Scottsdale, AZ – March 17, 2010 – Apriva, the leading provider of end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information solutions, today announced it has reached an agreement with SparkBase, the industry leader in private label stored-value processing, to offer a secure wireless payment solution for the fast-growing prepaid stored-value market. By certifying the SparkBase solution, Apriva extends its ability to serve the growing list of merchants that use gift card and loyalty programs.

The integrated solution from Apriva and SparkBase provides merchants with an efficient method for processing loyalty- and gift-card transactions from virtually any location using public wireless networks. Based on Apriva’s fully secure wireless payment technologies, the solution also provides merchants with value-added services such as online reporting, order processing and customer management.

“Apriva is pleased to add SparkBase to our growing list of certified partners that supply gift card and loyalty products for resellers and independent sales organizations,” said Bill Clark, Apriva’s executive vice president for North America. “We anticipate that the integration of the SparkBase gift and loyalty program with Apriva’s wireless payment solutions will enable merchants to further optimize the success of their existing stored-value payments programs.” “Like Apriva, SparkBase is keenly focused on bringing forth new technologies that give merchants the opportunity to build revenue and enhance customer satisfaction,” said Douglas Hardman, CEO of SparkBase. “Partnering with Apriva will result in an unmatched merchant experience that allows our customers to fully leverage the profound economic and operational efficiencies of wireless processing for gift and loyalty transactions.”

About Apriva Founded in 1999, Apriva is the leading provider of end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information messaging solutions that meet the exacting security and reliability requirements of financial services providers, government entities, and public service sectors. Through its two operating groups, Apriva Point of Sale (POS) and Apriva Information Security Solutions (ISS), the company offers customers fully-managed, end-to-end, security solutions that incorporate hardware, software, network infrastructure and management tools. For more information, visit www.apriva.com.

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 like SMS messaging. Developed in house at their headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, SparkBase now serves as a leader in gift and reward processing. For more information, visit sparkbase.com.

Cleveland, OH, September 08, 2009 — SparkBase (www.sparkbase.com), the industry leader in private label stored value processing, announces that Merchant Data Systems, the premier Miami, FL based Independent Sales Organization (ISO), has selected SparkBase as its Gift and Loyalty network provider. In announcing the relationship, Douglas Hardman, SparkBase CEO states, “We are very pleased to have been selected by Merchant Data Systems to be their Gift and Loyalty provider. Merchant Data Systems is a forward-thinking company with a highly experienced management team. We are excited about working with them to power a first-class stored-value offering for their growing merchant base.”

Drew Freeman, President of Merchant Data Systems, says of the relationship, “Merchant Data Systems did an exhaustive search before selecting SparkBase as our Gift and Loyalty network. We were very impressed with SparkBase’s technology and leading-edge functionality, along with the company’s philosophy of allowing us to brand the offering, assemble customized products in-house and retain the direct relationship with our merchants. We are very excited about leveraging this partnership into a strong program that will benefit both our sales agents and our merchants, helping us to continue to grow our company.”

The SparkBase network allows its resellers to offer merchants, or groups of merchants, sophisticated gift and loyalty offerings with advanced features including text message and email marketing. Merchant Data Systems will begin offering their new Gift and Loyalty programs on the SparkBase network beginning in September 2009.

About SparkBase
Since 2004, SparkBase is the technology leader for the processing of private label gift and loyalty programs. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, SparkBase processes millions of transactions annually for merchants in five countries. SparkBase uniquely offers its client the ability to private label stored-value programs on a state of the art network, without involving a middleman. SparkBase’s innovative business model and robust network have contributed to its annual growth of 150% for the past two years, an amount that will be exceeded in 2009. For more information, please visit sparkbase.com.

About Merchant Data Systems
Merchant Data Systems was founded in 1997 and offers ISO/MSP programs, Credit Card Processing, Debit Card Processing, Automated Account Settlement, Check Guarantee, Check Conversion, Electronic Benefits Transfer, Equipment Sales & Leasing, 24/7 Customer Service and Technical Help Desk, Cash Advances, Gift Card and PCI Compliance solutions. Merchant Data Systems focuses on the needs of the merchant community including the acquisition of residuals and merchant portfolios.

Merchant Data Systems is located in Miami Beach, Florida.

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 (www.sparkbase.com)
Since 2004, SparkBase has been the technology leader for the processing of private label gift and loyalty programs.  Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, SparkBase processes millions of transactions annually for merchants in five countries. SparkBase uniquely offers its clients the ability to private label stored-value programs on a state of the art network, without involving a middleman. SparkBase’s innovative business model and robust network have contributed to its growth of more than 150% annually. For more information, please 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.