Suncorp, Hypercom and Live TaxiEpay Strengthen Position in the Taxi Vertical

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Innovators Deploying 3,500+ Hypercom Optimum M4230 Systems in Sydney and Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Suncorp and Live TaxiEpay will supply Hypercom Optimum M4230 mobile payment terminals to more than 3,500 taxis transporting over 110,000 customers per day. The rollout is already under way in Sydney and Melbourne and is expected to be completed within the next six to 12 months.

“With this rollout, we bring more choice to the market and strengthen our footprint in the region and in the transportation sector.”

“Our Live TaxiEpay system with Hypercom is one of the leading taxi payments solutions that allow taxi operators and drivers to get paid more frequently and directly for their work and gain a percentage of the card transaction service fee, improving industry cash flow. Live TaxiEpay also allows drivers and operators to receive cash for their transactions or have funds directed straight to their bank account. This innovative and compelling value proposition has created strong and growing demand from drivers across the country,” said Tom Varga, CEO, the Live Group.

Unlike competitor systems, the Live TaxiEpay solution also gives taxi operators and drivers the ability to cash in their vouchers at exchange centers such as service stations, without being charged a commission. Drivers can also relax at Live Group’s dedicated driver lounges where free coffee, free internet and Foxtel is available.

“We bring the widest array of payment solutions to the market backed by the industry’s strongest security, and we do it with leading financial institutions like Suncorp and innovators like Live TaxiEpay,” said Jacques-Herve Maupin, Managing Director, Hypercom Asia Pacific. “With this rollout, we bring more choice to the market and strengthen our footprint in the region and in the transportation sector.”

Hypercom’s high-performance, PCI-PED-approved M4230 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.

About the Live Group

The Live Group is a transaction processing business currently specifically servicing Australian taxi drivers/operators and corporate customers.

Live TaxiEpay is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Live Group specifically involved in supplying EFTPOS terminals and additional value-added services to the Australian taxi industry. Live TaxiEpay was developed through the merger of TaxiEpay and Live Payments in November 2008. Live Group’s other subsidiary, Live Payments, provides a unique corporate taxi payments solution and online reconciliation portal that assists corporate users in tracking their taxi expenditure. Live Payments can deliver significant time and cost savings to the corporate user.

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.

Hypercom is a registered trademark of Hypercom Corporation. All other products or services mentioned in this document are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners.

Contacts

Hypercom Corporation

Pete Schuddekopf

480-642-5383

pschuddekopf@hypercom.com

or

Live TaxiEpay (Media)

Tom Varga, CEO, Live Group

+612 9549 3200

tom.varga@livepayments.com.au

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100608005668/en/Suncorp-Hypercom-Live-TaxiEpay-Strengthen-Position-Taxi

Suncorp, Hypercom and Live TaxiEpay Strengthen Position in the Taxi Vertical

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Innovators Deploying 3,500+ Hypercom Optimum M4230 Systems in Sydney and Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Suncorp and Live TaxiEpay will supply Hypercom Optimum M4230 mobile payment terminals to more than 3,500 taxis transporting over 110,000 customers per day. The rollout is already under way in Sydney and Melbourne and is expected to be completed within the next six to 12 months.

“With this rollout, we bring more choice to the market and strengthen our footprint in the region and in the transportation sector.”

“Our Live TaxiEpay system with Hypercom is one of the leading taxi payments solutions that allow taxi operators and drivers to get paid more frequently and directly for their work and gain a percentage of the card transaction service fee, improving industry cash flow. Live TaxiEpay also allows drivers and operators to receive cash for their transactions or have funds directed straight to their bank account. This innovative and compelling value proposition has created strong and growing demand from drivers across the country,” said Tom Varga, CEO, the Live Group.

Unlike competitor systems, the Live TaxiEpay solution also gives taxi operators and drivers the ability to cash in their vouchers at exchange centers such as service stations, without being charged a commission. Drivers can also relax at Live Group’s dedicated driver lounges where free coffee, free internet and Foxtel is available.

“We bring the widest array of payment solutions to the market backed by the industry’s strongest security, and we do it with leading financial institutions like Suncorp and innovators like Live TaxiEpay,” said Jacques-Herve Maupin, Managing Director, Hypercom Asia Pacific. “With this rollout, we bring more choice to the market and strengthen our footprint in the region and in the transportation sector.”

Hypercom’s high-performance, PCI-PED-approved M4230 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.

About the Live Group

The Live Group is a transaction processing business currently specifically servicing Australian taxi drivers/operators and corporate customers.

Live TaxiEpay is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Live Group specifically involved in supplying EFTPOS terminals and additional value-added services to the Australian taxi industry. Live TaxiEpay was developed through the merger of TaxiEpay and Live Payments in November 2008. Live Group’s other subsidiary, Live Payments, provides a unique corporate taxi payments solution and online reconciliation portal that assists corporate users in tracking their taxi expenditure. Live Payments can deliver significant time and cost savings to the corporate user.

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.

Hypercom is a registered trademark of Hypercom Corporation. All other products or services mentioned in this document are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners.

