S- I/A Table of Contents We entered the region in 1992 when Fuss Data began providing issuer processing services in Australia, which is our largest market in the region. We expanded our footprint by licensing our VisionPLUS solution and providing managed services to support bank clients. We also have a growing merchant acquiring business. We entered China in 1995, becoming one of the first non-Chinese companies with permission to build a data center in mainland China. We have maintained our operations in China, expanded into Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, and currently provide a range of commerce-enabling solutions to businesses and financial institution clients in all three markets. In 2001. we established operations in South Korea and in 2005 acquired Korea Mobile Payment Services, a leading provider of value-added network services, which manage POS terminals and route transactions to Korean banks. In 2009, we formed an equity alliance in India with ICICI Bank, one of the country's leading banks, named IOC' Atembant Services. which provides merchant acquiring. mobile POS. and eCommerce solutions to businesses across India. We also have a growing issuer processing business providing managed services to our bank clients through our VisionPLUS solution. We recently launched First Data India Ventures, which is focused on identifying, investing, and incubating next-generation commerce companies. We have also built a footprint across South East Asia, establishing operations in Singapore. Malaysia. Brunei. and New Zealand and providing services to clients in Indonesia. Thailand, Vietnam. and the Philippines. We provide merchant acquiring services and eCommerce solutions directly to businesses across the region through First Data Merchant Solutions. To address the diverse nests of issuers in the APAC region, we operate a VisionPLUS center of excellence in Singapore and India that provides custom development and other professional services to our financial