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Dubai, United Arab Emirates and London, United Kingdom – 12 May 2008 – Postilion, a leading provider
of software solutions for self-service banking and payments and a division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq:
SONE), today announced further expansion in the Middle East region with the opening of new offices in
Dubai’s Internet City, UAE, and the strengthening of a regional professional services and support team that
will focus on providing increased levels of support to existing Middle East customers and meeting growing
customer demand.
“The payments market in the Middle East is developing very quickly, and we can see this continuing for the
foreseeable future. Developments such as EMV compliance, PCI DSS and the move to contactless
payments mean that there has been a lot of investment in POS infrastructure across the region, and the
banking community will continue to innovate, supporting their merchant customers and winning new
business,” said Terry Xie, Director of International Research Services for Mercator. “Postilion’s approach,
based on open systems and providing integrated POS support, puts the company in a good position to be
successful within the Middle East payments market.”
“The Middle East market is growing and maturing rapidly and is a key strategic market for Postilion,” said
Francois van Schoor, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Postilion International. “Since 2006,
Postilion’s customer base in the Middle East has more than doubled. The expansion of our presence in this
region will allow us to serve our customers better at a local level and also help drive the adoption of our
payment solutions. We have established a strong reputation with successful implementations at major banks,
retailers and processors in the Middle East and aim to build on this in the coming years.”
About Postilion
Postilion, a division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), is a leading provider of integrated solutions for selfservice
banking and payment processing. Our offices, on five continents, serve over 1,500 customers in
more than 50 countries. Postilion solutions drive self-service financial transactions and payments, including
advanced transactions such as prepay, through Internet access points, ATMs, POS terminals, and phones.
More than 100,000 ATMs and 500,000 POS terminals worldwide run on Postilion solutions. In the United
States, over 1,250 credit unions and community financial institutions use Postilion solutions. Built on open
systems, Postilion solutions provide consolidated management information, card management, 3DES and
EMV enablement, and loyalty management. At the forefront of compliance with new regulations and security
enhancements, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Visa’s Payment
Application Best Practices (PABP), Postilion can help customers achieve compliance with the latest data
security standards developed by the payment card industry. More information is available at
www.postilion.com.
Postilion Middle-East
The Postilion Middle-East regional office manages the company’s activities in the following countries:
Bahrain, Egypt, Greece, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United
Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Alfa Building, Office 404, Internet City, PO Box 502504, Dubai, UAE +971 4 364 2644
About S1 Corporation
S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) delivers customer interaction software for financial and payment services
and offers unique solution sets for financial institutions, retailers, and processors under three brand names:
Postilion, S1 Enterprise and FSB Solutions. Additional information about S1 solutions is available at
www.s1.com, www.postilion.com, www.S1enterprise.com, and www.fsb-solutions.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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These statements include statements with respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business. The words "believes,"
"expects," "may," "will," "should," "projects," "contemplates," "anticipates," "forecasts," "intends" or similar terminology identify forwardlooking
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Because these statements reflect our current views concerning future events, they involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
Therefore, actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The risk factors included
in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (and available on our web site at www.s1.com or the SEC’s web site
at www.sec.gov) provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the
expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Except as provided by law, we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement.
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