Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service Launches Asia-Pacific's First Virtual Card Solution for Secure E-Commerce Powered by Trintech

Business Wire, March 22, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Largest Visa Card Issuer in Korea to Roll Out

Internet-Centric Cards to Its 5.4 Million Customer

and 820,000 Merchant Base for eCommerce and mCommerce Platforms

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000

Trintech Group (Nasdaq:TTPA)(Neuer Market:TTP), a leading provider of secure electronic payment infrastructure solutions, today announced that Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service(KEBCS), Korea's largest Visa card issuer, is launching the first virtual credit card payment solution in Asia-Pacific, utilizing Trintech's PayWare eIssuer (formerly known as PayGate NetIssuer) technology.

KEBCS plans to roll out the eIssuer technology across the country in the coming months. Trintech's eIssuer solution allows the company to authorize and distribute secure virtual credit cards to their 5.4 million cardholder base, expanding KEBCS's brand presence on the Internet, while reducing the fraud associated with eCommerce transactions.

Trintech's PayWare eIssuer provides consumers with a convenient and secure "drag and drop" payment mechanism for Internet transactions, with the potential to link to a host of e-banking services. PayWare eIssuer can allow issuers to increase card transaction volume, create and extend relationships with cardholders and improve brand reach.

"We are delighted to take the lead in the Korean market with the launch of the region's first virtual credit card offering," says Sang-Chul Kim, President of Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service. "The eIssuer payment technology provided by Trintech leads the industry in terms of ease of use and flexibility. We believe the Trintech solution provides a distinct advantage over the existing method of payment by combining credit, debit and prepaid capabilities in one package, as well as identifying the user during each transaction."

"Asia-Pacific is playing a leading role in the deployment of leading-edge Internet technology," says John McGuire, Chief Executive Officer of Trintech. "KEBCS is providing its customers with a Web-centric payment tool that cuts down on the tedious business of filling out multiple payment forms, while reducing the fraud associated with misuse of credit card information when shopping on the Internet."

About Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service

Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service Co., Ltd. (KEBCS), first principal member of Visa and first Issuer in Korea, was established as a fully independent credit card company in 1988, when it separated from KEB to specialize in the credit card business. To keep pace with Korea's booming economic growth in the '90s, the company has expanded and has diversified its business activities by developing a wide range of innovative products and services, built up a strong customer base, and established an extensive branch network.

Today KEBCS has 5.4 million cardholders and 820,000 merchant relationships. KEBCS can be contacted in South Korea at 935-34 Pangbae-dong Seoco-ku Seoul 137-716 (Tel 82-2-524-8000), and reached on the Web at http://www.kebcard.co.kr.

A Joint venture with Olympus Capital as American direct investment group, was successfully established in December 1999. Olympus Capital invested approximately $90 million in KEBCS.

About Trintech

Founded in 1987, Trintech Group PLC is a leading provider of secure electronic payment solutions for card-based transactions in the physical world and over the Internet. The company offers a complete range of payment software products for credit, debit, commercial and procurement card applications, as well as being a world leader in the deployment of payment solutions for Internet commerce that are fully SSL and SET(tm) compliant.

Trintech's range of scalable open systems architecture solutions for UNIX(R) and Windows NT(tm) platforms covers consumer, merchant and financial institution requirements for physical payments and the emerging world of electronic commerce.

Trintech can be contacted in the U.S. at 2755 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94003 (Tel: 650/227-7000) and in Ireland at Trintech Building, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 (Tel: 353-1-207-4000). Trintech can be reached on the Web at http://www.trintech.com.

This press release may contain "forward looking statements" within The meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any "forward looking statements" in this press release are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the ability to develop, market and sell its e-commerce software, the market acceptance of the SSL or SET standards for e-commerce payment transactions, its ability to effectively respond to future changes in the e-payment software market and, in particular, the market acceptance by card issuers of PayWare eIssuer. Actual performance may also be affected by other factors more fully discussed in Trintech's Form F-1and Form 6-K for the quarter ended January 31, 2000 filed with the US. Securities and Exchange Commission.