easycash PCI-DSS certification in Ratingen is given again, August 2009. The Ratinger payment service provider has been certified for the umpteenth time after the payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) in the current version 1.2. Easy cash network operation and paymaster’s Internet payment solution”was thus confirmed the greatest possible safety in the field of card-based E-payment. For the first time in the uniform safety requirements valid for the entire card payment industry in the year 2005 which is PCI DSS security classification according to our partners and their customers in the processing of online payments force considerably”, so Jochen Freese, Member of the Board of the easycash GmbH. but also for us as international company is valuable the evaluation by an independent auditor: especially in the cross-border payment transactions, we can use this certificate”, in order to strengthen our position.” With security safe: Easycash mains operation and easycash paymaster the renewed PCI DSS compliance validation in the 1.2 version replaces the previous PCI DSS 1.1 and confirmed easycash fulfilling all requirements for level 1 service provider.

Level 1 service provider are companies processing more than 6,000,000 VISA transactions per year. Part of the auditing is an annual review as well as quarterly network scans. Auditing was conducted by the independent assessor TrustWave from 24 March until June 30, 2009. In particular also the transaction processing systems newly built within the framework of the data center changes have been checked. Data protection and reliability even for customers who pay in online shops using paymaster, means maximum safety certified by the PCI Security Standards Council. Their sensitive data for online credit card payments handled according to strict privacy guidelines. If POS payments in the easycash mains operation or payments via paymaster, certification confirms reliability and maximum data easycash. All Transaction data is stored in two independent data centers available.

Thus, the full data access for the customers of easycash maintained even in the event of any deterioration of a data center. The transfer of transaction data from connected resellers is encrypted, an IP connection this happens for example in the leading security standard SSL (secure socket layer-standard). Further information: easycash holding GmbH marketing / communications Simone Bruder Tel. 73 307 fax + 49-2102/9 73 226 E-Mail: communications grintsch Marc Nagel / Arne Trapp Tel. 70 63 62 / 54 fax 70 63 80 E-Mail: Internet: of easycash since 1992 developed easycash market-driven solutions for card-based cashless payments. Germany’s largest neutral payment provider offers comprehensive service from a single source: with four business fields of the Mains operation covers all relevant areas of card-based payment solutions group of Terminal and payment services card solutions. Easy cash’s product range includes user-friendly terminals, high-performance solutions in the field of transaction processing and related services precisely tuned. As Germany’s leading provider supports easycash all common payment procedures and allows individual combinations. Comprehensive services and customised solutions complete the full service portfolio. easycash has an own card management and billing system. Thus individual card solutions as full payment systems integrate seamlessly into your existing POS infrastructure. Through the acquisition of the Division of loyalty solutions from Experian Germany in 2007, now easycash loyalty solutions GmbH, could easycash further expand its position in the German market for customer cards and their processing. The Group employs over 360 people and operates approximately 191,000 terminals. The settled payment transactions 2008 totalled 864 million transactions. Easycash market leader in the processing of payment transactions via electronic cash and Maestro has a total of 333 million transactions. Melvin T. Brunetti addresses the importance of the matter here. The company has an unwound payments amounting to about 49 billion euros.