Fintech 100 - 2012

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois and ZURICH, Switzerland – October 15th, 2012 - VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI) (www.vasco.com), a leading software security company specializing in strong authentication products and services, announces today it is ranked 67th in the ninth Fintech 100 rankings of the top global technology providers to the financial services industry. The ranking includes vendors that derive more than one-third of eligible revenue from the financial services industry.

VASCO made a huge leap forward in the rankings, rising from number 86 in 2011 to number 67 this year – an acknowledgement of the company’s sustainable growth and importance to the industry.

"2012 marks VASCO’s eight consecutive year of inclusion in the FinTech 100 and we are very proud of this ongoing recognition," said T. Kendall Hunt, VASCO’s Chairman and CEO. “This ranking illustrates VASCO’s continuing leading presence in the global financial sector and demonstrates the company’s long standing commitment to provide financial institutions and organizations with innovative and adequate solutions.”

VASCO is a leading supplier of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet Security applications and transactions. VASCO has positioned itself as global software company for Internet Security serving a customer base of approximately 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries, including over 1,700 international financial institutions. VASCO’s prime markets are the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.

Forward Looking Statements:
Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, events or performances are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements (1) are identified by use of terms and phrases such as “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “anticipate”, “emerging”, “intend”, “plan”, “could”, “may”, “estimate”, “should”, “objective” and “goal”, “possible”, “potential”, and similar words and expressions, but such words and phrases are not the exclusive means of identifying them, and (2) are subject to risks and uncertainties and represent our present expectations or beliefs concerning future events. VASCO cautions that the forward-looking statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors have been described in greater detail in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include, but are not limited to, (a) risks of general market conditions, including currency fluctuations and the uncertainties in world economic and financial markets, (b) risks inherent to the computer and network security industry, including rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, increasing numbers of patent infringement claims, changes in customer requirements, price competitive bidding, and changing government regulations, and (c) risks specific to VASCO, including, demand for our products and services, competition from more established firms and others, pressures on price levels and our historical dependence on relatively few products, certain suppliers and certain key customers. Reference is made to VASCO's public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for further information regarding VASCO and its operations.

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For more information contact:
Jochem Binst, +32 2 609 97 00, [email protected]
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