Atranas MicroPortal Available On Ingenico Terminals

Atrana Solutions, the leader in innovative POS terminal software development and value-add transaction processing, has extended access to its PAYWAVE network by enabling its MicroPortal technology on Ingenicos Elite 510, 710 and 712 multi-app POS terminals.

September 20, 2004 -- The availability of MicroPortal on the Ingenico family of terminals provides the market a new cost-efficient method to access the PAYWAVE value-add processing network, says Atrana CEO Salah Boukadoum. MicroPortal acts like an Internet web browser giving merchants access to all current and future PAYWAVE services. MicroPortal is often the last piece of software ever loaded into a terminal.

Ingenico is excited Atranas MicroPortal technology can now be enabled on our Elite family of terminals, says John Priore, EVP and General Manager of Ingenicos Financial Systems organization. The addition of MicroPortal as a certified Ingenico application extends the functionality of our terminals, creating more value for users of our technology.

MicroPortal, a thin-client software engine, enables multiple applications to function as a single, feature rich system. Much like an Internet web browser, MicroPortal is a portal, or access point, to the PAYWAVE network which offers a portfolio of value-add services including POSA, e-PIN delivery, gift card support, prepaid bankcard loading, and Age verification. Payment applications can be linked to MicroPortal providing a single user-interface for all terminal functions and simplifying clerk training. As new services are available on PAYWAVE they are immediately available via the MicroPortal interface with no software upgrades or business interruption to the merchant. The terminal management features of MicroPortal can also be used to configure other applications residing in a multi-app terminal.

Atrana has entered into an agreement with Ingenico to resell terminals preloaded with MicroPortal. Ingenico customers with an installed base of terminals require only a single software download to add MicroPortal to terminals already in the field. To learn more about Atrana, our MicroPortal and PAYWAVE technology, or to purchase an Ingenico terminal, please visit us at www.atrana.com, or call Atrana at
1-877-7ATRANA.

About Atrana:
Atranas PAYWAVE network provides intelligent gateway and processing services supporting the value-add marketplace. In addition, Atrana continues its decade long consulting practice, providing high-quality on-time software solutions to leading financial processors. Specialties include credit, debit, EBT, check, stored value, biometric, and advanced electronic currency systems. Headquartered in downtown Dallas, Texas, Atrana is an employee-owned and value-driven company.

About Ingenico:
With a 24% market share, INGENICO is the world's largest provider of secure payment and transaction systems used by banking, retail, petroleum, transportation, healthcare and governments to ensure the secure acceptance and flow of electronic commerce. The Company's 1300 employees as well as network of subsidiaries, partners and distributors make it simple, fast and safe to purchase goods and services anywhere in the world.

Annually INGENICO dedicates more than 8 % of its revenue to research and development of new payment systems providing ever increasing performance and security. These payment systems, based on the UNICAPT 32 architecture and EMV smart card standards, leverage technologies such as biometry, touchscreen technology, GPRS communications and BluetoothTM to deliver cost effective performance. INGENICO's continual technological and commercial development of applications for purchasing card systems, e-procedures, prepaid systems and electronic transaction management provide solutions for markets that demand optimal security (Visa PED) and efficiency. Ingenico is also engaged in a large number of emerging markets such as electronic identity control, health cards, logistic traceability and many others. For more information about Ingenico, visit their web site at www.ingenico-us.com.

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