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NCR wins Poste Italiane Deal with Innovative NCR Personas M Series ATMs


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May 23, 2006

1000 new Postamat ATM kiosks will be deployed for the payment of postal giro slips

Barcelona — NCR and Poste Italiane, the national Italian Post Office, have struck a multimillion euro deal for the deployment of 1,000 NCR Personas M Series automated teller machines (ATMs). In addition to cash dispense, the new units incorporate a groundbreaking new solution for the payment of bills and taxes through postal giro slips.

The customer inserts the giro payment slip into a special image reader integrated within the ATM, named Postamat by Poste Italiane. Once quickly decoded by the system, customers simply use their ATM or bank debit card to complete the transaction.

The implementation means that Poste Italiane customers will no longer need to stand in long lines at the post office counter as they can go straight to the new Postamat self-service kiosk. In addition, the reduced stream of counter customers will free staff time, enabling them to further improve the service and assistance given to customers who need to make more complex transactions.

Thanks, in part, to the Personas M Series’ innovative, compact design for easier installation, these new ATMs will be deployed across the whole of Italy by autumn 2006.

Access for those with disabilities will be enhanced due to the removal of architectural barriers at installation sites. The new solution will also have audio kits to guide the visually-impaired.

“Deployment of the NCR Personas M Series ATMs gives us a world-leading solution,” said Stefano d’Albora, information system director for the Poste Italiane Division. “The ability to handle postal giro slip payments at the ATM is part of our strategic plan to improve customer services at Poste Italiane and further enhance our customer relations.”

“This deployment with Poste Italiane is yet another example of NCR’s commitment to the financial self-service market in Italy,” said Flavio Ballarini, NCR’s vice president of its Financial Solution Division in Italy. “I am confident that this solution, along with NCR’s ongoing focus on technological research and development that improves services for the end-user, will add value to Poste Italiane’s relations with its customers.”

About Poste Italiane

Poste Italiane group combines an Italy-wide offering of postal services with integrated communication, logistic and financial products and services, thanks to a network encompassing nine Country Areas, 140 branch offices and some 14,000 post offices. Poste Italiane draws on a system of commercial, logistic and information networks that enables it to offer a full range of postal management services, from post office products to express courier services to a broad spectrum of financial products.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR’s Teradata® data warehouses, ATMs, retail systems, self-service solutions and IT services provide Relationship Technology™ that maximizes the value of customer interactions and helps organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 28,400 people worldwide.



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