Euronet Signs Global Master Services and Network Agreement with Standard Chartered Bank in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Euronet Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT), a leading electronic payments provider, today announced it has signed a global master services agreement with Standard Chartered Bank, a leading international bank with an extensive network in over 50 countries. Standard Chartered Bank has selected Euronet to provide global ATM network services along with ATM and card management services to the Bank in Asia, Africa and the Middle East on a country-by-country basis.

Under the master services agreement, Euronet and Standard Chartered Bank will identify and tailor services relevant to their local country's unique requirements. Currently, Euronet is engaged with Standard Chartered Bank in ten countries. Euronet has finalized service arrangements with SCB Qatar, India and UAE. The Standard Chartered Bank Qatar project is live with Euronet providing ATM driving and card management services. Euronet's processing solution also addresses Standard Chartered Bank Qatar's Europay, MasterCard and VISA (EMV) compliance requirements.

The potential opportunities for Euronet from the global Standard Chartered Bank agreement include ATM management services across 15 countries over the next two years.

Prior to signing the global partnership agreement with the Standard Chartered Bank, Euronet has been managing ATMs for the Bank in India since 2003. The global partnership with Standard Chartered Bank further strengthens Euronet's position as a leading full-service EFT outsourcing partner to banks across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Furthermore, the partnership enables Euronet to leverage its established state-of-the-art data centers in the region - Bahrain, China, India and Indonesia - to process ATM and card services for the Standard Chartered Bank.

"We are very excited to service Standard Chartered Bank, one of the world's leading international banks, in multiple countries," said Michael J. Brown, chairman, CEO and president. "Euronet will enable Standard Chartered Bank to rapidly address ATM network expansion, compliance requirements and provide new transaction functionalities across multiple countries in a very timely and cost-effective manner."

About Euronet Worldwide

Euronet Worldwide is an industry leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. The Company offers outsourcing and consulting services, integrated EFT software, network gateways, electronic prepaid top-up services to financial institutions, mobile operators and retailers, as well as electronic consumer money transfer and bill payment services. Euronet operates and services the largest pan-European group of ATMs and operates the largest Indian shared ATM network. Euronet is also one of the largest providers of prepaid processing, or top-up services, for prepaid mobile airtime. The Company is a licensed electronic money transmitter and bill payment company via Euronet Payments and Remittance, Inc. The Company has processing centers located in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and processes electronic top-up transactions at more than 265,000 point-of-sale terminals across approximately 157,000 retailers in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the U.S. With corporate headquarters in Leawood, Kansas, USA, and 26 worldwide offices, Euronet serves clients in more than 80 countries. Visit the Company's web site at www.euronetworldwide.com.

About Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered - leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Standard Chartered PLC is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is consistently ranked in the top 25 among FTSE-100 companies by market capitalisation.

Standard Chartered has a history of over 150 years in banking and operates in many of the world's fastest-growing markets with an extensive global network of over 1,400 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) in over 50 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom and the Americas.

As one of the world's most international banks, Standard Chartered employs 60,000 people, representing over 90 nationalities, worldwide. This diversity lies at the heart of the Bank's values and supports the Bank's growth as the world increasingly becomes one market.

With strong organic growth supported by strategic alliances and acquisitions and driven by its strengths in the balance and diversity of its business, products, geography and people, Standard Chartered is well positioned in the emerging trade corridors of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Standard Chartered derives over 90 percent of profits from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Serving both Consumer and Wholesale Banking customers worldwide, the Bank combines deep local knowledge with global capability to offer a wide range of innovative products and services as well as award-winning solutions.

Trusted across its network for its standard of governance and corporate responsibility, Standard Chartered takes a long term view of the consequences of its actions to ensure that the Bank builds a sustainable business through social inclusion, environmental protection and good governance.

Standard Chartered is also committed to all its stakeholders by living its values in its approach towards managing its people, exceeding expectations of its customers, making a difference in communities and working with regulators.

For more information on Standard Chartered, please log on to www.standardchartered.com.