Hypercom Corporation (NYSE:HYC) today announced an expanded portfolio of high security payment and digital transaction solutions validated in compliance with the EMV POS specification of Germany’s Central Credit Committee, the Zentraler Kreditausschuss (ZKA).

With ZKA approval of the already-approved Artema Hybrid, now configured with cardholder-facing S10 PIN Pad, Hypercom strengthens its position as the leading provider of payment and digital transaction solutions to the German market. The latest approval follows ZKA certification in May 2009 for Hypercom’s Optimum T4200 countertop terminals with options for ISDN, TCP/IP and GPRS connectivity, as well as the M4240 Bluetooth and M4230 GPRS mobile models, all with integrated smart card readers. In 2008, Hypercom’s Artema Hybrid became the first device to be awarded ZKA TA 7.0 approval for the German Electronic Cash card scheme.

“With the Artema Hybrid and S10, we are bringing more easy-use products to consumers and high speed, high performance payment products to Germany’s important retail banking sector, allowing retailers to expedite the fast and secure transmission of critical transaction data,” said Peter Vesco, Managing Director, Northern Europe, Hypercom Corporation.

Some 250,000 Artema Hybrid terminals have been deployed in Germany, and this latest certification of the terminal combined with S10 PIN Pad adds significantly to the nationwide deployment of the ZKA’s new Technical Appendix (TA) 7.0 chip-based standard.

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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.

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