SecuTrans Selects Hypercom’s Optimum Systems with EMV Payment Application

Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that SecuTrans Bank Card Service, a leading credit and debit card merchant service provider in Canada, has selected and will deploy Hypercom’s Optimum countertop and mobile payment systems with SPOS32 MSR/EMV software application to its merchant customers. Hypercom’s systems replace an incumbent provider’s product and were selected in head-to-head competition with other global payment providers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

“Hypercom’s Optimum systems with EMV software give our merchants the highest quality and most robust card payment systems on the market. And we can securely and remotely download the EMV application using Hypercom’s HyperSafe® Secure and Term-Master® Suite management systems to protect our merchant customers and their investment,” said Leon Tang, President of SecuTrans Bank Card Service.

“Optimum sets a new standard for electronic payments through advanced security features that provide a safe shopping experience for consumers, dependability for merchants and the lowest total cost of ownership for customers,” said Brent Smith, Country Manager, Hypercom Canada. “SPOS32 is our premier, feature-rich, off-the-shelf payment application for our Optimum products. The software will easily migrate to our next generation products, has an electronic cash register interface for use by an array of customers, speeds up transactions and bolsters card payment security.”

Hypercom’s high security PCI approved and Interac-certified Optimum fixed countertop and mobile payment terminals in Canada include the Optimum T4210 (dial), T4220 (Ethernet with dial), T4230 (GPRS with dial) countertop and M4230 GPRS and M4240 Bluetooth mobile card payment terminals.

For information on Hypercom’s full X509 PKI (public key infrastructure) HyperSafe® Secure security layer that is incorporated in every Optimum terminal, please click here.

For information on Hypercom’s plug-and-play Term-Master Suite terminal management system for customers to quickly and cost-effectively download, initialize and control entire terminal populations from one central location, please click here.

About Hypercom

Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation delivers a full suite of high security, end-to-end electronic payment products, software solutions and services. The Company's solutions address the high security electronic transaction needs of banks and other financial institutions, processors, large scale retailers, smaller merchants, quick service restaurants, and users in the transportation, petroleum, healthcare, prepaid, self-service and many other markets. Hypercom solutions enable businesses in more than 100 countries to securely expand their revenues and profits. Hypercom is a founding member of the Secure POS Vendor Alliance (SPVA) and is the second largest provider of electronic payment solutions and services in Western Europe and third largest provider globally.

About SecuTrans Bank Card Service

SecuTrans Bank Card Service, under the operation of SecuTrans Inc. in Markham, Ontario, was founded in 2006. Over 5 years, SecuTrans has become a solid, fastest growing ISO in Canada. SecuTrans always cooperates with industry leaders and offers secure, flexible and affordable bankcard processing products and services to Canadian merchants.

Hypercom, Term-Master, Hypersafe and Optimum and Design are registered trademarks of Hypercom Corporation. All other products or services mentioned in this document are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners.

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