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Hitachi becomes first to deploy 10,000 Cash Recycling Machines
in India and helps reduce cash in circulation

Mumbai, October 12, 2017 --- Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (Hitachi PaymentServices), a provider of comprehensive cash and non-cash payment solutions andservices, and Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp. (Hitachi-Omron TerminalSolutions), a leading vendor of Cash Recycling Machines (CRMs) in the world, today
announced that they have achieved the feat of deploying more than 10,000 CRMs inIndia. Hitachi is the first company to deploy this number of CRMs in India and has
assisted in reducing cash in circulation which is the ‘need of the hour’ post
demonetisation. The company has installed these CRMs for over 40 banks including
public, private, co-operative and small finance banks.
Currently, of India’s 250,000 ATMs, over 20,000 are CRMs. Hitachi is the leader inCRM segment with about 50% market share. By FY2018, the CRM industry isexpected to grow significantly, considering replacement of old ATMs and fresh
requirements from banks.
These CRMs are being manufactured in Bengaluru under the aegis of theMake-in-India program and contribution to job creation and economic development inIndia by Hitachi Terminal Solutions India Private Limited (Hitachi Terminal Solutions
India), a subsidiary of Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions and an associate company ofHitachi Payment Services. This facility would also support the company’s plans toexport CRMs to other Asian markets.
On the event of reaching the 10,000 milestone, Hitachi Payment Services’ Managing
Director Loney Antony said, “We are happy to have achieved this milestone bypartnering various banks across the country. We have been pioneers in thistechnology and have helped banks deploy the machines in branches, offsites as wellas their customer locations solving complex cash and business problems. We believethat there is a huge opportunity available for banks in the coming years. Since CRMs
are interoperable, there is a big revenue opportunity for banks to deploy CRMs. About
25% of the country’s ATMs are more than eight years old and would come up for
replacement / upgrade. With the interoperability revenue opportunity, cost andoperational efficiency that the CRM technology provides for, it is a better alternative tothe traditional ATM and would help financial institutions in their automation strategy.”
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions’ Representative Director and President Tetsuji
Shimojo said, “We are happy to have achieved this milestone in India with our partner,
Hitachi Payment Services. Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions was the first company toenter the Indian market with CRM and has been developing CRMs adapted to theIndian environment. In 2015, the numbers of active machines exceeded 5,000 units
and we established a position as a leading company of CRM. We believe that oursophisticated technology has enabled this 10,000 milestone achievement. In order tocontribute to job creation and economic development promoted by ’Make-in-India’
from now on, we will continue to support the construction of financial infrastructure in
India with the great support of Hitachi Payment Services and Hitachi TerminalSolutions India.“Background:
For financial institutions, the cost of handling cash represents a significant part of ATM
operating costs. A CRM is designed to recycle deposited cash for use in subsequent
withdrawal transactions. The benefit of deploying a CRM is 24x7 availability, lower
teller costs, reduced cash replenishment / handling costs as well as enhanced
efficiency due to recycling. This has been proven in the existing implementation of theHitachi CRM throughout the country. Retailers have recognized the immense value ofthese machines and are adopting recycling technology as it automates the manual
process of counting and sorting of cash, thereby streamlining the administrative andcash management processes and can also detect fraudulent notes. CRMs aredesigned to support the Digital India*1 initiatives by display of Bharat QR code*2 for
Cardless withdrawal, soft-keyboard for data-entry of UPI*3 transactions andAadhaar*4-enabled biometric thereby making it more customer-friendly.
Note *1: A flagship program of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally
empowered society and knowledge economy*2: A common QR code built for cashless payment*3: Unified Payments Interface*4: A 12 digit unique-identity number issued to all Indian residents

Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions is the world leader in CRM technology with over 40years of expertise across markets. For the Indian market, in 2010, Hitachi-Omron
Terminal Solution had captured the deposit demand for ATMs, entering the Indianmarket through the sales of CRMs and delivered several hundred units to major banks.
And also in 2014, we realized the CRM operation at a major state-owned bank which
was for the first time in India among ATM vendors. Its experience in markets such as
Japan and South East Asia – where it has played a pivotal role in migration from Cash
Dispensers to CRMs, would be helpful as it plans to replicate the model in India aswell.

About Hitachi Payment Services
Hitachi Payment Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. Founded in
2008, Hitachi Payment Services provides secure, innovative and comprehensive cash
and non-cash payment solutions and services to financial institutions, merchantaggregators as well as new age companies driving the digital economy. A pioneer inthe Indian payments space, its offerings under cash platform include ATM services –Bank & White Label, Banking Automation Products like Cash Recycling Machines andATM Software Platforms. Its offerings under non-cash platform include Merchant
Payment Solutions such as POS services, Transit Solutions and Merchant Aggregator
Solutions, Digital Payment platforms including UPI, Bharat QR, Electronic Toll
Collection and E-commerce Payment Gateway and lastly Card Issuance Solutions.
With over 10,000 CRMs, 55,000 ATMs, 700,000 POS devices (including Mobile POS)
under management, it is one of the leading payment services providers in India.
About Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is member ofHitachi Group and a leading vendor of Cash Recycling Machines in the world.
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions provides highly reliable CRMs and bank systems
that embody real user needs. The company supports a secure, safe, and comfortablesociety through our prominent technologies and innovative solutions.

For more information about Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, please visit the website
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