SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas B. Sabol will present at the Roth Capital Partners 22^nd Annual Growth Stock Conference at approximately 3:00pm PDT on Monday, March 15, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dana Point, California. Joining Mr. Sabol will be Scott Tsujita, Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations.

 

Webcast

To access a webcast of Hypercom’s presentation, please go to http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth23/hyc/ at least two minutes prior to the presentation to register. The webcast will also be archived and available for seven days following the live broadcast at http://ir.hypercom.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, 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.

“Now Canadian merchants have access to feature-rich terminals that support the key domestic payment options and our innovative Pay in Your Currency service, providing merchants with the payment and marketing tools to drive maximum results”



“With Peoples Trust and Integrated Card Exchange, we are bringing merchants state-of-the-art payment products that support the specific business and technical requirements of the Canadian market,” said Brent Smith, Hypercom Country Manager, Canada.



Hypercom’s chip and PIN-enabled T4210 and T4220 payment terminals for the Canadian market enable full domestic processing support. Both terminals have received EMV certification from the Interac Association, Canada’s national debit card program, allowing merchants to accept the popular Interac debit cards at their establishments. The T4210 and T4220 also feature a robust suite of software applications, including support of Pay in Your Currency™. With Pay in Your Currency™, powered by payment processor Planet Payment, Canadian merchants can offer international MasterCard® or Visa® cardholders the convenience of paying for purchases in their home currency.

Hypercom's Optimum 4210

“Each of these terminals represents a comprehensive solution meeting the domestic and international payment needs of the Canadian market,” said Matt Berman, Managing Director of Integrated Card Exchange. “From the domestic perspective, Hypercom’s Optimum terminals support Interac debit cards -- a business necessity given the widespread use of this card by Canadians. The Pay in Your Currency service, powered by Planet Payment, allows merchants to better serve their international clientele by providing them the comfort and convenience of paying in their native currency.”



“Now Canadian merchants have access to feature-rich terminals that support the key domestic payment options and our innovative Pay in Your Currency service, providing merchants with the payment and marketing tools to drive maximum results,” said Philip D. Beck, Chief Executive Officer of Planet Payment. “Planet Payment and Hypercom have a successful history of providing merchants in the United States and key markets in Asia Pacific with payment solutions that help improve efficiency and profitability.”



Hypercom's high security Optimum T4200 product family for North America consists of four powerful 32-bit multi-application devices that share the same platform, user interface, and software toolkit to maximize efficiency, application portability, and offer customers a broad range of options to serve any market need.



For further information on Hypercom's Optimum products, visit http://www.hypercom.com/products/.

For information about Peoples Trust, visit: http://www.peoplestrust.com.

For information about Planet Payment, visit: http://www.planetpayment.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. 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.

Scottdale AZ & Paris: Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Carrefour, the largest retailer in Europe and second largest worldwide, will deploy Hypercom’s Wynid® server-based payment solution and more than 12,000 PIN Pads with EMV contactless readers at 210 of its French hypermarkets, as well as at all of Carrefour’s petrol stations in France.



The multi-million dollar agreement is believed to represent one of the world’s largest deployments of EMV contactless readers and represents a significant expansion to Hypercom’s existing business with Carrefour. The giant retailer already uses Hypercom’s Wynid secure payment solution at 15,000 cash registers in its Market, City and Contact stores.



“Hypercom clearly demonstrated its ability to deliver innovative, state-of-the-art payment technology that reduces this influential global retailer’s cost of accepting non-cash payment options and greatly improves operational efficiency. In parallel, the Hypercom solution gives Carrefour’s customers the ability to quickly and safely pay for their purchases,” said Philippe Tartavull, Chief Executive Officer and President, Hypercom Corporation.



“Carrefour’s migration to Hypercom technology significantly expands our regional footprint, boosts our market share in large retail environments globally and represents a major endorsement of our Wynid server-based payment solution by one of the most globally recognized and respected retail brands; it marks one of the largest deployments of EMV contactless readers worldwide,” said Kazem Aminaee, Managing Director, Hypercom Southern EMEA.



The Carrefour Group is the largest retailer in Europe, and the second largest worldwide, with more than 15,000 stores under banner in 33 countries and more than 490,000 employees.



The Group combines different store formats – hypermarkets, supermarkets, hard discount, convenience stores and cash & carry outlets – constantly adapting to its customers’ consumption patterns.



The Carrefour Group has selected Hypercom’s electronic payment solution for its hypermarkets in France. Country-wide deployment of the solution started in October 2009.



Additional product resources: http://www.hypercom.com/products/Wynid.asp.



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. 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.