SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Apr 20, 2009 – Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) and SparkBase today announced that SparkBase has Class A-certified its Gift and Loyalty processing application on Hypercom’s 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 the SparkBase ISO Brandable gift and loyalty software.
“The Optimum M4230 terminal is truly in a class by itself,” said Doug Hardman, CEO, SparkBase. “We always try to make sure our ISOs have the latest and greatest terminals to private label to their merchants, but the wireless market is very under served. This terminal has the feature set they have been asking for, and a price point that merchants are comfortable with.”
The certification enables gift, loyalty, and community rewards transactions on the Optimum M4230 to be conducted from virtually anywhere on the SparkBase Network.
“The M4230 is our lead mobile product in the US and SparkBase’s Class A certification strengthens our ability to gain market share in the burgeoning mobile sector,” said Bernie Frey, Vice President, North American Sales, Hypercom Corporation. “Mobile terminals previously sold in North America for the most part have been less than effective. With the M4230, we bring merchants a sensible and reliable product that they can use with complete confidence to grow their business.”
For additional information on Hypercom’s Optimum M4200 mobile platform, please visit:http://www.hypercom.com/products/mobile.asp.
About SparkBase – SparkBase entered the stored-value industry in early 2004 as the first truly independent gift and loyalty processing network. SparkBase continues to lead in innovation with its proprietary gateway, using patent pending technologies for processing stored value transactions with traditional cards, and new mobile payments methods. Developed in house at their headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, SparkBase is a leader in gift and reward processing. For more information, visit sparkbase.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 in 2008, 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.
