Vantiv's Patty Walters Elected Vice Chair of Steering Committee to Provide Cross-Industry Leadership for EMV Chip Migration

CINCINNATI, Feb. 26, 2015 - Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, announced today that Patty Walters, senior vice president, EMV corporate strategy at Vantiv, has been elected vice chair of the 2015-16 EMV Migration Forum Steering Committee to lead education in the industry on the EMV chip migration.

The EMV Migration Forum anticipates 2015 to be a pivotal year for the U.S. payments ecosystem as the market transitions to more secure EMV chip payment cards. By the end of 2014, an estimated 120 million chip cards had been issued, and this number is expected to skyrocket to 600 million by the end of 2015. The Forum and its leadership have made major strides in advancing the progress of the migration by providing a platform for cross-industry cooperation and coordination for industry stakeholders.

The EMV Migration Forum is made up of 175 member organizations including global payments brands, financial institutions, merchants, processors, acquirers, regional debit networks, industry associations and industry suppliers. For more information about the EMV Migration Forum, visit http://www.emv-connection.com/emv-migration-forum.

About U.S. EMV Migration
Commonly used globally in place of magnetic stripe, EMV chip technology helps to reduce card fraud in a face-to-face card-present environment; provides global interoperability; and enables safer transactions across contact and contactless channels. Chip implementation was initiated in the U.S. market in in 2011 and 2012 when American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa announced their roadmaps for supporting a chip-based payments infrastructure. Acquirer processor readiness mandates to support chip were established for 2013, with liability shifts for managing fraud risk in a face-to-face environment set for 2015.

About the EMV Migration Forum
The EMV Migration Forum is a cross-industry body focused on supporting the EMV implementation steps required for global and regional payment networks, issuers, processors, merchants, and consumers to help ensure a successful introduction of more secure EMV chip technology in the United States. The focus of the Forum is to address topics that require some level of industry cooperation and/or coordination to migrate successfully to chip technology in the United States. For more information on the EMV Migration Forum, please visit http://www.emv-connection.com/emv-migration-forum/.

About Vantiv, Inc.
Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV) is a leading payment processor differentiated by an integrated technology platform. Vantiv offers a comprehensive suite of traditional and innovative payment processing and technology solutions to merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, enabling them to address their payment processing needs through a single provider. We build strong relationships with our customers, helping them become more efficient, more secure and more successful. Vantiv is the third largest merchant acquirer and the largest PIN debit acquirer based on number of transactions in the U.S. The company's growth strategy includes expanding further into high-growth channels and verticals, including integrated payments, ecommerce, and merchant bank. For more information, visit www.vantiv.com.

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