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• ACS Discusses NFC for Connected Commerce in Cartes 2014

  HONG KONG, 25 Nov, 2014 - 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 a speaker in Cartes 2014, held in Paris, France, from Nov 4 to 6. Ms. Zoe Ko, ACS Manager for Sales and Marketing Communications, conducted a presentation entitled, “Advocating NFC Towards Connected Commerce.” In the presentation, Zoe 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. It must be noted that 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 NFC or NFC products, 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" 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/1688/acs-discusses-nfc-for-connected-commerce-in-cartes-2014/
• ACS Wins Best Contactless Payments Project in Payments Awards 2014

  HONG KONG, 2 Dec, 2014 - 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 Best Contactless Payments Project in the recently concluded Payments Awards 2014. The award was announced on November 20 in London, UK. ACS’s entry was e-PLUS Tap to Pay, ACS’s end-to-end payment and loyalty solution for the largest mall developer, operator, and retail company in the Philippines. e-PLUS Tap to Pay enables consumers to make payments through a stored-value contactless card to a vast array of merchants throughout the country. The system has introduced benefits for merchants and consumers alike, which are so far unmatched by any other private contactless payment and loyalty systems in the Philippines. Payments Awards is organized by leading technology publications in UK to honor payment technology solutions that set standards for innovation and excellence. e-PLUS Tap to Pay was also shortlisted as Engagement and Loyalty Scheme of the Year. “Since launch, the e-PLUS Tap to Pay has been recognized in different areas of the world as a truly innovative solution for loyalty, payment, and automatic fare collection,” says Gilbert Leung, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “We are pleased that the merits of ACS solutions are being validated by industry experts internationally. We aim to replicate this level of competitiveness for all of our end-to-end solutions.” For more information on ACS’s end-to-end 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/   About Payments Awards Payments Awards is organized by FStech and Retails Systems to recognize cards and payments excellence and technology innovation. Winning entries come from companies, individuals and organizations who have implemented the most outstanding payments initiatives or projects. For more information, visit http://www.payments-awards.com.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/1697/acs-wins-best-contactless-payments-project-in-payments-awards-2014/
• ACS Wins Best Contactless Payments Project in Payments Awards 2014

  HONG KONG, 2 Dec, 2014 - 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 Best Contactless PaymentsProject in the recently concluded Payments Awards 2014. The award was announced on November 20 in London, UK. ACS’s entry was e-PLUS Tap to Pay, ACS’s end-to-end payment and loyalty solution for the largest mall developer, operator, and retail company in the Philippines. e-PLUS Tap to Pay enables consumers to make payments through a stored-value contactless card to a vast array of merchants throughout the country. The system has introduced benefits for merchants and consumers alike, which are so far unmatched by any other private contactless payment and loyalty systems in the Philippines. Payments Awards is organized by leading technology publications in UK to honor payment technology solutions that set standards for innovation and excellence. e-PLUS Tap to Pay was also shortlisted as Engagement and Loyalty Scheme of the Year. “Since launch, the e-PLUS Tap to Pay has been recognized in different areas of the world as a truly innovative solution for loyalty, payment, and automatic fare collection,” says Gilbert Leung, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “We are pleased that the merits of ACS solutions are being validated by industry experts internationally. We aim to replicate this level of competitiveness for all of our end-to-end solutions.” For more information on ACS’s end-to-end 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/   About Payments Awards Payments Awards is organized by FStech and Retails Systems to recognize cards and payments excellence and technology innovation. Winning entries come from companies, individuals and organizations who have implemented the most outstanding payments initiatives or projects. For more information, visit http://www.payments-awards.com.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/1701/acs-wins-best-contactless-payments-project-in-payments-awards-2014/
• ACS Receives Certificate of Merit for Communications in APICTA Awards 2014

