CCMS provider Smart Central acquired by long term partner Zenith Payments Group

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“It’s a great compliment to me and my team that the Zenith executive have fully endorsed our ambitious and innovative product roadmap and vision for the future.” Zenith’s purchase of Smart Central will see it move into the child care software space for the first time although it has a long history of servicing payments for the sector, and Smart Central, through its Childcare Easypay brand. Andrea Slark, Zenith CEO said, “SmartCentral is a wonderful addition to the Zenith stable, typifying our own ethos of best in market products and exemplary customer service.” “Zenith does not work just in the childcare sector; we also have businesses processing payments for schools, real estate agents, travel agents and all types of small businesses so the new Childcare Solutions Division represents our commitment to invest and grow our presence in the ECEC sector through building strong products and stronger partnerships that provide real solutions to the community.” Smart Central’s relationship with Zenith has stood the test of time since it was established in 2008 when Childcare Easypay became the payment gateway of choice for the Group. Our history, shared values and mutual managerial and operational knowledge made them a natural fit for us,” Mr Winder said. “With that as a starting point we have managed to skip most of the challenges of combining two businesses and get ‘right to it,’even down to the day to day level.” “More importantly we both share a vision for the product and the sector based on building and improving partnerships to deliver solutions which is central to our strategy.” Smart Central continues to attract a growing number of partners offering complimentary solutions that may even overlap with parts of their own product in the pursuit of ensuring the customer has the flexibility to make their own choices if they desire. “As a newly minted member of the Zenith executive team I will be staying with the group to head up the Childcare Solutions Division, which is now the home of SmartCentral and Kindyhub, and drive our dual strategy forward,” Mr Winder said.

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