Atos has announced it has signed a new five year contract with NCP to provide an enhanced payment card service for business customers.

Based on Atos’ Business Traveller Network product, the solution will allow NCP to provide business travellers with the ability to book and pay for parking, fuel, hotels and rail tickets. Atos will provide NCP with both the IT infrastructure and handle all account queries on their behalf.

The enhanced NCP Gateway offering represents the first of its kind in the UK parking sector and will see both parties work closely together to drive customer acquisition and extend the scope of services available. Atos will provide full operational support including set up of scheme, invoicing, card creation and reporting.

Commenting on the new contract, Mark Betts, head of hi-tech transactional services, Atos, UK and Ireland, said: “We are immensely pleased that NCP has decided to use our market leading services. We bring an excellent end to end service for their customers delivering value into the SME market in these economically challenging times.”

Speaking for NCP, Max Crane-Robinson, NCP commercial director, said: “We look forward to working with Atos on providing our customers with a solution to support their day to day business travel requirements. A combination of Atos’ technology offering and existing merchant partnerships was able to provide us with the perfect solution, which will make life easier for our customers as well as saving significant sums in terms VAT reclaims available and the administrative burden of dealing with parking and other travel expenses.”

This service is expected to be rolled out to NCP customers from April 2013.