Switzerland Travel Centre Cooperates With Wirecard

"Official Vacation Agent of Swiss Tourism" Handles its Payments via the PCI-Certified Platform of the Technology Services Provider

MUNICH and GRASBRUNN, Germany, October 19, 2010 - Switzerland Travel Centre AG (STC), headquartered in Zurich, has opted in
favor of Wirecard AG for the secure processing of payments generated via its
online service. With immediate effect, credit card payments will be processed
via the PCI-certified Wirecard platform. In addition, a credit card
acceptance agreement was signed with the Group's subsidiary Wirecard Bank AG.

STC was established in 1998 - initially trading as Switzerland
Destination Management AG - by Swiss Tourism, Swissair, SBB, hotelleriesuisse
, GastroSuisse and Europcar. The booking platform owned by STC features the
largest range of bookable offers for Switzerland as a holiday location and
enables both individual customers and tourism operators worldwide to make
online reservations for hotels and holiday homes in Switzerland.

Markus Gossmer, CTO at STC AG, explains why the organization chose
Wirecard: "The combination of technology and banking services was
particularly important to us. This means that we only have a single contact
for the entire project. Wirecard turned out to be highly flexible in dealing
with our requirements and has immense industry expertise at its disposal."

"The full combination of technology and banking services from a single
source enables the customer to optimize its processes and cut costs," adds
Jörg Möller, Executive Vice President Sales Travel & Transport at Wirecard
AG.

About Switzerland Travel Centre AG (STC AG):

Switzerland Travel Centre, headquartered in Zurich, was established in
1998 (initially trading as Switzerland Destination Management AG) by
Switzerland Tourism, Swissair, SBB, hotelleriesuisse, GastroSuisse and
Europcar. As the 'official vacation agent of Swiss Tourism', Switzerland
Travel Centre AG operates service centers of its own in Zurich and London
that process more than 270,000 contacts with prospective travelers to
Switzerland as a holiday location each year. STC enables both individual
customers and tourism operators worldwide to make online reservations for
hotels and holiday homes in Switzerland. In connection with the technical
platform that is also made available to distribution partners and
destinations, STC operates a call center in 7 languages as part of its
service mandate from Schweiz Tourismus. The sale of rail products and round
trips to foreign visitors rounds off the profile.

www.stc.ch

About Wirecard:

Wirecard AG is one of the leading international providers of electronic
payment and risk management solutions. Worldwide, the Wirecard Group supports
over 11,000 companies from many and various industry segments in automating
their payment processes and minimizing cases of default. Wirecard Bank AG is
a Principal Member of VISA, MasterCard and JCB and operates as a credit card
acquirer in more than 69 countries around the world, involving over 100
transaction currencies and 15 payout currencies. Part of the Wirecard Group,
Wirecard Bank provides innovative solutions in the fields of corporate
banking, prepaid and co-branded cards, along with account products for both
business and private customers.

Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN
DE0007472060, WDI).

www.wirecard.com | www.wirecardbank.com |
www.mywirecard.com

    Wirecard AG
    Iris Stöckl
    Bretonischer Ring 4
    D-85630 Grasbrunn, Germany
    Tel.: +49(0)89-4424-1424
    Fax: +49(0)89-4424-2424
    E-mail: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
    Internet: www.wirecard.com

Wirecard AG, Iris Stöckl, Bretonischer Ring 4, D-85630 Grasbrunn, Germany, Tel.: +49(0)89-4424-1424, Fax: +49(0)89-4424-2424, E-mail: iris.stoeckl at wirecard.com