Press release 07/07

Furtwangen, June 22, 2007 – GAD, IT service provider for banks, introduced the security procedure in the fall of 2003.
Reiner SCT, market leader for chip card readers, has a market share of 80 percent.
“This figure demonstrates the trust that Reiner SCT enjoys with its customers,” emphasizes Carsten Sommer, Managing Director of Reiner SCT.
“It has been shown that the chip card-based Smart TAN procedure also paves the way for other chip card solutions in electronic banking, such as HBCI. These solutions will therefore also be of interest to other banking groups in the future.” Reiner SCT is also demonstrating its expertise in online banking in the security offensive recently launched with Star Finanz and the GeldKarte initiative.
Further information: www.sicherheitsoffensive2007.de Images of the handover are available from the Fink & Fuchs agency. (The text comprises approx. 1,147 characters)