Madrid, March 9, 2010 - Convego® Air Mobile, the sticker for contactless payment from Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), was a winner at this year's CIT Golden Card awards in the category of "most innovative payment card".
Organized since 2002 by IIR, the Institute for International Research, the Golden Card awards set out to recognize excellence in the smart card industry. The awards are given in conjunction with the CIT Congress, Spain's leading smart card event, held annually in Madrid. This will take place on March 9-10 this year, when G&D will present its Convego Air Mobile card.

Convego® Air Mobile is a sticker which enables the user to pay contactlessly. The sticker contains the full functionality of a credit or debit
card. Once the thin and pliable foil has been affixed to a cellphone or PDA the device can be used to pay bills at all cash terminals and ticket machines supporting the worldwide contactless MasterCard® PayPass standard. The pay sticker is an important transitional technology on the way to contactless payment transactions by cellphone. "Convego Air Mobile adds an ideal new dimension to credit and debit card
services. By affixing the sticker to their cellphone, users can pay small amounts contactlessly, which means they do not have to carry as much cash on them," explains Axel Deininger, Head of the Payments division at G&D. "We expect Convego Air Mobile to speed up the market for contactless payment methods," Deininger adds.

The Convego Air Mobile payment sticker measures 43 x 33 millimeters (1.7 x 1.3 inches) and can therefore be affixed to any recent cellphone,
smartphone or PDA. The surface of the sticker provides enough space for customer-specific designs and optical personalization by laser engraving.

About Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading international technology provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. With a headcount of around 10,000 employees, the Group generated sales of EUR 1.7 billion in fiscal 2008. Founded in 1852, G&D is a global market leader and pioneering innovator in banknote production and processing, smart card solutions for telecommunications and electronic payment, and security documents and identification systems. 49 subsidiaries and joint ventures across more than 30 countries ensure customer proximity worldwide. For more information, visit our website at: www.gi-de.com.