Bank Cards Issued in Germany

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PARIS , January 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following a problem encountered by certain cardholders in Germany at the beginning of this year, the company specifies that banking cards produced by Oberthur Technologies and issued in Germany or elsewhere are not impacted and function normally.

About Oberthur Technologies

With sales of 882 million Euros in 2008, Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure technologies. Innovation and high quality services ensure Oberthur Technologies' strong positioning in its main target markets:

    - Card Systems: The world's second largest provider of security
      and identification based on smart card technology and associated
      services for mobile, payment, transport, digital TV and convergence
      markets.
    - Identity: Leading international supplier for the manufacture and
      personalization of secure identity documents such as passport, identity
      card, driving license or health care card - traditional and electronic
      - and associated services for both governmental and corporate markets.
    - Security printing: World's third largest private security printer
      specialized in high security for the production of banknotes, checks
      and other fiduciary documents in more than fifty countries.
    - Cash protection: World leader in the emerging market of
      intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM.

Close to its customers, Oberthur Technologies benefits from an industrial and commercial presence across all five continents.

Oberthur Technologies S.A. is a limited liability company (societe anonyme) registered in France with its registered office at 50 quai Michelet 92 532 Levallois Perret, France . Oberthur Technologies S.A.'s corporate registration number is 340 709 534 R.C.S. Paris .

Website: http://www.oberthur.com

SOURCE Oberthur Technologies