Hypercom Submits First Universal PIN Pad for EMV, PCI PED, Contactless Approvals.

PHOENIX -- Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) announced today that it has submitted its recently announced universal RF-enabled touchscreen-based P4100 PIN entry device for EMV, PCI PED, PTS and contactless certifications. Receipt of the approvals will pave the way for the high security, multi-application device to accept EMV smart card payments in global markets, provide guaranteed PIN entry security, ensure payment security over wireless and IP networks and be used with the rapidly expanding contactless payment programs offered by American Express, MasterCard and Visa.

The P4100 is the first point-of-sale PIN entry device to combine signature capture and debit PIN entry with vendor-agnostic capabilities enabling integration with Hypercom, VeriFone and Ingenico card payment terminals as well as leading electronic cash register systems. The device will accept magnetic stripe payments as well as EMV and contactless transactions, support multiple electronic payment and value-added applications simultaneously, and feature a small handheld form factor enabling customers to hold and turn it for enhanced privacy.

About Hypercom Corporation (www.hypercom.com)

Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) 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, healthcare, 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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