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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">News Release - African Press Organization (APO)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:no-reply@apo-opa.com">no-reply@apo-opa.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:04 PM and 2016 - Visa<br>To: "News Release - African Press Organization (APO)" <<a href="mailto:no-reply@apo-opa.com">no-reply@apo-opa.com</a>><br><br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">If you cannot read that message, <a href="https://appablog.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/uba-cameroon-wins-prepaid-innovative-product-of-the-year-award-for-its-innovative-cobranded-student-id-visa-prepaid/" target="_blank">click here</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">APO content is <b>copyright free</b> and can be republished at will.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><a href="http://www.corporate.visa.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01D076BB.76007DD0" alt="visa.png" height="118" width="205" border="0"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">PRESS RELEASE<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Africa is the continent that will see the largest increase in electronic payments between now and 2016 – Visa<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">UBA Cameroon Wins "Prepaid Innovative Product of the Year" Award for its Innovative "Cobranded Student ID Visa Prepaid"<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u><u></u>
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CASABLANCA, Morocco,<u></u> April 14, 2015/ <b>-- </b>Visa (NYSE: V) (<a href="http://www.corporate.visa.com" target="_blank">http://www.corporate.visa.com</a>), an international electronic payment company, sponsored the Prepaid Summit Middle East event for the sixth consecutive year in 2015. The event was held in Dubai. Uniting over 150 leading participants, this conference is a regional standard for the electronic payments industry.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><u></u><a href="http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/150413v.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="cid:image004.png@01D076BB.DED13980" alt="Capture.PNG" title="" height="248" hspace="12" width="294" border="0" align="left"></a><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Logo: <a href="http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/visa.png" target="_blank">http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/visa.png</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Photo 1: <a href="http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/150413v.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/150413v.jpg</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Photo 2: <a href="http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/150413v1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/150413v1.jpg</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">On this occasion, various awards were presented during a ceremony to regional financial institutions, including a significant number based in Africa and the Middle East. These were Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait, Banque Al Jazira, Banque Libano-Française, Commercial Bank of Qatar, SCC Bank, Kuwait Finance House and United Bank of Africa (UBA) Cameroon. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">After the awards ceremony, UBA Cameroon was crowned the winner of the "Prepaid Innovative Product of the Year" award for its innovative "Cobranded Student ID Visa Prepaid" concept, which aims to provide universities and students with a multi-function Visa card. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Serving as an identification card for the student, with information identifying the student and indicating his or her department and university year, this reloadable prepaid card can also be used internationally. This is the first prepaid programme of its kind in Francophone Africa. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Thanks to its Student UBA prepaid Visa card, UBA Cameroon has signed three partnerships with the largest universities in the country: Université de Douala, Université de Yaoundé 1 and Université de Yaoundé 2. Today, 50,000 cards are used by students at Université de Douala and close to 100,000 more are being produced for Université de Yaoundé 1 and Université de Yaoundé 2. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Speaking on the presentation of the "Prepaid Innovative Product of the Year" award to UBA Cameroon, Mohamed Touhami El Ouazzani, General Manager of Visa for Morocco and Francophone Africa, stated: "I am very happy that UBA Cameroon has been recognised for its efforts in support of the development of electronic payments. <b>Africa is the continent that will see the largest increase in electronic payments between now and 2016</b>. In this area, Visa offers numerous innovation-based mobile banking services and solutions through its partnerships with financial institutions and international mobile phone businesses, notably via Samsung Pay and Apple Pay. Thanks to Visa Token Service technology, these two new services will facilitate secure payments with a broad range of connected devices. They will replace the sensitive payment account information contained on plastic cards with a digital account number that can be stored in complete safety on mobile devices and used to pay for purchases in stores or through apps."<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">This year, the Prepaid Summit Middle East awards committee received a record number of nominations from over 50 countries, including Algeria, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Visa Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Media contact:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Ahmed Reda Kassem<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Corporate Communications Director <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">North and West Africa <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">E-mail: <a href="mailto:akassem@visa.com" target="_blank">akassem@visa.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">About Visa Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Visa (<a href="http://www.corporate.visa.com" target="_blank">http://www.corporate.visa.com</a>) is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. We operate one of the world's most advanced processing networks, VisaNet, which is capable of handling over 56,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Nevertheless, Visa's innovations enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit. For more information, visit the website: <a href="http://www.corporate.visa.com" target="_blank">www.corporate.visa.com</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">SOURCE <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u><u></u>
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