New Brand in Financial Services Brings Industry's Most Expansive Lineup of Checks...

New Brand in Financial Services Brings Industry's Most Expansive Lineup of Checks and Payment Products to its Clients

Harland Clarke's 2008 Check Product Portfolios Also Offer Enhanced
Security Features for Consumer and Business Customers of 70,000 Bank
and Credit Union Branches
SAN ANTONIO--(Business Wire)--
Today, financial institutions across the country will present to
their consumer and business customers the industry's most
comprehensive portfolios of checks and related payment products.

The Harland Clarke 2008 Check Product Catalogs are the first from
the company that was formed on May 1 of last year from the merger of
Clarke American and John H. Harland Printed Products. The portfolios
present the "best of the best" in payment solutions from the legacy
companies.

Bank customers and credit union members will get a first look at
the new brand through point-of-sale displays in the branches that
carry not only the Harland Clarke name, but also the company's new
logo. The vivid blue and green icon is an abstraction of an H and a C
coming together, symbolizing the two legacy companies forming a new
dynamic entity.

"These check product portfolios are representative of the quality
solutions Harland Clarke provides to our clients in multiple areas of
their businesses," said Dan Singleton, Executive Vice President. "Our
company has unique industry knowledge gained from active relationships
with 15,000 financial institutions. We are building upon very timely
and relevant insights that are backed up by 200 years of expertise.
Our offerings are extensive. We provide payment solutions, marketing
services, business solutions, and technology solutions to our clients.
All are designed to help each financial institution build long-term
relationships with their account holders."

Harland Clarke's Personal Check catalog carries 58 designs
including many licensed brands and checks that support various social
and environmental causes. Complementary accessories, such as covers
and labels, are also included. The Business Products portfolio
presents an enhanced and refreshed offering with more than 50
products.

"The 2008 Check Product Catalogs from Harland Clarke reflect the
choices our clients' customers have indicated they want. Each line,
personal and business, was developed after analyzing extensive
research of consumer behavior and ordering trends garnered from our
relationships with thousands of financial institutions and their
customers," said Gwen Cuffie, Vice President of Product Marketing and
Emerging Businesses. "These are robust yet extremely strategic
offerings. Also, ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and
Check 21 image compliance were key factors in the creation of these
suites of products."

Supporting the company's commitment to security and fraud
prevention, a new base printing stock was developed for the 2008 check
products. This proprietary stock, embedded with security features and
a "fugitive ink" printing process, minimizes check washing and
counterfeiting. Other enhanced security features include the company's
method for packaging, shipping and tracking deliveries of printed
checks to the end-users.

"Our payment product portfolios are the first of many offerings
the industry will be seeing from Harland Clarke in 2008," added
Singleton. "This is just the beginning."

About Harland Clarke Corp.

Harland Clarke Corp. is a leading provider of integrated payment
solutions, marketing services and technology solutions. It serves
approximately 15,000 financial institutions, as well as major
investment firms, business-to-business clients, small businesses, and
individual consumers. With its corporate headquarters in San Antonio,
Texas and a regional headquarters in Decatur, Georgia, Harland Clarke
employs approximately 5,800 people and has manufacturing facilities
nationwide. Harland Clarke Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., which is also the parent company of
Harland Financial Solutions Inc. and Scantron Corporation. Harland
Clarke Holdings Corp. is wholly owned by M & F Worldwide Corp.

For more information, please visit www.harlandclarke.com.

Harland Clarke Corp.
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Donna Hinkelman, 210-694-1034
Fax: 210-558-9265
donna.hinkelman@harlandclarke.com

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