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Ingenico partners with Microsoft to Drive Retail Innovation

Ingenico working with Microsoft to design enterprise devices leveraging Windows
        Embedded 8 Handheld with the company's secure payment technology


Paris - January 14, 2013. - Ingenico, (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), leading
worldwide provider of payment solutions, today announced within the framework of
the National Retail Federation's show held in New York, that they are working
together with Microsoft to deliver enterprise-class devices based on the new
Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform. As a global secure payment solutions
provider, Ingenico joins other prominent enterprise device OEMs working closely
with Microsoft in these innovative efforts.

Ingenico will collaborate closely with Microsoft to bring fully integrated
handheld electronic payment solutions and innovations to the retail industry. By
leveraging Windows   Embedded 8 Handheld, which is based on Windows Phone 8,
Ingenico will provide its secure payment technology expertise to develop the
future of retail payment acceptance with personal, seamless and differentiated
consumer experiences.

Retailers across the country are seeking and continue to invest in the next
generation of handheld devices with specific functionality needed to transform
their businesses," said Thierry Denis, president of Ingenico North America. "The
Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform represents a new wave of innovative
intelligent hardware, software and application solutions. We are very pleased to
work with Microsoft to develop the next generation handheld devices equipped
with Ingenico's secure payment technologies. We aim to bring a new set of
payment innovations to the enterprise handheld device market."

The new Windows Embedded 8 Handheld-based devices will leverage Ingenico's
mobile payment and secure EMV technology to enable fully integrated acceptance
of current and future forms of payment, including magnetic stripe, EMV chip-
based cards, contactless, and NFC-enabled transactions.

Working together with partners like Ingenico on Windows Embedded 8 Handheld
devices allows us to deliver the quality, usability and integrated experiences
that customers are demanding," said D'Arcy Salzmann, senior product manager for
Windows Embedded at Microsoft. "Together we are driving customer solutions that
are tailored for core enterprise scenarios. Customers will benefit from
Ingenico's payment expertise and will gain worker productivity and reduced
training costs through the intuitive Windows Phone 8 user experience in Windows
Embedded 8 Handheld. Enterprises deploying Ingenico's Windows Embedded 8
Handheld payment solutions gain another key device in their intelligent systems,
and will be able to employ the data and telemetry from Ingenico devices for new
insight into their operations."

Ingenico is attending and exhibiting at the National Retail Federation's Annual
Convention & EXPO in New York this week. Retailers interested in learning more
about Ingenico's latest electronic payment solutions and the opportunities this
new partnership provides can stop by Ingenico's booth #1653.



About Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING)

Ingenico is a leading provider of payment solutions, with over 20 million
terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 4,000 employees worldwide
support retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their
electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase
their point of sales revenue. More information on www.ingenico.com |
twitter.com/Ingenico. | twitter.com/IngenicoNA



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