  HONG KONG, 10 Dec, 2014 - 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), received a Certificate of Merit for Communications for its contactless smart card reader module technology. The award was given last 30 November in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards. ACS’s entry is the contactless smart card reader module technology, which refers to the platform for many of its smart card readers, developed based on 13.56MHz NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. APICTA judged the entry based on: uniqueness, market potential, functionalities and features, quality, and application of technology. ACS’ contactless smart card reader module technology stands out from the other entries from different countries in the Asia Pacific region. ACS’s contactless reader platform enables ACS to be quicker and more flexible in responding to different new market trends and customers’ requests. The contactless smart card reader module may be used in contactless payment terminals, combined with biometric readers for stronger authentication, or used in mobile card readers to enable transactions anywhere. ACS solutions using this technology are consistently among the first to achieve major certifications, and break into new markets. “In the past, we have been recognized for our end-to-end solutions and our individual devices. This time, we were able to gain recognition for the foundation of many of our products,” says Gilbert Leung, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing, who received the award on behalf of ACS. “This award helps validate our contactless technology roadmap, and prove that the faith of stakeholders in our technologies is well-placed.” This success of the contactless smart card reader module technology was further celebrated by the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS), a non-profit professional organization striving to develop Hong Kong’s IT industry. Every year, HKCS nominates IT products or services that show significant promise societal contributions. This year, ACS was among HKCS’s nominees. ACS was able to share information about its entry in the APICTA Awards 2014-Winners & Merits Sharing Session and Press Conference on 8 December, which convenes the Hong Kong delegates for the APICTA awards, as a way to facilitate knowledge-sharing among Hong Kong’s IT industry players. For more information on ACS’s solutions using its contactless smart card reader module technology, 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/ About APICTA Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) is comprised of national ICT organizations representing their respective economies. APICTA aims to build and enhance a network that promotes ICT; enhances technology innovation, capability and adoption; and encourages the development of indigenous ICT solutions for the global market. For more information, visit www.apicta.net.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/1703/acs-receives-certificate-of-merit-for-communications-in-apicta-awards-2014/
• ACS Receives Certificate of Merit for Communications in APICTA Awards 2014

  HONG KONG, 10 Dec, 2014 - 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), received a Certificate of Merit for Communications for its contactless smart card reader module technology. The award was given last 30 November in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards. ACS’s entry is the contactless smart card reader module technology, which refers to the platform for many of its smart card readers, developed based on 13.56MHz NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. APICTA judged the entry based on: uniqueness, market potential, functionalities and features, quality, and application of technology. ACS’ contactless smart card reader module technology stands out from the other entries from different countries in the Asia Pacific region. ACS’s contactless reader platform enables ACS to be quicker and more flexible in responding to different new market trends and customers’ requests. The contactless smart card reader module may be used in contactless payment terminals, combined with biometric readers for stronger authentication, or used in mobile card readers to enable transactions anywhere. ACS solutions using this technology are consistently among the first to achieve major certifications, and break into new markets. “In the past, we have been recognized for our end-to-end solutions and our individual devices. This time, we were able to gain recognition for the foundation of many of our products,” says Gilbert Leung, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing, who received the award on behalf of ACS. “This award helps validate our contactless technology roadmap, and prove that the faith of stakeholders in our technologies is well-placed.” This success of the contactless smart card reader module technology was further celebrated by the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS), a non-profit professional organization striving to develop Hong Kong’s IT industry. Every year, HKCS nominates IT products or services that show significant promise societal contributions. This year, ACS was among HKCS’s nominees. ACS was able to share information about its entry in the APICTA Awards 2014-Winners & Merits Sharing Session and Press Conference on 8 December, which convenes the Hong Kong delegates for the APICTA awards, as a way to facilitate knowledge-sharing among Hong Kong’s IT industry players. For more information on ACS’s solutions using its contactless smart card reader module technology, 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/ About APICTA Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) is comprised of national ICT organizations representing their respective economies. APICTA aims to build and enhance a network that promotes ICT; enhances technology innovation, capability and adoption; and encourages the development of indigenous ICT solutions for the global market. For more information, visit www.apicta.net.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/1699/acs-receives-certificate-of-merit-for-communications-in-apicta-awards-2014/
• ACS Receives Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion Award in Bangkok

  HONG KONG, 15 Dec, 2014 - 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), attended the Forbes Asia “Best Under a Billion” Forum and Awards Dinner. The event was held on 9 December 2014 in Plaza Athénée, Bangkok, Thailand. Ms. Elsie Lai, Executive Vice President for Product Marketing, represented ACS. The invitation-only event featured a panel session entitled, “Blueprint for Success.” The panel session was included to give awardees insights on how they can grow to being among the top performers in a larger global pool. “We came here not only because we want to celebrate ACS’s second time to be declared as one of Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion” says Elsie. “ACS maximizes every learning opportunity. The panel session has been fruitful, and we are excited to look at how we can use the insights we got here, as another step toward this goal.” ACS was included in Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion in 2010 and 2014 because of its freedom from negative issues regarding management and financial practices; its modest indebtedness; and its positive sales growth, earnings growth, and return on equity. ACS emerged as one of the top 200 companies from a pool of 17,000 candidates across multiple industries. For more information on ACS, or its technologies, 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/1706/acs-receives-forbes-asia’s-best-under-a-billion-award-in-bangkok/
• ACS Wins Technological Achievement Award in 2014 Hong Kong Awards for Industries

