IRVINE, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 13, 2002–SSP-Litronic, the Government Enterprise Division of information assurance provider SSP Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:SSPX), today announced an estimated $9,990,000 multiple award from the Department of Defense (DoD) for a firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of Common Access Card (CAC) Middleware, to include software licenses, media and maintenance, to function with the DoD Common Access Card.

BELLEVUE, Wash., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 12, 2002–The Leading Smart Card Technology Solutions Provider Plans Global, Phased Implementation To Provide Holistic View of Customer and Improve Customer Service

MINNEAPOLIS, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 13, 2002–Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO), Sony Chemicals Corporation Japan (SCC), and Sony Chemicals Corporation of America (SCCA) today announced the creation of a global technology and business alliance, as well as the amicable settlement of all pending litigation between the companies.

Concord EFS, Inc, a leading electronic commerce provider, has awarded Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) a contract valued at an estimated $13 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Concord will deploy tens of thousands of Hypercom® card payment terminals and peripherals, including the ICE™ 5700 with integrated motorized check reader, along with Hypercom’s value-added electronic signature and receipt capture, and ICE-PAC® on-screen/receipt advertising Web-based services. The ICE 5700 with integrated motorized check reader serves as the platform for Concord’s proprietary STAR Universal Terminal, which integrates credit, debit, electronic benefits transfer, check conversion and warranty services, and IDLogix™ age verification.

DETROIT & TORONTO, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 21, 2002–Catuity, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTTY) (ASX:CAT), a leader in loyalty software applications, today announced it has signed an agreement with KESM Transaction Solutions to be the exclusive provider of the loyalty application for Belgium-based Banksys terminals. The Banksys terminal–C-ZAM/Smash–is distributed in North America by BNA Smart Payment Systems, for which KESM also provides certified credit/debit applications. The Catuity loyalty application, considered best of breed, is expected to be installed along with payments on the multi-application terminal.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2002–Visa U.S.A. today unveiled the smart Rewards Platform, a fully integrated, chip-enabled rewards solution with end-to-end transaction and servicing capabilities. Vying to significantly reduce financial, technical and time-to-market burdens currently faced by card issuers and merchants, Visa’s shared-system initiative is expected to accelerate the adoption of rewards services on multi-application smart cards.

TORONTO, ON and IRVINE, CA, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–HID Corporation and Bioscrypt Inc. (TSE: BYT) today jointly unveiled a practical and affordable new solution for access control that combines the high security of biometrics with a new generation of recently announced contactless smart cards from HID called iCLASS.

Gemplus–Delivering security–i.e. ensuring access is granted only for authorized usage by authorized cardholders–is the fundamental attribute of smart cards. The effectiveness of smart cards in delivering security is one of the reasons they have been so widely adopted, especially in financial services and mobile phones, why the growth of smart cards has been explosive, and why their usage is expected to expand rapidly for other applications such as personal identity cards, health, transport and access to pay TV/entertainment.

According to an article in Government Computer News (http://www.gcn.com) the Federal Aviation Administration will issue more than 50,000 smart cards to employees and contract workers this year.

LUXEMBOURG, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Gemplus (Euronext: Sicovam 5768) (Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announced that industry analysts have confirmed the company’s market-leading position for the fourth year running. This news reflects a year when the company delivered such technology breakthroughs as Target Corporation’s Target smart Visa™ card, China Unicom’s first smart card-based CDMA network, NTT DoCoMo’s 3G Launch and the shipment of the ten millionth Java™ technology-based smart card to the Financial Services market in the US.