Nordic payment and card services company renews IT outsourcing contract with CGI

HELSINKI, FINLAND--(Marketwired - Sept. 10, 2014) - CGI (NYSE:GIB)(TSX:GIB.A) and Nets, a leading Northern European payment and card services provider, announced today that they have signed a three-year outsourcing contract for operational IT and infrastructure services. The new multi-million euro contract is an extension of a partnership started in 2010. CGI has been providing infrastructure services for Nets in Finland since 2010, including a full outsourced server and a data center.

"For Nets, the security and undisturbed operation of card payments is of utmost importance," said Heikki Kapanen, country manager for Nets in Finland. "CGI has strong expertise in the bank and finance industry, as well as in the supply of global services. This motivated us to continue our cooperation with CGI."

"In addition to delivering operational services at a high security level, we have delivered real-time card payment systems and solutions for authority reporting and for the prevention of money laundering and card payment fraud in many countries," said Leena-Mari Lähteenmaa, vice president of infrastructure management and outsourcing for CGI in Finland. "Presently, the industry is focused on high security cloud services, and CGI is also innovating in this area."

CGI's services for Nets are unique in the market and comply with the rigorous PCI DSS standard for payment card transaction security.

Nets operates in the Nordics and has a wide network, including numerous banks, resellers and companies. In 2013, the company handled more than 6 billion card transactions supporting more than 33 million payment cards and more than 500,000 merchants in the Nordics.

About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. Approximately 68,000 professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive portfolio of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess of C$10 billion and an order backlog of approximately C$19 billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Website: www.cgi.com.