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STORY SUMMARY: CIBC and Rogers today announced they have completed the first point-of-sale mobile credit card transaction in Canada using the secure SIM card inside an NFC-enabled smartphone. Simon Whitfield, Pan American Games and Olympic medalist, performed the credit card transaction, buying coffee at Tim Hortons using the CIBC Mobile Payment™ App on a BlackBerry® smartphone from Rogers.

This new way to pay will be available to CIBC credit card clients using a Rogers smartphone, allowing them to pay for coffee, groceries, and other everyday purchases simply by holding their smartphone up to one of the tens of thousands of contactless payment terminals at merchants across Canada.

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1. David Robinson, Vice-President of Emerging Business at Rogers Communications discusses mobile payment launch with CIBC at Tim Horton's restaurant
2. David Williamson, Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, Retail and Business Banking, CIBC discusses mobile payment launch with Rogers at Tim Horton's restaurant
3. Simon Whitfield, Pan American Games and Olympic medalist shares his thoughts on the Rogers and CIBC mobile payment application at Tim Horton's
4. Simon Whitfield uses the CIBC Mobile Payment App to make the first SIM-based  mobile payment in Canada, with David Robinson from Rogers, right and David Williamson from CIBC, centre.

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CIBC: Sean Hamilton Director, Media Relations (416) 304-8456 sean.hamilton@cibc.com

Rogers: Allison Fitton, Communications Manager (416) 817-3315 Allisson.Fitton@rci.rogers.com

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SOURCE: CIBC