Sygma Bank Polska Selects Oberthur Technologies for its DDA[1] EMV Migration and Personalisation

Nanterre, Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Oberthur
Technologies, the world's second largest provider of security and
identification solutions and services based on smart card
technologies, has been selected by Sygma Bank Polska, leader in the
retail bank field in Poland, to support the migration to DDA EMV
cards and to provide advanced personalisation services. The EMV
migration is currently taking place in Poland.

Oberthur Technologies is a long-term partner of Sygma Bank in
several countries. Thanks to its extensive experience with timely EMV
projects, Oberthur Technologies has been chosen to be the local
partner in Poland as well.

Oberthur Technologies provides a VISA and MasterCard certified
local service centre to personalise magnetic stripe, SDA[2], DDA,
CDA[3] and many other form factors card such as NFC-stickers and key
fobs.

"We have chosen Oberthur Technologies. It was a rather obvious
decision, as LaSer Group and Sygma Bank, its consumer finance brand,
have been supported by Oberthur Technologies in other countries.
Relying on this successful collaboration, we expect positive results
from this new partnership in the demanding Polish market," said Jean
Remy Martinez, Regional Marketing Director at Sygma Bank Poland.

"The agreement demonstrates Oberthur Technologies' unique ability
to serve its customers locally thanks to it extensive network of over
30 service centres, all equipped with our unique Common
Personalisation System. This expertise gives comfort to our customers
and enables us to offer the highest level of safety with an
unrivalled business continuity thanks to sister sites all over the
world," added Eric Duforest, Managing Director Europe, Card Systems
Division at Oberthur Technologies.

About Oberthur Technologies

With sales of 904.6 million euros in 2009 and 6,160 employees
worldwide, Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of
secure technologies. Innovation and excellence ensure Oberthur
Technologies' strong positioning in its main target markets: security
and identification solutions and services based on smart cards ;
manufacture of traditional and electronic secure identity documents;
security printer specialized in the production of banknotes, checks
and numerous security documents; design and manufacture of
intelligent cash protection solutions for Cash In Transit and ATMs.

For more information: http://www.oberthur.com

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[1] DDA : Dynamic Data Authentication

[2] SDA : Static Data Authentication

[3] CDA : Combined Data Authentication

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Contact:
PRESS CONTACTS: Corporate: Charlotte LAFONT-MACHIN,
Telephone:+33-1-55-46-71-23, Email: c.lafont-machin@oberthur.com;
Card SystemsDivision: Stephanie CAU, Telephone: +33-1-47-85-58-06,
Email:s.cau@oberthur.com