Wirecard Bank and ICP Companies strenghten their strategic market ...

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Wirecard Bank and ICP Companies strenghten their
strategic market position in the merchandise trade
segment
Two cooperation agreements signed recently
Grasbrunn/Munich, August 17, 2010; ICP Companies Group and Wirecard
Bank AG (a subsidiary of Wirecard AG), signed two agreements providing
for strategic cooperation early this month. In the process, the two
enterprises stand to benefit from strategic advantages in the brick & mortar
trading segment.
The Wirecard Bank will be given access to more than 100,000 point-of-sale
card recharging stations of major trading partners in Europe. Accordingly in
future, it will be possible to acquire and reload prepaid cards (both Visa and
MasterCard) issued by the Wirecard Bank at even more PoS stations with
cash in real time.
Moreover, the two companies plan to cooperate closely in the field of
issuing and processing eCash-based gift cards. ICP As one of the first
cooperative ventures of this kind in the SEPA region, the ICP Companies
and Wirecard Bank already offer a holistic solution for eCash-based gift
cards in compliance with the EU E-Money. 1
Dr. Winfried Jerono, ICP Managing Director, says: “We assign a great deal
of importance to long-term partnerships conducted in a spirit of mutual
trust—partnerships that enable us to provide our clients and the market
with the ideal solution at exactly the right point in time. We will soon extend
our cooperative venture with the Wirecard Bank to include additional
customer-oriented services.”
ICP Companies is one of the leading European full-service providers in the
merchandise trade involving electronic transactions in the field of
payments, prepaid products and loyalty management. Operating via its
German subsidiaries ICP Transaction Solutions GmbH, ICP International
Cash Processing GmbH and ICP Entwicklungs GmbH, ICP Companies is
one of the market leaders in the field of non-bank settlement of
brick & mortar, mobile and web-based cashless payment processes in
Germany.
1 The current E-Money Directive enacted by the European Parliament must be
implemented into national law in all EU member states by April 30, 2011.
Wirecard AG | Bretonischer Ring 4 | 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich | Germany 1
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 4424 - 0400 | Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 4424 - 0500
e-mail: press@wirecard.com | www.wirecard.com

“We look forward to mutually agreeable collaboration with the ICP Group.
The services offered by both partners complement each other ideally,
particularly as regards our efforts to expand our co-branding card range of
services as a card-issuing bank,” adds Burkhard Ley, CFO of Wirecard
AG.”
Wirecard Media Contact:
Wirecard AG
Iris Stöckl
Bretonischer Ring 4
D-85630 Grasbrunn / Munich
Germany
Ph.: +49 (0) 89 4424 0424
Fax: +49 (0) 89 4424 0524
e-mail: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
ICP media contact:
ICP Transaction Solutions GmbH
Verena Brunckhorst
Antoniusstr. 2
D-54290 Trier
Germany
Ph.: +49 (0) 651 9662 131
e-mail: verena.brunckhorst@icp-companies.com
Internet: www.icp-ts.de
About ICP:
ICP Companies is one of the leading European full-service providers in the
merchandise trade. ICP offers all solutions from a single source: a “terminal
acceptance settlement service”, whether over-the-counter, integrated into a cash
desk, through an ATM, by PC or via the Internet. ICP Companies, a technical
network operator for electronic payments, disposes of state-of-the-art systems and
solutions for payments by using bank, credit and customer cards. With more than
100 million payment transactions at the highest level of security each year, ICP is
one of the market leaders in this field. The portfolio of products and services
comprises the development and availability of all the hardware and software, full
transaction-oriented database management within its own authorization and
clearing center, system integration and customizing as well as the development of
ePayment security systems for web shops and call centers. Its partners operating
with a global reach include such groups as Lekkerland, Schlecker, T-Mobile, T-
Systems and Vodafone.
Wirecard AG | Bretonischer Ring 4 | 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich | Germany 2
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 4424 - 0400 | Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 4424 - 0500 |
e-mail: press@wirecard.com | www.wirecard.com

About Wirecard AG:
Wirecard AG is one of the leading international providers of electronic payment and
risk management solutions. Worldwide, the Wirecard Group supports over 11,000
companies from many and various industry segments in automating their payment
processes and minimizing cases of default.
Wirecard Bank AG is a Principal Member of Visa, MasterCard and JCB and
operates as a credit card acquirer in more than 69 countries around the world,
involving over 100 transaction currencies and 15 payout currencies. Part of the
Wirecard Group, Wirecard Bank provides innovative solutions in the fields of
corporate banking, prepaid and co-branded cards, along with account products for
both business and private customers.
Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN
DE0007472060, WDI).
www.wirecard.de | www.wirecardbank.de | www.mywirecard.com
Wirecard AG | Bretonischer Ring 4 | 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich | Germany 3
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 4424 - 0400 | Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 4424 - 0500 |
e-mail: press@wirecard.com | www.wirecard.com