Retail Business Technology Expo 2011

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1 Retail Business Technology Expo 2011 Press Pack Stand # 212 March 16-17, 2011 For further information please contact: Clare Cockroft PR Manager Tel: +44 (0) ccockroft@tnsi.com

2 ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR RETAIL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EXPO 9 March 2011 Transaction Network Services () has announced its final plans for the Retail Business Technology Expo, to be held at London s Earls Court next week. The company will be demonstrating its recently launched version of its Pay gateway service in the UK and Ireland, in addition to highlighting other key products within its portfolio of merchant payment solutions. The Expo takes place on March 16 and 17 and includes a dedicated exhibition and conference focused exclusively on cards and payments. The team can be visited at stand 212. Pay, formerly branded as CommsXL, is a leading multi-channel payment gateway service, with a strong reputation for security, reliability and availability. Pre-accredited by leading UK and Irish acquirers, Pay enables merchants to process EMV Chip and PIN, ecommerce, mail and telephone order transactions using a PCI DSS certified payment gateway. The fully managed service simplifies complex payments environments and allows merchants to reduce the amount of card data in their environment, helping them greatly in their efforts to achieve PCI DSS compliance. Fintan Byrne, Vice President and General Manager for UK and Ireland, said: Pay provides a versatile centralised platform, offering merchants straightforward solutions to the important payment problems they may face. Built on a robust enterprise architecture, Pay provides a flexible secure platform that can quickly integrate with legacy systems as well as new applications. Visitors to the expo will be able to hear how, in addition to powerful processing capabilities, the Pay service offers new Point-to-Point encryption functionality. The

3 service also supports contactless transactions at the point of sale, at a time when this form of payment is expanding significantly in the UK Mr Byrne said: The service in the UK and Ireland also includes significant card-notpresent enhancements that were recently made available to merchants using the Pay for ecommerce service. Pay merchants in the UK and Ireland now have access to integrated stored card tokenisation, hosted payment forms and risk management capabilities to help bolster security, combat fraud, and reduce chargebacks. Globally, now connects over a million merchants and retailers to the world's leading banks, acquirers and processors, enabling secure, efficient and cost-effective delivery and processing of payments. The company s worldwide expertise extends to more than 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions, with billions of transactions crossing its high-speed global networks each year. For more information about, please visit Ends/ About Transaction Network Services Transaction Network Services () is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enables transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. Founded in 1990 in the United States, has grown steadily and now provides services in over 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. For further information about, visit One Connection, A World of Opportunities Statements and information contained in our press releases and newsletters that are not descriptions of historical fact may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or performance and from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods. For further information please contact: Clare Cockroft Tim Curran PR Manager PR Officer +44 (0) (0) ccockroft@tnsi.com tcurran@tnsi.com

4 LAUNCHES ENHANCED PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICE IN UK AND IRELAND 23 February 2011 An enhanced version of the Pay gateway service is being launched in the UK and Ireland by Transaction Network Services (NYSE:). Pay, formerly branded as CommsXL, is a leading multi-channel payment gateway service, with a strong reputation for security, reliability and availability. Pre-accredited by leading UK and Irish acquirers as well as PCI DSS certified, Pay enables merchants to process EMV Chip and PIN, ecommerce, mail and telephone order transactions. The fully managed service simplifies complex payments challenges and allows merchants to reduce the amount of card data in their environment, helping them greatly in their efforts to achieve PCI DSS compliance. In January announced that it had achieved Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS) validation for the point of sale payment client, a component of the Pay gateway solution for multi-channel retailers. Pay now also supports contactless transactions at the point-of-sale, at a time when this form of payment is poised to expand rapidly in the UK and Ireland. Major retailers, including The Co-Operative Food, have recently announced plans to allow customers to make payments of up to 15 by tapping their cards against readers. This removes the need for cardholders to enter PINs, reduces queue times and potentially helps retailers increase sales. Pay is also now offering UK and Irish merchants the powerful capabilities of its Card-Not-Present (CNP) solution which already provides secure and reliable payment

