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Wishing you Seasons Greetings
and a happy and profitable 2006

As 2005 ends we’d like to thank all of our customers and partners for their support this year. We know how busy everyone is, so we’re keeping this issue brief - our last sale for 2006, a new partner signed, and a look ahead to our next conference in March 2006. The latest Goldfinch report considers the EFTPOS-powered New Zealand economy, where banks are using existing EFTPOS infrastructure to enable the use of mobile phones as EFTPOS payment devices. As usual, these sometimes controversial reports carry the disclaimer that they represent the personal opinion of Peter Goldfinch, rather than the views necessarily of GFG Group. We hope you'll find this update worthwhile. Please do send me your comments and feedback here and please do subscribe others as appropriate.

Seasons Greetings,
Marie Tamplin-Woods
Group Sales and Marketing Manager
GFG Group

Indonesian bank buys GFG:FINsim

Indonesia's LippoBank has completed a purchase of GFG:FINsim for ATM, POS, Stress and Regression testing.

LippoBank is one of Indonesia's largest banks, with over 396 branches in 120 cities across Indonesia. GFG Group would like to commend partner Anabatic Technologies Asia Pacific, who demonstrated a winning blend of domain expertise and market knowledge throughout the sale process.

GFG Group signs first partner in Middle East

GFG Group has appointed Dubai-based Abbrevia as its preferred partner for Mobile Payments in the Middle East.

Abbrevia is a payments solutions and services specialist with operations in the Middle East, North Africa & South Asia regions. GFG Group has opted for a strategic partnership with this organisation to engage in the emerging mobile commerce and cards market in the Middle East. For more information on Abbrevia please click on the following link: http://www.abbrevia.com

Next GFG Group conference set for end of March

GFG Group's annual conference is slated for end March 2006, with the conference theme being unveiled in the new year - watch this space!

Conference 2006 will be held once again at the Hotel du Vin, a venue that attracted much praise from GFG Group conference goers last year. The hotel, which is set in a picturesque green valley and surrounded by native forest and vineyards, also has a beautiful new spa. For more information on the venue please click on the following link: http://www.hotelduvin.co.nz/

Mobile Payments turn phones
into virtual EFTPOS machines

Vodafone New Zealand’s HotLink is a virtual eftpos solution based on the concept of treating mobile phones as a payment channel. Banks can facilitate mobile phone payments with little need to change their back office systems. Mobile payments integrate into the existing payment infrastructure, and are compliant with existing standards. Read the latest Goldfinch Report

Cadencie User Forum

These services are only available to Cadencie customers that have agreed to be part of the forum. Read the latest meeting report or visit the Cadencie online forum




	Outsmarting the competition

	At Smart Communications - the Philippines' leading wireless services provider - GFG's innovative Smart Money solution enables customers to use their cellphones to make payments. read more



	Payment solutions you can bank on

	At Australia's Bendigo Bank, GFG's Cadencie solution for merchant acquiring and management has transformed the profitability of Bendigo's card systems and provided a stable platform for new value added services. read more