Hypercom's Optimum T4100 Earns Class A Certification from Fifth Third Bank Processing Solutions, Opening Key Sales Channel for 32-Bit Single-Lane Payment Terminal.

PHOENIX -- Flexible Single or Multiapplication Support Broadens Bank's Sales Opportunities

Hypercom Corp. (NYSE: HYC) today announced that its 32-bit Optimum T4100 payment terminal for single-lane retailers has received Class A certification from Fifth Third Processing Solutions, the country's fourth largest bankcard acquirer (Nilson Report, April 2005). The certification opens an important new sales channel for the T4100 through the bank's large merchant services operation, which currently has a customer base of more than 30,000 merchants encompassing 147,000 locations.

The T4100 for the first time gives the bank the flexibility to deliver one or more payment processing solutions on the same high-performance terminal platform. The terminal's multiapplication architecture and configuration abilities allow Fifth Third Processing Solutions to deploy the bank's credit/debit, electronic check, electronic benefits transfer (EBT) and gift card services singly or in any combination, enabling sales to merchants who do not want the complete package or cannot commit to the full suite because they are locked into contracts for select services with other providers.

"Hypercom's Optimum T4100 gives us a versatile 32-bit hardware solution that will fit any customer scenario, whether the merchant wants one or all of our transaction processing services, the option to deploy a single service and then add another to the same terminal at a later date, or IP or dial connectivity," said Donald Boeding, senior vice president and general manager, merchant services, Fifth Third Processing Solutions. "The ability to meet all of these needs with a single POS platform will broaden our sales opportunities and also protect the customer's hardware investment by providing sufficient power and memory to support their changing requirements."

"This marks an important certification for our Optimum T4100 since it began shipping late last year, and it confirms the value of the terminal's design for the banking community at large," said Lisa Shipley, senior vice president, national sales, Hypercom Corp. "Fifth Third is a longtime user of Hypercom products as well as one of the industry leaders in merchant processing, and their endorsement of the T4100 is an important step in gaining market traction for our Optimum platform."

The T4100 features a powerful 32-bit, Intel(R) XScale(R) processor and 24 megabytes of memory to deliver intelligently integrated multiapplication performance and the industry's fastest transaction speeds for both IP/SSL and dial applications. The unit can perform 250 MIPS (millions of instructions per second) compared to 1.6 MIPS for similar devices and has at least 18 more megabytes of memory, enabling support for more value-added applications than any other terminal on the market. It also features an integrated PIN pad; an integrated 2" or 3" printer that handles text and graphics such as barcodes at an industry-leading 18 lines per second (lps) compared to the standard 12.5 lps without graphics; a wizard-style user interface that significantly reduces deployment time by minimizing the number of keystrokes required; and an industry-first IP diagnostic application that expedites installation and simplifies troubleshooting of Ethernet connectivity problems in a customer's network.

About Fifth Third Bank Processing Solutions

Fifth Third Processing Solutions is one of the nation's largest providers of credit, debit, EBT, ACH and check acceptance services. Established in 1973, Fifth Third's high-end in-house processing capabilities offer an unparalleled combination of flexibility, reliability, experience, and proactive support. Fifth Third innovations include the development of JEANIE(R), the nation's first modern ATM network and Fifth Third Direct(SM), the industry-leading interactive, Internet-based back-office support system. As one of the five businesses operated by Fifth Third Bancorp, headquartered in Cincinnati, Fifth Third Processing Solutions processes 17 billion ATM and POS transactions per year for more than 147,000 merchant locations and 1,500 financial institutions worldwide, including First Niagara Financial Group, Sovereign Bank, The Kroger Co., AutoZone, Abercrombie & Fitch, Nordstrom Inc. and The Finish Line. Annually, Fifth Third processes $138.6 billion in credit card sales. More information may be found at Merchant.53.com.

About Hypercom (www.hypercom.com)

Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corp. 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, health care, prepaid, unattended, and many other markets. Hypercom solutions enable businesses in more than 100 countries to securely expand their revenues and profits.

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