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INGENICO prosecutes GREATER INTEREST IN IVI CHECKMATE

Feb 21 2001 (Card of recent origins Vol. 16, No. 4 via COMTEX) -- In a instigate
long speculated about at POS industry insiders, Paris-based Ingenico
SA earlier this month revealed it was in negotiations to purchase
a majority of IVI Checkmate [CMIV] for the use of all stock. Ingenico, which currently
own approximately 9 percent of the outstanding shares of IVI Checkmate
capital stock, has proffered to purchase newly issued often met with shares
from the company at not more than $300 by means of share. Based on that price,
the deal would be worth about $55 million.