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• ACS Wins Innovative Product Award in National Golden Card Project 2015 Golden Ant Award

  HONG KONG, 11 June, 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), was honoured with the Innovative Product Award of 2015 Golden Ant Award. ACS's entry is ACR35 NFC MobileMate Card Reader. This is the second industry-level award that ACR35 has received after receiving the Best Mobile Payment Product Experience Prize in Golden Pine Awards 2014. Ken Tang, ACS Sales Director for China, received the award on behalf of ACS. The award was announced in a gala dinner by 2015 China International Internet of Things Expo. Golden Ant Award is organized by the National Golden Card Project, which aims to foster the development of smart card‒related businesses in China. Zhang Qi, Director of the National Golden Card Project Office, announced the 2015 winners. The Golden Ant Award is the highest award under the National Golden Card project. It recognizes smart card‒related enterprises and research institutions for their innovative spirit in the deployment and application of smart card projects; for advancing informatization and industrialization; and for giving rise to practical products and excellent achievements. ACR35 NFC MobileMate Card Reader is a new smart card reader that can be used with mobile devices. By combining two card technologies (magnetic stripe and NFC tag), it provides users the flexibility to use magnetic stripe cards and smart cards, without additional hardware costs. ACR35 NFC MobileMate uses AES-128 encryption algorithm and DUKPT Key Management system to secure data. It is perfect for users who wish to transact securely while on the go. ACR35 NFC MobileMate card reader is suitable for applications like mobile banking, mobile payment, e-healthcare, and loyalty. ACS also offers other mobile card readers to meet a wider range of requirements. For more information, please visit www.acs.com.hk or email [email protected]. About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers. ACS is the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. In 2010 and 2014, ACS was listed in Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion", an inter-industry list comprised of 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk/.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/1999/acs-wins-innovative-product-award-in-national-golden-card-project-2015-golden-ant-award/
• ACS Wins Award for Best Mobile Payment Product Experience in Golden Pine Awards

  HONG KONG, 31 March 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), won the Best Mobile Payment Product Experience Prize in Golden Pine Awards 2014. ACS received the award for ACR35 NFC mobile smart card reader. ACR35 is a portable, stylish, simplified and versatile mobile smart card reader that is perfect for users who wish to transact securely while on the go. ACR35 was selected from more than 30 entries. This card reader supports hi-coercivity and low-coercivity magnetic stripe cards conforming to ISO 7810/ISO 7811 specifications, ISO 14443 Type A and B cards, MIFARE cards, FeliCa cards, and ISO/IEC 18092 NFC tags. By combining magnetic stripe and NFC technologies, ACR35 provides its users the flexibility to use magnetic stripe cards and contact smart cards without the additional hardware costs. ACR35 interacts with mobile devices via the standard 3.5 mm audio jack interface. It may be integrated into mobile environments running on iOS (versions 5.0 and above) and Android (versions 2.0 and above), seamlessly extending the usefulness of any mobile device. It delivers NFC reader functionality and mobility, by enabling even mobile devices without built-in NFC to support NFC and contactless applications. To secure transactions, ACR35 is capable of utilizing DUKPT key management system and AES-128 encryption algorithm. ACR35 is suitable for mobile banking, mobile payment, e-healthcare, and loyalty applications. ACS also offers other mobile card readers to meet a wider range of requirements. For more information, please visit www.acs.com.hk or email [email protected]. The Golden Pine Award ceremony was held on the afternoon of May 22, 2015, during the mobile payment feature session of the 9th Payment China 2015 held in Shanghai. About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers. ACS is the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. In 2010 and 2014, ACS was listed in Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion”, an inter-industry list comprised of 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk/. About Golden Pine Award The mpaypass network (http://www.mpaypass.com.cn/) gathered authoritative industry media in IT, financial services, science and technology, third-party payment, NFC and all-in-one cards to hold the first Golden Pine Award Ceremony for the mobile payment industry. The Golden Pine Award presents an industry view of mobile payment products, and invites experts to explore the advantages and future development of each product. In this way, Golden Pine Award facilitates development of the mobile payment industry and strengthens communication about products in the industry.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/2000/acs-wins-award-for-best-mobile-payment-product-experience-in-golden-pine-awards/
• ACS Selected for "Forbes Asia's Best Under a Billion" for the Third Time

