Online Payments Keyword: “Global Expansion” – ClickandBuy’s Newest Investment Partner

Our friends over at ClickandBuy just sent over their most recent press release (below) and it is a very good one. Intel Capital, which is the investment arm of Intel Corp. has now invested a substantial amount of cash into Firstgate Holding, the owner of ClickandBuy. Some other 2006 investment partners in this online payment provider include, 3i Group $26 mil and Deutsche Telecom which purchased 10%.

ClickandBuy offers multiple payment options, multiple currencies and even multiple languages. The investment is expected to fuel the company’s global expansion into Asia and Latin America.

CickandBuy, a hosted online ePayment system for digital content, received funding from Intel Capital it was announced today. The funds will be used to build a global strategic alliance. ClickandBuy, owned by Firstgate Holding AG in Germany with locations in London and New York City, enables the payments of songs, movies, streaming video, podcasts and other forms of digital media and paid content for companies such as Apple iTunes, Electronic Arts, Univision, Skype and iVillage.

ClickandBuy is used by thousands (7000+) of merchants worldwide and some of their top clients include: Apple iTunes, Disney, Skype, AOL Music, Electronic Arts, Kiplinger, and Univision. More than 7 million consumers are already making payments through ClickandBuy.

Once again I’ll say it….”Convenience is driving the demand in these growing online payment systems. The easier the online payment company’s system is to use, the faster they grow. If consumers and merchants like the convenience of the online payment operation they flock to it.”

ClickandBuy offers user an awesome summary invoice when you make a purchase. (a bit like Google checkout) It includes items such as a description of the content/service; price; date, time and length of time you are authorized to have access. ClickandBuy is super easy to use and opening a new account is–of course free.