  HONG KONG, 19 December, 2014 - 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 recognized in the 2014 Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI). ACS received the Technological Achievement Award for its contactless smart card reader module technology on 18 December at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. HKAI’sTechnological Achievement Award recognizes outstanding achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in pursuit of high-technology and high value-added activities. Entries are evaluated based on excellence, value of intellectual property, contribution to society, and market recognition. The winning entry, contactless smart card reader module technology is the platform for many of ACS’s contactless smart card readers. It is developed based on 13.56 MHz Radio-frequency identification (RFID), ISO14443, and ISO18092 Near Field Communication (NFC) technology which enables communication between a host and a contactless card or NFC-enabled phone. It may be integrated with other technologies (e.g. biometric readers) for stronger authentication or incorporated into mobile card readers to enable even mobile devices without built-in NFC to facilitate contactless transactions. “It has been a big year for ACS’s contactless smart card reader module,” says Gilbert Leung, ACS Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “It has been recognized in and outside Hong Kong, and has served as an essential component of many of ACS’s solutions worldwide. The Technological Achievement Award has given us another thing to be thankful for, and has also compelled us to elevate our efforts even further.” This year, the contactless smart card reader module also received a Certificate of Merit for Communications during the Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards, which recognizes outstanding ICT technologies all over Asia. Furthermore, devices and systems employing the contactless reader module also gained a number of awards internationally. For more information on ACS’s solutions developed using this technology, email [email protected] or visit www.acs.com.hk. Fanny Law, GBS, JP, Chairperson of HKSTP visited ACS's booth during the award ceremony 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/ About HKAI Hong Kong Awards for Industries is an annual awards program, launched in 2005 to recognize outstanding achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in pursuit of high-technology and high value-added activities. It also recognizes various other aspects of performance for Hong Kong enterprises, and boosts competitiveness. The HKAI has six categories: Consumer Product Design, Equipment and Machinery Design, Customer Service, Innovation and Creativity, Productivity and Quality, and Technological Achievement. For more information on HKAI, visit www.hkindustryaward.org.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/1713/acs-wins-technological-achievement-award-in-2014-hong-kong-awards-for-industries/
• ACS Wins Silver Award for e-PLUS Tap to Pay in 2014 IVIE Awards

  HONG KONG, 30 Oct, 2014 - 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 recognized in the 2014 IVIE Awards held last Oct 16 in the Ontario Bar Association, Ontario, Canada. IVIE Awards was organized by ACT CANADA, an international non-profit association serving different stakeholders of the smart card industry. IVIE Awards recognizes “innovation in payments and secure identity products using secure chip technologies.” This year, ACS won a Silver Award for International Payments Benefiting Merchants for e-PLUS Tap to Pay (e-PLUS). e- PLUS is a stored value contactless smart card that embodies the all-in-one card concept. It is a nationwide loyalty and e-payment system provided to the largest shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines. It is used to accept micropayments in retail establishments and select transport systems, and provide perks for cardholders. Given the system’s reach, it is unparalleled in its potential to bring merchants the benefits of contactless payment technology. e-PLUS enables contactless payment and rewards redemption, so operations become more efficient. The system also helps merchants generate data on consumer spending. Since participating merchants are all accessible to consumers through one card, the merchants are all exposed to a wider market. Finally, partner merchants are also able to accept cashless payments without spending for their own technology by piggybacking on the e-PLUS. “With enough traction, systems like e-PLUS can be launch-pads for more value-adding applications,” says Gilbert Leung, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “Today, the e-PLUS is a secure, convenient system for e-payment, loyalty, and automatic fare collection (AFC). Tomorrow, it could be an all-in-one card that delivers the best of smart card technology to more interest groups.” Andrea McMullen, Vice President of ACT Canada presents Bob Merkert, President, Americas for Advanced Card Systems LTD with the 2014 IVIE Silver Award for International Payments Benefiting Merchants. For more information on end-to-end, scalable 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/. About ACT CANADA ACT Canada is a non-profit, federally incorporated association. ACT CANADA supports its members in building competitive advantage in payments, authentication, and identity management. It serves as an information resource and platform for knowledge-creation, insight-sharing, and community-building among its members. ACT Canada aims to grow and educate the market for payment, authentication and identity management technologies. For more information, visit www.actcda.com.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/1716/acs-wins-silver-award-for-e-plus-tap-to-pay-in-2014-ivie-awards/
• ACS Wins Technological Achievement Award in 2014 Hong Kong Awards for Industries

