Carrefour and Monext Innovate and Win the OSCAR of

Innovative Payments for Their Instant Issuing Solution
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Carrefour and Monext Innovate and Win the OSCAR of Innovative Payments for Their Instant Issuing Solution

PARIS, April 13, 2010--     Carrefour, through its banking subsidiary Societe des Paiements Pass
(S2P), and Monext launch large scale instant issuing of EMV cards.

    With instant issuing of PASS MasterCard cards, S2P offers its customers a
differentiating service that simplifies cardholder application process: after
choosing a PIN code, customers obtain their permanent card within a few
minutes of their successful application check. The card can be used
immediately and enables the customer to benefit instantly from the promotions
and guarantees offered with the card.

    S2P is the first issuer in France to implement this technology. This
exclusive service for EMV PASS MasterCard cards is proposed at Carrefour
financial stands. About 50 stands are equipped today with this service. This
offer has been designed to continue innovation of the PASS MasterCard card.

    Launched in February 2009, the PASS MasterCard card counts about 2.5
million cardholders.

    The card offers several innovative functions: PIN code choice, payment
choice between debit and credit, MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM) contactless
payment, on-line payment with 3D-secure. It also proposes guarantees and
additional savings on the Carrefour loyalty program for cardholders.

    For this project, S2P relied on two major partners, experts in their
area: Datacard Group (card personalisation solutions specialist) and Monext
(payment processing outsourcing and secure transactions specialist). Thanks
to each partner's expertise, the implemented instant issuing solution
satisfies all security requirements.

    Frederic Mazurier, Financial Director of S2P states: "We are glad to
propose this brand new service to our customers and be amongst the first to
launch EMV card instant issuing on a large scale. This service is already
widely successful with Carrefour customers who enjoy obtaining and using
their payment card instantly."

    Philippe David, VP of Monext Bank and Payment Solutions division, adds:
"We are proud to have won this award that reinforces our position as an
innovative actor. Monext is focused on providing its customers value added
solutions. This award demonstrates our ability to overcome the major security
challenges posed by instant issuing. Our partnership with Datacard enables us
to offer a complete solution satisfying all EMV card instant personalisation
requirements."

    OSCARS for Innovative Payments is an event organised by Publi-News,
Cartes Mag andSystemes de Paiement editor.

    About S2P

    Founded in 1981, Societe des Paiements PASS, with 1 500 employees and 230
financial services branches, is the most recent subsidiary of Carrefour. S2P
aims at promoting all financial and banking services in France towards
Carrefour customers. Societe des Paiements PASS counts 2,7 millions holders
of a payment card, thus processing 360 million transactions, and 400 000
savings customers. S2P manages 2.3 millions of customer credit.

    About Monext

    With close to 5 million bank cards, 3 million transport cards and 3
million private cards (petrol, distribution) used on a daily basis by its 400
partners representing more than 550 million recorded transactions, MONEXT is
a key player in the French electronic payment sector. Its goal is to
facilitate electronic payment transactions, with or without cards, at the
point of sale, over the internet or by mobile phone, in a secure, reliable
and instantaneous manner. MONEXT is a developer of innovative solutions for
its banking, distribution and business clients. It is seeking to establish
itself as one of the European leaders in this very high-growth sector.

    For more information, visit: http://www.monext.fr/eng

Source: Monext

Press contact: S2P: Carrefour France Press Service, +33(1)57-32-89-99, groupe@presse-carrefour.com; Monext : Solange Stricker, Finincom, Christina Bel, +33(1)40-71-32-74, c.bel@f2scom.com; Romain Sulpice +33(1)40-71-32-75, r.sulpice@f2scom.com

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