  HONG KONG, 3 August 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd. (“ACS”; SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's leading supplier and one of the world's top three vendors of PC-linked smart card readers, has been honoured as one of Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion companies in 2015. This is the third time that ACS has been included in the list, while ACS was also included in the 2010 and 2014 lists. The unranked list comprises the 200 top-performing companies among 17,000 of Asia Pacific’s publicly-listed companies, with revenues between USD5 million and USD1 billion. Performance was measured by the average return on investments over the latest five-year period, in addition to the requirement of consistent growth, modest level of debts and sufficient trading volume. Candidates must also be free from major legal issues and must not have engaged in dubious accounting or management practices. ACS is privileged to be one of only two companies from Hong Kong’s technology sector. “We are excited to be chosen as one of Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion companies for two consecutive years among the fierce competition. Over the past years, we have seen encouraging growth of the Company with record-high revenues posted in the past three years,” says Ms. Tsui Kam Ling, Chairman of ACS. “As a resilient player in the dynamic global market, we are glad to witness the Company celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. This accolade acknowledges our efforts over the past 20 years, and it will spur us to go the extra mile in pursuit of excellence.” About Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd. Founded in 1995, ACS is Asia Pacific's leading supplier and one of the world's top three vendors of PC-linked smart card readers. ACS, together with its subsidiaries was a winner of the Asia Pacific Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan in 2009. In 2010, 2014 and 2015, ACS was included within Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion", an inter-industry selection comprising the 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in Asia Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes these products in more than 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/2020/acs-selected-for-forbes-asias-best-under-a-billion-for-the-third-time/
• ACS an Exhibitor and Speaker in Cards and Payments Philippines 2015

  HONG KONG, 18 August, 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), will be participating in Cards and Payments Philippines. The event will be from 2 to 3 September, in Metro Manila. It will be held at SMX Convention Center, Function Rooms 1 and 2. ACS will be in Booth 01. ACS will be showing all of its product lines. These include ACS’s newest releases, ACR39U, a high-speed PC-linked smart card reader, ACR890, an all-in-one mobile smart card terminal and ACS’s smart card reader modules. ACS will also give demonstrations of its end-to-end smart card-based payment solutions, which have been deployed in various cities worldwide. Khristine Torrefiel, ACS Sales Manager, will be presenting a talk regarding the EMV payment system. Khristine will discuss the benefits of EMV migration for the banking sector, and important considerations for financial institutions that will migrate to EMV. Cards and Payments Philippines will bring together companies from different sectors that want to take advantage of smart card technologies, and technology providers to help them get the full benefits of the latest developments in the industry. For more information on Cards and Payments Philippines, visit http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/cards-and-payments-philippines/index.stm. For more information on smart card products and solutions, email [email protected] or visit www.acs.com.hk. About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers. ACS is the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. In 2010, 2014 and 2015, ACS was listed in Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion" list, an inter-industry list comprised of 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk/.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/2026/acs-an-exhibitor-and-speaker-in-cards-and-payments-philippines-2015/
• 2015 Smart Card Alliance NFC Solutions Summit

  Date: Oct 7 - 8, 2015Venue: Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, Arizona, the USABooth: 100

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/events/
• ACS an Exhibitor in IOTE 2015

  HONG KONG, 10 August, 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), will be an exhibitor in 2015 China (Shenzhen) International Internet of Things and Smart China Exhibition (IOTE 2015). This year the event will be held in Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center on August 20 - 22. Mr. Ken Tang, ACS Sales Director - China, will deliver talk for the Mobile Payment Forum session during the exhibition. His topic is "Advocating NFC Technology Towards Connected Commerce". ACS will be in Booth B93, Hall 2. Organized by IOT World, this event is the largest exhibition of its kind in China. It is an important showcasing and trading platform for the whole industry chain of IOT, RFID technologies in China. Since its first event held successfully seven years ago, the scale of this expo has expanded fast by 20% every year. As a frontrunner in the smart card industry, ACS will display its newly launched products including ACR1252U, a NFC Forum-certified reader; ACR1256U, a reader for personal online top-up applications that is capable to support PKI management; ACR123, an EMV level 1–certified terminal for MasterCard Paypass and Visa PayWave contactless payment applications; ACR890, a handheld all-in-one mobile smart card terminal that combines magnetic stripe, contact, and contactless technologies; ACR1281U-K1, a residents' health card reader with financial functions specifically developed for the Chinese market; ACR32, an audio jack reader for magnetic stripe cards and contact cards; ACR35, an audio jack reader for magnetic stripe cards and NFC tags; and CryptoMateNano, a cryptographic USB token that weighs only a little over four grams. ACS will also display an embedded contact reader module ACM38U-Y3. This product is one of the offerings under ACS’s newly launched Smart Card Reader Module product line, designed to be integrated into embedded systems. Visitors attending the fair are invited to visit our booth. Date: August 20-22, 2015 (Shenzhen) Venue: Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, China ACS Booth: #B93, Hall 2 Forum: 2015 Shenzhen International Financial Mobile Payment Forum Date: 11:10 P.M., August 20, 2015 Venue: Meeting Area 3, Hall 2, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, China Topic: Advocating NFC Technology Towards Connected Commerce About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers, as well as the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. One of the companies on Forbes Asia's "Best Under a Billion" list, a prestigious list of 200 top-performing companies with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion, selected from 12,930 publicly listed enterprises in Asia Pacific, ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide. ACS Technologies (Shenzhen) Ltd. (wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Ltd.) focuses on offering service to customers in China. It seeks for cooperation with various types of Chinese partners. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk/.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/2034/acs-an-exhibitor-in-iote-2015/
• Cartes Secure Connexions 2015

  Date: Nov 17 - 19, 2015Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, Paris, FranceBooth: 4 L 053