5 processing for over 30,000 merchants around the world. The solution is part of a comprehensive range of payment services has developed since entering the card transaction processing market over 20 years ago. These services include payment card settlement, international payment connectivity services for businesses with operations outside of the UK, and broadband payment solutions for use in store operations. now connects over a million merchants and retailers to the world s leading banks, acquirers and processors, enabling secure, efficient and cost-effective delivery and processing of payments. Fintan Byrne, Vice President and General Manager for UK and Ireland, said: We chose to include the name of the company,, in the service s new name to emphasise some core strengths of the solution, such as its security and high level of availability qualities that have become synonymous with the name in the payments marketplace. In an era when multi-channel sales are increasingly vital to businesses, Pay s versatility demonstrates our ability as an organisation to support all the routes to market that our customers need to support in order to grow their business. Pay provides a flexible centralised platform, offering merchants a simple answer to the key payment challenges they face. Built on a robust enterprise architecture, it integrates quickly and easily with the legacy systems of businesses as well as new applications. In addition to powerful processing capabilities, Pay offers a comprehensive management information reporting suite, accessible via a secure web portal. Mr Byrne said: The core Secure Payments Network is leveraged by the Pay platform. This high-availability network spans the globe and has connections into the world s leading processors and acquirers. Our expertise extends to more than 40

6 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions, with billions of transactions crossing our high-speed global networks each year. For more information about, please visit Ends/ About Transaction Network Services Transaction Network Services () is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enables transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. Founded in 1990 in the United States, has grown steadily and now provides services in over 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. For further information about, visit One Connection, A World of Opportunities Statements and information contained in our press releases and newsletters that are not descriptions of historical fact may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or performance and from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods. For further information please contact: Clare Cockroft Tim Curran PR Manager PR Officer +44 (0) (0) ccockroft@tnsi.com tcurran@tnsi.com

7 TRANSACTION NETWORK SERVICES ACHIEVES PA DSS VALIDATION FOR PAY 31 January 2011 Merchants throughout the UK can now benefit from enhanced security for their point of sale transactions, thanks to Transaction Network Services (NYSE:) achieving Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS) validation for the point of sale payment client; a component of its Pay gateway solution for multi-channel retailers. This validation confirms the application complies with the strict requirements of PA DSS; a software specific validation that sits within the PCI DSS compliancy framework. PA DSS ensures software vendors develop secure payment applications, reducing the risk of security breaches and fraudulent activity. Any new merchant purchasing a commercially available payment application can now only purchase PA DSS validated products. Additionally, any commercially available payment applications which have already been deployed by merchants cannot be used from 1 st July 2012 if not PA DSS validated. Fintan Byrne, Vice President and General Manager for UK and Ireland, said: In today s payment industry security and compliance is paramount, and we are delighted to achieve this crucial validation. Any third party payment application which is newly deployed in a PCI DSS certified environment should be PA DSS validated. It is important for merchants to look at their existing payment technology and ensure they meet the necessary standards to bring their systems in line with future compliancy requirements. Leveraging PA DSS validation along with our already PCI DSS certified

8 payment gateway environment, allows us to offer our customers one of the highest levels of security available in the market. Criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated so it is essential that we continuously help our customers secure cardholder data and reduce levels of fraud. We are committed to delivering reliable and security focused solutions, enabling our customers to safely conduct electronic payment transactions. Launched in 2008, PA DSS is endorsed by all five global payment card brands: American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard WorldWide and Visa. PA DSS supersedes Visa s Payment Application Best Practices (PABP). Pay, previously branded as CommsXL, is a leading payment gateway in the UK, with a strong reputation for security, reliability and availability. It has been preaccredited by all leading UK acquirers. The PCI DSS certified, chip and PIN, multi channel payments solution enables merchants to securely accept payments for all point of sale, online and mail/phone order transactions. connects merchants and retailers to the world's leading banks, acquirers and processors to enable secure, efficient and cost-effective delivery and processing of payments. Its global expertise extends to more than 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions, with billions of transactions crossing its high-speed global networks each year. For more information about, please visit Ends/ About Transaction Network Services Transaction Network Services () is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enables transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. Founded in 1990 in the United States, has grown steadily and now provides services in over 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. For further information about, visit One Connection, A World of Opportunities

