.html
*http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressmarket/goldstonetechnologiessoftwaretechnology/goldstonetechnologiestolaunchiptvservicesmalaysia/market/stocks/article/313150
*http://www.centricom.com/news.aspx
*http://www.contentasia.tv/feature.php?newsid=3444
*http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/21/business/18950262&sec=business
*http://www.domain-b.com/industry/Entertainment/20071114_launch.html
*http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2008/05/mol-wings.html
*http://www.aboutus.org/GamesHive.com
*http://www.indiaprwire.com/pdf/pressrelease/200711145634.pdf
*http://www.paybycash.com/options/index.php