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/events/
• ACS Discusses NFC for Connected Commerce in IOTE 2015

  HONG KONG, 26 August, 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), conducted a presentation entitled, "Advocating NFC Technology Towards Connected Commerce" at the Mobile Payment Forum session during IOTE 2015. Mr. Ken Tang, ACS Sales Director for China, conducted the presentation. He highlighted an important distinction between traditional and connected commerce: more than ever, the latter enables shopping to be an instant activity. With traditional commerce, consumers would have to clip out coupons (or print out electronic ones to present during payment), make trips to stores, try out goods, and line up at counters to pay. Meanwhile, connected commerce enables customers to complete the entire shopping process without taking out a physical wallet or going to a brick-and-mortar establishment. With the advent of NFC, connected commerce is no longer confined to accessing websites to participate in transactions. Consumers, for example, can use a mobile device to snap a promotional coupon on the street, log onto a mobile commerce site, receive information from a business, and even review past purchases. As long as a customer has an NFC device, anywhere can be a touchpoint for interaction with a business. Businesses can become truly connected to a consumer’s daily routine in a non-intrusive way. An example cited in the presentation is e-PLUS TaptoPay, an NFC-powered, end-to-end loyalty and payment solution for the largest mall operator in the Philippines. Through a contactless card or NFC phone, the e-PLUS system enables consumers to make electronic payments, avail of discounts and other perks, and benefit from smart queuing in retail establishments. Solutions like e-PLUS are expected to gain wider traction in the next few years. Growth drivers include growing shipments of NFC-enabled phones, and safer, more flexible storage of NFC secure elements. ACS has long encouraged companies to leverage on the potential of NFC to improve services and maximize benefits for different stakeholders. For more information on ACS’s NFC solutions, email [email protected] or visit www.acs.com.hk. About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers. ACS is the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. In 2010, 2014 and 2015, ACS was listed in Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion" list, an inter-industry list comprised of 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/2044/acs-discusses-nfc-for-connected-commerce-in-iote-2015/
• ACS a Sponsor and Exhibitor in NFC Solutions Summit 2015

  HONG KONG, 9 September, 2015 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), will be in NFC Solutions Summit from 6 to 8 October 2015. The event will be in the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. ACS will be in Booth 100. ACS will be exhibiting its latest contactless and mobile smart card readers. These include: ACR123, which can be integrated with existing POS (point-of-sale) terminals or cash registers to facilitate contactless payments; ACR1252, a USB NFC reader certified by the NFC Forum as capable of performing all three NFC modes; and ACR1255, a Bluetooth® NFC reader. Bob Merkert, ACS President for the Americas, will demonstrate applications featuring these devices. NFC Solutions Summit 2015 aims to present “an expanded look at NFC systems and add-ons, the status of the growing NFC ecosystem, the growing world of NFC-enabled payments and other applications, NFC security and other implementations, and global market forecasts.” For more information on NFC Solutions Summit 2015, visit www.nfcsolutionssummit.com. For more information on ACS’s NFC solutions, email [email protected] or visit www.acs.com.hk. About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers. ACS is the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. In 2010 and 2014, ACS was listed in Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion" list, an inter-industry list comprised of 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in the Asia-Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk/.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/2047/acs-a-sponsor-and-exhibitor-in-nfc-solutions-summit-2015/
• ACS Announces the Transfer of Listing From GEM to Main Board of SEHK

  HONG KONG, 29 September 2015 – Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd. (“ACS”) (stock code: 2086) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”), a supplier of smart card and related technologies, are pleased to announce that The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”) has granted ACS the approval for the transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board. ACS has commenced its trading on the Main Board on 29 September 2015 (today) under the new stock code 2086. The last trading day of shares of ACS under its original stock code 8210 on GEM ended on 25 September 2015. Ms Tsui Kam Ling, Chairman and Executive Director of ACS, presents a souvenir to Mr. Tae Yoo, member of Listing Committee of the SEHK.   ACS Executive Directors ("ED") and Independent Non-executive Directors ("INED"), from left: Ms. Grace Kan (Head of IPO Transaction), Mr. Yim Kai Pung (INED), Ms. Kaung Cheng Xi Dawn (INED), Mr. Wong Chi Kit (ED & Co-CEO), Ms. Tsui Kam Ling (Chairman & ED), Mr. Tae Yoo (Managing Director, Head of Client Business Development & FIC Development, Global Markets Division Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited), Mr. Wong Chi Ho (ED & Co-CEO), Mr. Lo Kar Chun, SBS, JP (INED), Mr. Tan Keng Boon (ED & CTO)   About Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd. Founded in 1995, the Group is one of the major suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers. In 2010, 2014 and 2015, ACS was included within Forbes Asia's “Best Under a Billion", an inter-industry selection comprising the 200 top-performing publicly listed companies in Asia Pacific, with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion. The Group develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes these products in more than 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk/.  

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/2053/acs-announces-the-transfer-of-listing-from-gem-to-main-board-of-sehk/