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Card processing software
The Company has historically licensed its VisionPLUS credit card transaction processing software to international financial institutions, retailers and
third party processors. Additionally, the Company uses this software as a platform to provide processing services to international financial institutions and
over the next two years plans to convert substantially its entire international card processing services to the VisionPLUS platform. The Company also
generates revenue from custom programming services for certain customers and from software licensing and maintenance fees from its VisionPLUS software.
First Data International Pipeline
The pipeline at December 31, 2007 was approximately 2.1 million accounts the majority of which are retail. The Company expects to convert these
accounts in 2008.
First Data International Segment Competition and Seasonality
Competition and seasonality within the First Data International segment is similar to that of the Commercial Services and Financial Institution Services
segments for the respective product and service offerings and also includes third-party software providers. See discussions above. A noted difference from the
U.S. operations is that there are more and smaller competitors because of the First Data International segment's global span.
First Data International Geographic Mix
The following countries accounted for more than 10% of the segment's revenues from external customers for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006
and 2005, respectively:
Successor
period from
September 25,
2007
through
December 31,
2007
Predecessor
period from
January 1,
2007
through
September 24,
2007
Year ended
December 31,
2006
Year ended
December 31,
2005
United Kingdom 22% 23% 23% 31%
Germany 18% 19% 18% 16%
Australia 13% 12% 15% 20%
No other individual foreign country accounted for more than 9% of the segment's revenues from external customers for the years ended December 31,
2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. No individual foreign country was material to the Company's consolidated revenues. Revenue by geographic region as a
percentage of the total First Data International segment revenue is as follows:
Successor
period from
September 25,
2007
through
December 31,
2007
Predecessor
period from
January 1,
2007
through
September 24,
2007
Year ended
December 31,
2006
Year ended
December 31,
2005
EMEA 61% 60% 62% 61%
LAC 17% 18% 16% 16%
ANZ 12% 13% 17% 20%
Asia 6% 6% 5% 1%
The remaining portion of First Data International's revenue is associated with businesses that do not operate on a geographic basis. The ANZ region
included South Asia in 2006 and 2005.
First Data International Significant Customers
No individual customer makes up more than 10% of the First Data International segment revenue.
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