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SLIM CD Certified for Valutec Gift Card Processing

Coral Springs, FL January 31, 2006 – SLIM CD, INC, a software developer and service provider, announces certification of its software on the Valutec gift and loyalty platform. This certification allows merchants to issue and accept Valutec’s gift and loyalty cards at their locations.

“Valutec is honored to be selected as the premier Gift Card Platform to be certified by the Slim CD product. This software solution provides merchants with low-cost, high-speed gift and loyalty processing through Valutec using a standard Internet connection,” said Crispin Crosswy, CIO, Valutec Card Solutions. “The inclusion of Valutec’s Gift and Loyalty programs service makes Slim CD a very complete offering for merchants of all sizes.”

“This certification allows Valutec and Slim CD customers to benefit from the integrated credit card and gift card acceptance solution,” said Sami Slim, CEO and President of SLIM CD. “The SLIM CD Software can now allow merchants to issue and accept gift and loyalty cards right from their PC using the SLIM CD software. E-Commerce merchants can also use the Valutec gift card platform with the SLIM CD Shopping carts to provide gift and loyalty rewards to their customers”.

“Support for Valutec’s gift and loyalty products are an integral part of the new SLIM CD POS Developer’s Kit”, said Frank Haggar, Director of Product Development for SLIM CD, Inc. “We are excited about the rapid acceptance of our toolkit with developers throughout multiple merchant industries, and the inclusion of support for Valutec’s gift and loyalty cards has been a major reason for that acceptance. We look forward to the continued growth of gift card products across all major industries as a result of the services offered with the SLIM CD and Valutec integrated proposition.”

The SLIM CD application suite provides desktop software, industry-specific virtual terminals, fraud detection services and a shopping cart. The SLIM CD software can be used by a variety of industries, including Retail, Restaurant, Hotel, Auto Rental, Direct Marketing, and E-Commerce. Credit, online debit, and check processing transactions are supported. Transactions sent to SLIM CD’s data center are processed through SLIM CD’s high-speed connection in 3-5 seconds, without requiring merchants to have high-speed Internet. Low-cost card-swipe, PIN pad, MICR readers, check imagers and signature capture devices are supported. An Enterprise Edition is available for recurring billing.

The SLIM CD software product is distributed through banks, financial institutions, and ISOs for distribution to merchants. SLIM CD, Inc charges a nominal fee per transaction with a small monthly minimum. Use of the SLIM CD hosted shopping carts is bundled with the SLIM CD services. More information about the SLIM CD product is available at http://www.slimcd.com, where full product manuals and a short video presentation are available.

About SLIM CD, Inc SLIM CD, Inc is an independent and privately held commerce service provider. SLIM CD specializes in credit card processing software products and services for the desktop and the Internet. For more information on the SLIM CD software, contact Frank Haggar at (954) 752-9309 or email: frank@slimcd.com. Additional information regarding SLIM CD, Inc can be found at www.slimcd.com.

About Valutec Card Solutions: Valutec Card Solutions is the leading provider of turnkey gift and loyalty card services to small and mid-market general and specialty retail, restaurant, spa/beauty salon and hospitality merchants. Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, the privately-held company processes gift card payments for more than 20,000 merchant locations throughout the U.S. and has distribution relationships with over 500 Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), processors and acquirers. For more information visit www.valutecinfo.com.

ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION:
Frank Haggar
SLIM CD, INC
1505 University Drive, 3rd fl
Coral Springs, Fla. 33071
(954)-752-9309
http://www.slimcd.com
frank@slimcd.com