Inversiones Platco C.A. Selects Hypercom for Point-to-Point Encryption

Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Inversiones Platco C.A., the fastest growing electronic payment network in Venezuela, will immediately make available Hypercom’s EFTSec point-to-point payment data encryption protection to member banks and more than 46,000 merchant customers. EFTSec encrypts cardholder data during transaction processing, starting at the payment terminal and ending at a trusted point where the data is decrypted.

"EFTSec is the largest operational point-to-point encryption implementation globally, and Inversiones Platco C.A. is to be applauded for employing the most advanced futureproof technology to prevent data theft,” said Samia Bounaira, Managing Director, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America (MCCA), Hypercom Corporation.

Hypercom teamed with system integrator PandaID Soluciones, Hypercom’s authorized distributor in Venezuela.

EFTSec is the industry standard for payment terminal initiated link encryption in Asia. EFTSec is used by major banks with combined assets of nearly US$200 billion, and is licensed to and implemented by several major terminal manufacturers in Asia. An estimated 3.4 million or more card payment transactions are protected every month in the five countries whose financial institutions have adopted EFTSec as their de facto point-to-point encryption standard.

Hypercom’s EFTSec is easy to install and is activated by simply plugging it into an existing Hypercom network infrastructure without disruption to data flows. Additionally, it requires minimal operational or administrative overhead to run.

About Inversiones Platco C.A.

Established in 2009 by the two largest banks in Venezuela, BBVA Banco Provincial, S.A., and Banco Mercantil, Inversiones Platco C.A., facilitates more than 15 million cross-bank transactions nationwide per year.

About PandaID Soluciones

PandaID Soluciones, headquartered in Caracas, specializes in developing and deploying high-tech solutions and services for the electronic payment industry. The company’s clients include some of the most important banks and financial institutions in Venezuela. PandaID was founded in 1993.

About Hypercom

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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