Intermarche Selects Hypercom for Payez Mobile Contactless Trial

Business Wire, Nov 3, 2008

PARIS -- Cartes & IDentification 2008 - Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Intermarche, one of France's leading retailers with almost 1,500 retail outlets, has installed and is successfully using Hypercom's Wymix[R] PIN pad with contactless reader as part of the Payez Mobile trial for NFC payments in two test sales outlets in Caen and Strasbourg. The Payez Mobile trial was launched in November 2007 by seven major banks and three mobile operators in France united in the Association Europeenne Payez Mobile. It has confirmed that there is a significant consumer interest in payment by mobile phone.

"Our top priority is to create the best shopping experience for our consumers and we are doing that with Hypercom's Wymix contactless PIN pad," said Hugues Poingant, Intermarche operators in charge of payment for Les Mousquetaires, Intermarche. "Contactless payment offers an innovative, simple, fast and convenient alternative at the checkout, and we are pleased to participate in this important trial."

"Intermarche's use of Hypercom's high security contactless payment product, fully integrated with the Wynid[R] server-based payment solution, brings added convenience for consumers who want the speed and security of faster check-out lines," said Kazem Aminaee, Managing Director, Southern Europe, Hypercom Corporation.

Hypercom's Wymix PIN pad incorporates a chip card and magnetic stripe reader designed for integration with cash register systems at the point of sale. Already used at many thousands of points of sale throughout France, the Wymix has recently been upgraded to support payment with contactless cards or NFC-enabled phones. For additional information please visit http://www.hypercom.com/products/wymix.asp

About the Groupement des Mousquetaires

With almost 4,000 sales outlets in Europe and a turnover of 32.7 billion euros in 2007, Les Mousquetaires are one of France's major multi-lane retailers. Founded in France in 1969, this Group of independent operators is based on a private initiative and consists of more than 3,000 independent operators and 130,000 employees. Les Mousquetaires are also present in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Poland, and in the Balkans. Its brands are Intermarche, Ecomarche, Veti, Roady and Restaumarche.

By ensuring the best ratio of quality to price, Les Mousquetaires puts the consumer in the heart of their considerations.

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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