Amsterdam, March 21, 2022 – Intwo, a world-leading managed service provider of Microsoft cloud technology, today announced a partnership with PPRO, the leading provider of digital payments infrastructure, to help build and manage its global payments network as the company continues its international expansion.
As PPRO scaled its services to manage more transactions and serve more customers, it needed a partner that could meet their high standards for licensing and data security, keep its systems up to date, and act as a single point of contact for Microsoft Dynamics and IT operations. In addition, as PPRO was working towards getting its CSSF licensing, they needed a partner that was SOC 1, Type 2 compliant.
When PPRO went to market for an IT partner, Intwo ticked all the boxes. To start, its SOC 1, Type 2 compliance, as well as its top Microsoft accreditations, made us a great candidate from a due diligence perspective. What was also appealing to the PPRO team was that Intwo delivers a redundant, highly secure cloud infrastructure at a global scale, with a local presence in key PPRO markets across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
To date, Intwo has already worked closely with PPRO to provide meaningful results. We’ve designed a redundant MS Dynamics 365 BC environment that complies with the applicable financial regulatory requirements and PPRO’s growth ambition. This approach has many benefits as it minimizes risk and maximizes performance. As part of our service level agreement, PPRO also has access to a dedicated Intwo customer success manager to ensure PPRO’s current and future needs are constantly met. And, per the CSSF requirements, the team has contractual rights to audit Intwo with the help of a third party.
Our teams are passionate about solving business problems with business applications in professional services. And the agile culture of both companies proved to be a great basis for a real partnership. We look forward to helping PPRO realize the expansion of their global service.
Berend-Jan van Maanen, CEO Intwo
Today, PPRO has a scalable, secure, redundant, and high-performing business application solution that provides its financial department with reliable, real-time data for business insights, reporting, and analytics purposes. With the new Dynamics 365 cloud-based platform, the PPRO team is positioned to roll out the long-anticipated Document-Management-System ELO. These are all changes that frame a bright future for PPRO and Intwo as strong, collaborative partners in the fintech industry.
We’re excited about the partnership between PPRO and Intwo as they become our global MS Dynamics partner. I’m looking forward to driving our data availability to the next level in the finance department.
Stefan Schwartz, Director of Finance, PPRO
PPRO is a fintech company that globalizes payment platforms for businesses, allowing them to offer more choice at the checkout and boost cross-border sales. Payment service providers, enterprises, and banks that run on PPRO’s infrastructure are able to launch payment methods faster, optimize checkout conversions, and reduce the complexities of managing multiple fund flows. Citi, PayPal, and Stripe are just some of the names that depend on PPRO to expand their platforms beyond borders. In 2020 alone, the company processed €8.84 billion for its partners. And with a growing global team of over 400 people, it’s no wonder why they’re considered the go-to local payments experts.
On 21 March 2022, Intwo announced from Amsterdam a partnership with PPRO, the leading provider of digital payments infrastructure, to help build and manage PPRO’s global payments network as the company continued its international expansion. As PPRO scaled its services to handle more transactions and serve more customers, it needed a partner who could meet high standards for licensing and data security, keep systems up to date, and act as a single point of contact for Microsoft Dynamics and IT operations. Intwo ticked all the boxes.
PPRO is a fintech company that globalizes payment platforms for businesses, allowing them to offer more choice at the checkout and boost cross-border sales. Payment service providers, enterprises, and banks running on PPRO’s infrastructure can launch payment methods faster, optimize checkout conversions, and reduce the complexities of managing multiple fund flows. Citi, PayPal, and Stripe are among the names that depend on PPRO to expand their platforms beyond borders. In 2020 alone, the company processed €8.84 billion for its partners, supported by a growing global team of over 400 people.
When PPRO went to market for an IT partner, Intwo ticked all the boxes. Its SOC 1, Type 2 compliance and top Microsoft accreditations made it a great candidate from a due diligence perspective. What was also appealing to the PPRO team was that Intwo delivers a redundant, highly secure cloud infrastructure at a global scale, with a local presence in key PPRO markets across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The match across compliance, accreditation, and geographic reach made Intwo the natural choice.
CSSF licensing comes from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, the Luxembourg financial regulator. As PPRO worked towards getting its CSSF licensing, it needed a partner that was SOC 1, Type 2 compliant and could meet the financial regulatory requirements that come with that scrutiny. Per the CSSF requirements, the team has contractual rights to audit Intwo with the help of a third party. For any fintech expanding into regulated European markets, partnering with an IT provider that already meets these standards saves enormous time and risk.
SOC 1 Type 2 is a recognised compliance standard that audits a service organisation’s controls over financial reporting and related processes over a period of time, typically six months to a year. For financial services companies and the partners they work with, SOC 1 Type 2 compliance is a key signal that the provider’s controls are not just documented but actually working as intended. Intwo’s SOC 1, Type 2 compliance was a critical factor in PPRO selecting it as the IT partner for global payments infrastructure.
Intwo designed a redundant Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central environment that complies with the applicable financial regulatory requirements and PPRO’s growth ambition. The approach minimizes risk and maximizes performance simultaneously. As part of the service level agreement, PPRO also has access to a dedicated Intwo customer success manager to ensure current and future needs are constantly met. The team has contractual rights to audit Intwo with the help of a third party per CSSF requirements, giving PPRO the assurance it needs to operate in heavily regulated financial markets.
PPRO now has a scalable, secure, redundant, and high-performing business application solution that provides its financial department with reliable, real-time data for business insights, reporting, and analytics purposes. With the Dynamics 365 cloud-based platform now in place, the PPRO team is positioned to roll out the long-anticipated Document Management System ELO. CEO Berend-Jan van Maanen noted that both companies share an agile culture and a passion for solving business problems with business applications in professional services, which proved a great basis for a real partnership going forward.
Stefan Schwartz, Director of Finance at PPRO, said the company was excited about the partnership and the fact that Intwo had become its global Microsoft Dynamics partner. He added that he was looking forward to driving data availability to the next level in the finance department. The endorsement reflects how the Dynamics 365 Business Central environment Intwo designed is already delivering reliable, real-time data for business insights, reporting, and analytics purposes that the finance team can build on as the business expands globally.
ELO is the long-anticipated Document Management System that PPRO is positioned to roll out following the Dynamics 365 cloud-based platform implementation by Intwo. Document management is a particularly important capability for a fintech operating across multiple jurisdictions, since payment service providers, banks, and enterprises generate enormous volumes of regulated documents and need to retrieve them quickly under tight compliance timelines. Pairing ELO with Dynamics 365 Business Central gives PPRO a fully integrated foundation for both financial data and the document trail behind it.
Fintech companies can work with Intwo for global Dynamics 365 implementations backed by SOC 1, Type 2 compliance, top Microsoft accreditations, and redundant secure cloud infrastructure at global scale. As a Microsoft Solutions Partner and Azure Expert MSP with more than 20 years of experience and over 1,000 enterprise customers across 40 countries, our team handles deployment, dedicated customer success management, regulatory compliance, and ongoing support. We also hold local presence in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, helping fintech businesses expand internationally while meeting regulators like CSSF and other financial supervisors.
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