  HONG KONG, 19 December, 2014 - 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 recognized in the 2014 Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI). ACS received the Technological Achievement Award for its contactless smart card reader module technology on 18 December at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. HKAI’sTechnological Achievement Award recognizes outstanding achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in pursuit of high-technology and high value-added activities. Entries are evaluated based on excellence, value of intellectual property, contribution to society, and market recognition. The winning entry, contactless smart card reader module technology is the platform for many of ACS’s contactless smart card readers. It is developed based on 13.56 MHz Radio-frequency identification (RFID), ISO14443, and ISO18092 Near Field Communication (NFC) technology which enables communication between a host and a contactless card or NFC-enabled phone. It may be integrated with other technologies (e.g. biometric readers) for stronger authentication or incorporated into mobile card readers to enable even mobile devices without built-in NFC to facilitate contactless transactions. “It has been a big year for ACS’s contactless smart card reader module,” says Gilbert Leung, ACS Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “It has been recognized in and outside Hong Kong, and has served as an essential component of many of ACS’s solutions worldwide. The Technological Achievement Award has given us another thing to be thankful for, and has also compelled us to elevate our efforts even further.” This year, the contactless smart card reader module also received a Certificate of Merit for Communications during the Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards, which recognizes outstanding ICT technologies all over Asia. Furthermore, devices and systems employing the contactless reader module also gained a number of awards internationally. For more information on ACS’s solutions developed using this technology, email [email protected] or visit www.acs.com.hk. Fanny Law, GBS, JP, Chairperson of HKSTP visited ACS's booth during the award ceremony 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/ About HKAI Hong Kong Awards for Industries is an annual awards program, launched in 2005 to recognize outstanding achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in pursuit of high-technology and high value-added activities. It also recognizes various other aspects of performance for Hong Kong enterprises, and boosts competitiveness. The HKAI has six categories: Consumer Product Design, Equipment and Machinery Design, Customer Service, Innovation and Creativity, Productivity and Quality, and Technological Achievement. For more information on HKAI, visit www.hkindustryaward.org.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/1723/acs-wins-technological-achievement-award-in-2014-hong-kong-awards-for-industries/
• ACS Elected Member of Smart Card Alliance Steering Committees

  HONG KONG, 31 Jan, 2014 - 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), has been elected as a steering committee member for two Smart Card Alliance (SCA) Industry Councils. SCA is a “not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology.” An SCA Industry Council is a focused group composed of alliance members, working to increase industry collaboration in a specific industry or market segment. Councils are headed by steering committees, which set strategy and direction, as well as approve activities and deliverables. From 2015 to 2016, Bob Merkert, ACS President for the Americas, will be part of the steering committees for Health and Human Services, and Access Control. “Membership in these two committees is an excellent opportunity to help accelerate adoption of smart card technology in two key sectors,” says Bob. “Smart card–based healthcare solutions are diverse, ranging from storage of patient records, to prevention of claim fraud. Meanwhile, smart card–based access control encompasses multiple industries, as security becomes a more pressing concern for all. ACS is excited and fortunate to be playing potentially high-impact roles for the smart card industry.” “ACS is working towards the goal of leadership in the industry,” says Gilbert Leung, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “We recognize that to reach this goal, we have to help grow the industry. Beyond growing a business, industry growth represents rewards for all stakeholders: improved services, more secure physical and logical networks, and more efficient operations. We look forward to helping make this happen, in collaboration with other SCA members.” SCA has six active Industry Councils: Access Control, Health and Human Services, Identity, Payments, Transportation, and Mobile and NFC. For more information on SCA Industry Councils and activities, visit www.smartcardalliance.org. For more information on ACS healthcare and access control 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", 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 Smart Card Alliance The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology. Through education, industry and technology councils, events, and outreach programs, the Alliance advocates the use of smart card technology in a way that protects privacy and enhances data security and integrity. The Alliance is comprised of over 200 members from a mix of various industries worldwide. For more information, visit www.smartcardalliance.org.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/1733/acs-elected-member-of-smart-card-alliance-steering-committees/