Total Merchant Services to Purchase 25,000 Hypercom Optimum Payment Terminals; Names Hypercom as Its Provider of Choice

Business Wire, June 18, 2008

Fast Growing ISO Selects Hypercom for Multi-Million Dollar Deal; Extends Popular Free Terminal Program Offering

PHOENIX -- Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Total Merchant Services, Inc., one of the payment industry's fastest growing privately held Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), has agreed to purchase a minimum of 25,000 Optimum T4100 multi-application card payment terminals for its precedent-setting free terminal program, and also beta test Hypercom's new Optimum T4220 Ethernet and Dial backup devices. In conjunction with the multi-million dollar deal, Total Merchant Services has again named Hypercom its preferred provider of card payment terminals.

"This is the latest in a series of significant purchases for our best-of-breed Optimum card payment terminals," said Heidi Goff, President and Managing Director, Americas, Hypercom Corporation. "Total Merchant Services' decision to continue its innovative free terminal program with our Optimum products is particularly gratifying, and a terrific endorsement."

"Hypercom is the consummate professional organization, and the superior quality of their products gives us a distinct competitive edge," said Edward K. Freedman, President/CEO of Total Merchant Services. "We are committed to providing our sales partners and merchants with the very best products, services and support."

Total Merchant Services' innovative "Sell, Lease or Place" Free Terminal Program, notes Mr. Freedman, enables sales partners "to put their residual commissions on overdrive by 'placing' these terminals at merchant locations for free. In addition, to offset the loss of money from not selling or leasing the terminal, our sales partners can earn $200 production bonuses or between $300-$500 in upfront conversion bonus payments on accounts currently processing over $10,000 per month. No matter what our sales partners opt to participate in, we believe it's imperative for them to have choices. That's why we're continuing this highly successful program and letting our sales partners decide what works best for them - sell, lease or place the terminal at the merchant location for free - and we are offering one of the most modern, state-of-the-art, multi-application, dual-comm terminals on the market today," said Mr. Freedman.

For more information please visit www.upfrontandresiduals.com.

About Total Merchant Services (www.upfrontandresiduals.com)

Total Merchant Services is a Colorado-based merchant acquirer that offers the best free terminal programs in the industry together with innovative and cost-effective solutions to merchants who accept credit cards for the payment of their goods and services. With over 100,000 merchants processing over $7 billion annually, unprecedented growth with over 5,000 new merchants added each month and representing eight different brand names, Total Merchant Services is one of the fastest growing credit card merchant account acquirers in the nation. To learn more about partnering with Total Merchant Services, visit www.upfrontandresiduals.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 earlier this year, 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.

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