9 Statements and information contained in our press releases and newsletters that are not descriptions of historical fact may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or performance and from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods. For further information please contact: Clare Cockroft Jo Moorwood PR Manager Marketing Communications Director +44 (0) (0) ccockroft@tnsi.com jmoorwood@tnsi.com

10 March 16, 2011 RECENT NEWS FROM PAYMENTS DIVISION Transaction Network Services Achieves PA DSS Validation for Pay Merchants throughout the UK can now benefit from enhanced security for their point of sale transactions, thanks to Transaction Network Services achieving Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS) validation for the point of sale payment client; a component of its Pay gateway solution for multi-channel retailers. Pay Gateway Enables Westfield to Open Doors to New Virtual Shopping Centre Australian shoppers can now enjoy online shopping at Westfield s new online shopping mall, supported by the Pay gateway solution from Transaction Network Services. Consorzio BANCOMAT Selects to Support Online Compliance Solution Consorzio BANCOMAT, Italy s national debit scheme, now has online access to critical compliance information from its membership community via a new portal that utilises secure and resilient network capabilities from Transaction Network Services. Key Senior Appointment Strengthens Mainland Europe Payments Team Experienced payments industry innovator Martin Croot has joined Transaction Network Services Payments Division as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mainland Europe.

11 Alaska Option Customers Realize ATM Communication Alternative with New Solution Alaska Option has enhanced its services to customers by adding wireless ATM processing with Link, a managed communication solution from Transaction Network Services. More Choice for ATM Communications as Canada Extends its Services For the first time in several years, banks and ISOs in Canada now have a choice of provider for ATM communications services following the launch of a new product by Transaction Network Services Canada, a subsidiary of Transaction Network Services. ISO's Need to Focus Chip Upgrades on Newly Identified High Risk ATMS As Deadline Looms, Counsels Calypso Canada The focus of Canada s drive to switch to EMV and Chip technology has shifted to high risk ATMs, but with less than four months until the Interac Association s upgrade deadline, Calypso Canada is counselling that ISOs need to ramp up their upgrade activities if they are to meet the regulatory requirements. FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION BOX and Unite to Give Traders Enhanced Futures and Options Capabilities Options traders throughout the world can now enjoy faster, more secure and resilient access to the Boston Options Exchange (BOX), thanks to a new agreement with global connectivity provider Transaction Network Services. Chi-East Joins with to Boost Global Connectivity Financial market participants across Asia can now seek dark pools of liquidity throughout the region, thanks to a new agreement between Chi-East, the first Asian exchange backed non-display venue, and global connectivity provider Transaction Network Services.

12 Leading Investment and Securities Boosts FX Margin Trading Capabilities with New Agreement Retail securities firms throughout Korea can now access lucrative Foreign Exchange (FX) margin trading markets in the US, thanks to a new agreement between Leading Investment and Securities and Transaction Network Services. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES DIVISION Broadview Networks Sees Dramatic Improvement in Calling Name Accuracy After Signing With Business communications service provider Broadview Networks is helping its customers log calls more effectively after signing up for Transaction Network Services Calling Name Service (CNAM). Successful Senior Executive Dan Dooley to Lead Telecom Division Dan Dooley has been named President and General Manager of the Telecommunication Services Division (TSD) of Transaction Network Services. Delivers Industry First Global Roaming Hub for CDMA Operators CDMA2000 wireless operators across the world can now expand their global roaming footprint and streamline the delivery of roaming services with Transaction Network Services new Roaming Hub for CDMA. Ends About Transaction Network Services Transaction Network Services () is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enables transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. Founded in 1990 in the United States, has grown steadily and now provides services in over 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many

13 more. has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. For further information about, visit One Connection, A World of Opportunities Statements and information contained in our press releases and newsletters that are not descriptions of historical fact may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or performance and from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods. For more information contact either: Clare Cockroft Tim Curran PR Manager PR Officer Tel: +44 (0) Tel: +44 (0) ccockroft@tnsi.com tcurran@tnsi.com