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FinTech Group AG: SafeCharge is taking a strategic stake of 5% in FinTech Group - Seite 2

our presence throughout the payments system. Our investment in FinTech
Group underscores the importance of the partnership to the Group and our
commitment to growth."

SafeCharge International Group Limited is a global provider of payments
services, technologies and risk management solutions for online and mobile
businesses. The SafeCharge group has a diversified, blue chip client base
and is a trusted payment partner for customers from various e-commerce
verticals. SafeCharge has been Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
("PCI-DSS") Level 1 certified since 2007 and is listed on the London Stock
Exchange AIM market (LSE: SCH). The company's wholly owned subsidiary,
SafeCharge Limited, is an authorized Electronic Money Institution regulated
by the Central Bank of Cyprus and a principal member of MasterCard Europe
and Visa Europe. The SafeCharge group has operations in the UK, Cyprus,
Bulgaria, Israel, Germany, Austria and Ireland.

The new shares will shortly be included in trading in the Open Market of
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Entry Standard) and will be entitled to
participate in dividends with effect from 1 January 2014. However,
SafeCharge has agreed on a 12 months lock up to demonstrate the long term
investment horizon and the strategic nature of the investment. Hauck &
Aufhäuser Privatbankiers acted as transaction partners for the capital
increase.

About FinTech Group
FinTech Group AG is one of Europe's leading financial services technology
companies with two pillars: online retail banking and brokerage business
under own brands (B2C); and white label banking business for third parties
(B2B).

In the B2C segment, the business's core brand is FLATEX with approximately
150,000 private clients and assets under administration of approximately
EUR4.8bn. The B2B business comprises XCOM Group (www.xcom.de), one of the
most successful providers of software and technology solutions for banks
and financial services companies in Europe, with more than 250 clients. The
XCOM subsidiary BIW Bank (www.biw-bank.de) is licensed by the German BaFin
to provide the full range of banking services and is affiliated to the
Deposit Insurance Fund (Einlagensicherungsfonds) of the Bundesverband
deutscher Banken e.V. (Federal Association of German Banks). For more than
20 years, XCOM Group has been one of the most important technology and
outsourcing partners of the German banking industry and today is also one
of the most successful partners of Germany's rising fintech industry.