SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (PINKSHEETS:SMKG) Instant Issue Prepaid Gift Card Sales Attain 5800 Cards In Initial Orders

SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (PINKSHEETS:SMKG) CEO Massimo Barone stated, "Since the introduction of Instant Issue Prepaid Gift Cards to our product lineup initial orders totaled 5800 cards in a short period of time. Strong interest is coming from Church, Government, Universities, Small Retailers and Online consumers requiring gift cards for Family, Friends and Incentive programs with smaller dollar size transaction amounts.

"At this time we have Requests for Proposals in excess of 120 000 cards which we anticipate booking above 35% in the next 45 to 60 days for delivery in 2009. The benefit of these short term card orders brings more consumers to Velocitymoney.com introducing for the first time our offering and gaining new longer term customers opting for Reloadable Instant Issue Prepaid cards.

"We currently support programs for Reloadable Instant Issue Cards in the USA, EU and Canada with opportunities in South America and Instant Issue Gift Cards at present only in the USA. As we achieve a broader capacity to reach markets internationally and secure our infrastructure partners the ability to capture Fortune 1000 companies as customers is becoming a reality.”

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