Wirecard and ALDI sign MOU and agree collaboration / Wirecard to process credit card and international debit card payments at point-of-sale throughout Germany

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) - Wirecard, the global innovation leader
for digital financial technology, and the ALDI Nord and ALDI SÜD
Groups have signed an MOU and plan to work together in the area of
cashless payments.

Within the scope of the partnership, Wirecard will process all
credit card and international debit card payments at all ALDI stores
in Germany. The possibility of expanding the cooperation is also
being considered.

"Wirecard and ALDI share a common vision of making lasting
improvements to the customer experience. In the retail sector,
optimal payment processes, which we can enable, play a key role in
this. We are therefore very pleased to be working with ALDI and
developing our partnership in the future," said Christian Reindl, EVP
Retail & Consumer Goods at Wirecard.

"We always aim to offer our customers the easiest and fastest
service - and that includes the payment process," said Sebastian
Jockel, Deputy Head of Financial Management at ALDI Nord.

"With Wirecard, we have found a reliable partner to facilitate
smooth payments for our customers," explained Guido Niechcial,
Corporate Finance & Administration Director at ALDI SÜD

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business
customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of
real-time value-added services built around innovative digital
payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem
concentrates on the areas payment & risk, retail & transaction
banking, loyalty & couponing, data analytics & conversion rate
enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard
operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets and
holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card
networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX
and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). Visit us on www.wirecard.com, follow
us on Twitter @wirecard and on Facebook @wirecardgroup.

About ALDI:

ALDI is one of the leading international retail companies. With
more than 100 years of merchant tradition, the ALDI brand is the
number one store in the discount segment in Germany. Around 69,000
employees in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain make a decisive contribution
to the long-term success of the ALDI Nord Group. With over 1,910
branches and 30 regional companies, the ALDI SÜD Group is represented
in southern and western Germany. The company employs more than 47,100
people in Germany, including over 4,800 trainees. ALDI SÜD is present
in eleven countries worldwide: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA,
UK, Ireland, Australia, Slovenia, Hungary, China and Italy.

Contact:
Iris Stoeckl
Tel.: +49 (0) 89-4424-1424
Email: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
http://www.wirecard.com
ISIN DE0007472060
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