Paris, November 3, 2008–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading provider of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, is announcing a partnership with the French company Cash Systèmes Industrie, which is specialised in the design and manufacturing of point of sale terminals. The partnership will allow Cash Systèmes Industrie to integrate LEGIC technology into its payment terminals. LEGIC multi-applications, thus, will be even more accessible to end users in France where secure and flexible personal identification solutions are increasingly required for example in hotel industry, catering, all types of retail and institutions.

CASH SYSTEMES INDUSTRIE integrates LEGIC technology into its point of sale terminals

The new partnership between LEGIC and Cash Systèmes Industrie opens the way to new e-payment applications for end users in France. Cash Systèmes Industrie has elected to integrate LEGIC contactless smart card technology into its point of sale terminals for all cashless transactions. Hoteliers, caterers and canteens will be able to use these terminals to offer their customers more secure and modern means of payment.

Alain Bessou, President & Marketing Director of Cash Systèmes Industrie, says: “For a French company like ours, which specialises in point of sale terminals, it was a deciding factor to be able to rely on contactless payment technology which is perfectly secure, proven, and recognised throughout the entire world. This partnership meets our customers’ expectations in terms of flexibility and guarantees a good return on investment.”

Dr Otto Eggimann, Vice President Sales & Business Development of LEGIC, says, “France is a key market for LEGIC. We are therefore delighted to be expanding our network of local partners. In Cash Systèmes Industrie, we have found a robust partner with whom we envisage a long-term future which will help to better satisfy the needs of LEGIC end users in France.” Otto Eggimann continues: “We are convinced that belonging to the LEGIC global network of partners will further confirm the good position Cash Systèmes Industrie enjoys within its market, in particular by enabling the company to develop its offer.”

About LEGIC® Identsystems

Ltd LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, with headquarters in Switzerland, is the world leader in the design and manufacture of 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology. The LEGIC product portfolio includes highly integrated LEGIC RF Standard, ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 compliant read/write chip sets, security modules and transponder chips. LEGIC Identsystems currently works with over 200 external co-operation partners world-wide who offer compatible LEGIC all-in-one-card applications including access control, e-payment, parking, e-ticketing and other multiapplications. More than 1 million readers and over 70 million credentials are successfully integrated in more than 50,000 work and leisure places worldwide. LEGIC is a leading member of the NFC forum.

About CASH SYSTEMES INDUSTRIE

Founded in 1992 in Fréjus (Var), CASH SYSTEMES INDUSTRIE (headquartered in Saint Raphaël) differentiates itself by manufacturing its own electronics and designing software to meet its customers’ needs in terms of point of sale terminals with proprietory achitecture. C.S.I also manufactures point of sale terminals with PC architecture, such as the CSI POS. As a result, C.S.I, responds to the need of individual cusomers and hospitality chains. With more than 60,000 point of sale terminals sold throughout the entire world since 1992, Cash Systèmes Industrie is the European leader in its market. The company has experienced great success in the French market, and specialises in manufacturing point of sale systems for the hotel and catering industry and institutional catering outlets (for both staff and service users). Cash Systèmes Industrie produces its own hardware and software to ensure complete control over production quality. In order to be as close as possible to its customers and partners, Cash Systèmes Industrie has developed a strong local and international presence. With 90 resellers in France, Cash Systèmes Industrie is able to provide an effective response to the needs of its French customers. This French company also has an international scope thanks to its four branch offices in Paris, Sao Paulo, Casablanca and Berlin, as well as importers in 27 countries across the five continents.

More information is available from the website: http://www.cashsystemes.eu.