(Amounts in thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)


In the normal course of activities the Company conducts transactions with related parties at arm's length, such as receivables from card-issuing banks, which are the financial groups in which the controlling shareholders hold interests, and expenses on and income from services provided by Servinet and Orizon.

When conducting its business and engaging services, the Company makes market quotations and surveys intended to find the best technical and pricing terms, and the decision on whether or not a transaction should be conducted is made by the chief decision maker of the function purchasing the product or service, regardless of whether such transaction is conducted with related or unrelated parties.

Also, the type of business conducted by the Company requires it to enter into agreements with several card-issuing entities that are its direct or indirect shareholders. The Company believes that all the agreements entered into with related parties are carried out on an arms-length basis.

The tables below include the amount of transactions with the Company's related parties, broken down by type of agreement, shareholder and subsidiaries, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

    2009 2008
    Shareholders Subsidiaries      
    Banco
Bradesco S.A.
Banco do
Brasil S.A.
Banco
Santander S.A.
Other Servinet Orizon Total Total
                                 
Assets (liabilities):                              
Short-term investments (a)
58,885 281,694 111,238 47,812 - - 499,629 1,030,395
Trade accounts receivable:
                             
Fraud prevention services
144 154 137 54 - - 489 1,007
Bank account blocking services
592 90 330 458 - - 1,470 6,051
Receivables – securitization abroad (b)
115,863 93,346 - - - - 209,209 491,320
Receivables from subsidiary
- - - - 5 2,554 2,559 206
Payables to subsidiary
- - - - (6,324) - (6,324) (10,398)
Other payables – affiliation commission
and other payables
(393) (396) (136) (190) - - (1,115) (2,165)


    2009 2008
    Shareholders Subsidiaries      
    Banco
Bradesco S.A.
Banco do
Brasil S.A.
Banco
Santander S.A.
Other Servinet Orizon Total Total
                                   
Income:                                
Income from short-term investments (a)
15,323 14,468 18,117 2,287 - - 50,195 116,127
Revenue from fraud prevention services
1,752 2,108 1,322 2,889 - - 8,071 6,684
Revenue from bank account blocking services
5,137 902 4,548 16,503 - - 27,090 37,887
Income from services and lease of POS equipment
- - - - - 4,029 4,029 1,569
Expenses:                                
Other operating expenses – affiliation commission
(5,957) (6,137) (2,035) (2,822) - - (16,951) (19,274)
Service agreement with Servinet (c)
- - - - (83,991) - (83,991) (82,349)
Investment agreement with CBGS
- - - - - - - (32,245)
Agreement for the payment of incentive funds (d)
(2,470) - (2,018) (5,180) - - (9,668) (18,386)
Collective corporate dental care and healthcare plan
(9,453) - - - - - (9,453) (8,340)
Private pension contract (e) (1,209) (1,309) (953) - - - (3,471) (5,069)
Collective corporate life insurance contract - - (817)             (817) (659)

(a)  The terms, charges and interest rates of short-term investments were agreed under conditions similar to those applicable to unrelated parties.
(b)  See Note 8.
(c)  The Company engaged Servinet to provide POS equipment installation and maintenance services to merchants. The payment for the services provided is determined based on the costs incurred by Servinet when the service is provided, plus taxes and contributions and a payment margin.
(d)  Payment of incentive to issuers according to the targets agreed related to the issue of Visa cards.
(e)  See Note 35.