SCOTTSDALE, AZ, April 15, 2009 — Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) and Apriva today announced that Apriva has Class A-certified Hypercom’s popular SPOS32 payment software on the Optimum M4230 mobile payment terminal for the retail and restaurant markets. The high performance, PCI-PED-approved terminal features long-range GPRS with dial back-up, the industry’s top security certification, 32-bit multi-application processing for maximum transaction speed and 24MB memory that is two to three times larger than similar products to accommodate value-added applications such as gift and loyalty programs.
“Hypercom’s M4230 equips merchants with a complete point-of-sale solution that can be deployed in any end-use scenario, regardless of communications need. We are pleased that our resellers will be able to enjoy the many advantages that this highly versatile and secure product offer,” said Bill Clark, General Manager, Secure Payments Division, Apriva.
The certification enables credit, debit, gift, loyalty and check transactions on the Optimum M4230 to be conducted from virtually anywhere in North America using Apriva’s Intelligent Gateway, which is certified with all major merchant processors in North America. Apriva will offer a number of value-added services for the Hypercom terminals, including online reporting, order processing, terminal real-time provisioning and comprehensive customer management.
“Hypercom’s T4200 and M4200 product family brings an entirely new level of security, performance and ease-of-use to retail countertop and mobile payment. Apriva’s endorsement of our popular Optimum technology is an important step in broadening our market share even further,” says Bernie Frey, Vice President of North American Sales, Hypercom Corporation.
For additional information on Hypercom’s Optimum M4200 mobile platform, please visit: http://www.hypercom.com/products/mobile.asp
About Apriva:
www.apriva.com
Founded in 1999, Apriva is the leading wireless solution provider integrating the hardware, software and network infrastructure required to develop and deploy high-performance, high-reliability solutions in the Point of Sale (POS) and Secure Mobile Messaging markets. Apriva offers end-to-end solutions for Point of Sale that make it easy and cost-effective to develop, deploy and maintain highly secure and reliable business critical mobile applications. For additional information on Apriva’s Certified Secure Program please visit https://www.apriva.com. Apriva – Proving the Possibilities.
Apriva Contact:
Robin Houston
480.421.7033
rhouston@staging.apriva.com
About Hypercom:
www.hypercom.com
Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation delivers a full suite of high security, end-to-end electronic payment products 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, unattended and many other markets. Hypercom solutions enable businesses in more than 100 countries to securely expand their revenues and profits. With its acquisition of Thales e-Transactions business earlier this year, Hypercom became the second largest provider of electronic payment solutions and services in Western Europe, and solidified its position as the third largest provider globally.
Hypercom Contact:
Pete Schuddekopf
Hypercom Corporation
480.642.5383
pschuddekopf@hypercom.com