Ingenico Group Enables Long John Silver’s to Deploy an End-to-End Secure Payment Solution Combining EMV and Point-to-Point Encryption

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346-ING), the global leader in seamless payment, announced today that Long John Silver’s, the largest quick service seafood chain in the U.S., opted to upgrade its payments infrastructure to Ingenico Group’s EMV- and NFC-ready payment terminals to support its upcoming transition to the EMV payment standard in the U.S. The Ingenico Group solution will enable Long John Silver’s 580+ U.S. locations to accept both magnetic stripe and EMV cards, and also provides a platform for mobile wallet acceptance, such as Apple Pay, in the future.

According to Long John Silver’s executives, improved security and PCI compliance were the main drivers for the change. “As we prepared for the advent of chip-based cards, we also wanted to implement a solution with point-to-point encryption (P2PE) to provide bulletproof security over our customers’ cardholder data, while also easing the process of meeting increasingly complex PCI requirements,” said Craig Daniel, chief financial officer for Long John Silver’s. “During our competitive evaluation, Ingenico proved to have the most secure technology, the greatest experience with EMV, and the most flexible solution that allowed us to leverage our existing infrastructure without having to spend millions of dollars on network and infrastructure upgrade costs.”

Increasing instances of data breaches in the U.S. are driving many quick service restaurants (QSRs) to implement a multi-layered approach of EMV plus P2PE in order to fully protect cardholder data. This multi-layered approach also enables merchants to limit the overall cardholder data environment, thus reducing PCI scope. By leveraging Ingenico Group’s EMV and P2PE solution, Long John Silver’s will dramatically reduce the costs and effort associated with complying with PCI DSS.

“Ingenico Group has a great track record in the QSR space, and of course we offer the deepest expertise in both EMV and P2PE, gained from our thirty years of experience in delivering secure payment solutions to thousands of merchants around the world,” said Thierry Denis, president of Ingenico Group North America. “We’re looking forward to partnering with the Long John Silver’s team as they take this important step of preparing for EMV and strengthening the overall security of their payment infrastructure.”

About Ingenico Group

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING) is the global leader in seamless payment, providing smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online and mobile. With the world’s largest payment acceptance network, we deliver secure payment solutions with a local, national and international scope. We are the trusted world-class partner for financial institutions and retailers, from small merchants to several of the world’s best known global brands. Our solutions enable merchants to simplify payment and deliver their brand promise. Learn more at www.ingenico.com or twitter.com/ingenico.

About Long John Silver’s

Long John Silver's, America's largest quick serve seafood chain, was founded in Lexington, KY., in 1969 and moved its international headquarters to Louisville in 2003. Long John Silver's provides franchise service, food innovation and marketing support to approximately 1,250 Long John Silver's restaurants located throughout the United States and in Asia. For more information, please visit www.ljsilvers.com.