Contacts

Hypercom Corporation

Pete Schuddekopf

480-642-5383

pschuddekopf@hypercom.com

or

Live TaxiEpay (Media)

Tom Varga, CEO, Live Group

+612 9549 3200

tom.varga@livepayments.com.au

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100608005668/en/Suncorp-Hypercom-Live-TaxiEpay-Strengthen-Position-Taxi

Panini Announces New Subsidiary and Product at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010

Company Extends Commitment to Brazilian Financial Service Customers

Ciab FEBRABAN 2010

TORINO, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panini, the global market leader in distributed check capture, is announcing the establishment of Panini Ltda, a fully-owned company subsidiary with its main office in São Paulo, Brazil. This news, along with the announcement of a new Panini product tailored to the needs of the Brazilian financial services market, was made public today at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010, one of the world’s largest financial services events, in São Paulo, Brazil at the Transamerica Convention Center.

“As the global leaders in distributed capture, we are committed to the success of this market and have been involved from the beginning in many aspects of Brazil’s new check truncation legislation”

Panini has been engaged in the Brazilian financial services market for many years and has experienced growing success. Panini Ltda gives the company a direct presence in a country that’s moving towards check truncation in the banking industry. “As the global leaders in distributed capture, we are committed to the success of this market and have been involved from the beginning in many aspects of Brazil’s new check truncation legislation,” says Nicola Aliperti, CEO, Panini. “The establishment of Panini Ltda allows us to continue to support the industry’s transition to check truncation while enhancing our market capabilities.”

Romeo Gonçalez, an executive with over 20 years experience in the Brazilian banking industry, will lead the development of Panini’s presence and leadership in Brazil as well as the growing business in the other Latin American countries. Romeo, before joining Panini, held several management positions in different companies working on technology and services for the banking industry and was Sales Director for NCR Brazil. Mr. Gonçalez can be reached at romeo.goncalez@panini.com.

The company also announced a new product at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010 today. In addition to utilizing Panini’s worldwide market-leading Vision X and I:Deal check scanners, Brazilian financial institutions can now combine check capture and document automation with this new, state-of-the-art technology. The new product, capable of processing a wide range of documents, will be available to order later this year.

“We have a constant pulse on the market, and our product strategy is a direct result of ongoing customer and industry interaction,” adds Gonçalez. “It will allow Brazilian financial institutions to continue cost effective automation of their paper documents and processes.”

Panini is exhibiting at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010 in Booth N˚. A2. Attendees can visit the booth for a demonstration of Panini’s world-class check capture solutions. Additionally, Panini’s CEO, Nicola Aliperti and Panini Ltda’s Director, Romeo Gonçalez are in attendance.

Panini Ltda is located at Rua Joaquim Floriano, 871 – 11ºA, CEP 04534-013 São Paulo – Brazil. The office telephone number is +5511 3168-5521.

About Panini

Founded in Turin, Italy, Panini has enabled clients to capitalize on shifts in the global payments processing market for more than sixty years. Panini has a rich history of technology innovation, leveraging the company’s expertise in research & development. Panini’s market leading solutions are based on state-of-the-art engineering resources and ISO-9000 quality certified production. Panini offers check capture solutions that enable customers to fully realize the advantages and efficiencies available with the digital transformation of the paper check. Panini’s scalable check capture solutions address the complete range of distributed check processing opportunities including teller capture, back-counter capture, remote deposit capture and remittance processing. For more information please call 937.291.2195 or visit www.panini.com.

Contacts

PANINI

Jessica Back, Media Contact, +1 937-291-2195 x128

jessica.back@panini.com

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100608006676/en/Panini-Announces-Subsidiary-Product-Ciab-FEBRABAN-2010

Panini Announces New Subsidiary and Product at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010

Company Extends Commitment to Brazilian Financial Service Customers

Ciab FEBRABAN 2010

TORINO, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panini, the global market leader in distributed check capture, is announcing the establishment of Panini Ltda, a fully-owned company subsidiary with its main office in São Paulo, Brazil. This news, along with the announcement of a new Panini product tailored to the needs of the Brazilian financial services market, was made public today at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010, one of the world’s largest financial services events, in São Paulo, Brazil at the Transamerica Convention Center.

“As the global leaders in distributed capture, we are committed to the success of this market and have been involved from the beginning in many aspects of Brazil’s new check truncation legislation”

Panini has been engaged in the Brazilian financial services market for many years and has experienced growing success. Panini Ltda gives the company a direct presence in a country that’s moving towards check truncation in the banking industry. “As the global leaders in distributed capture, we are committed to the success of this market and have been involved from the beginning in many aspects of Brazil’s new check truncation legislation,” says Nicola Aliperti, CEO, Panini. “The establishment of Panini Ltda allows us to continue to support the industry’s transition to check truncation while enhancing our market capabilities.”

Romeo Gonçalez, an executive with over 20 years experience in the Brazilian banking industry, will lead the development of Panini’s presence and leadership in Brazil as well as the growing business in the other Latin American countries. Romeo, before joining Panini, held several management positions in different companies working on technology and services for the banking industry and was Sales Director for NCR Brazil. Mr. Gonçalez can be reached at romeo.goncalez@panini.com.

The company also announced a new product at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010 today. In addition to utilizing Panini’s worldwide market-leading Vision X and I:Deal check scanners, Brazilian financial institutions can now combine check capture and document automation with this new, state-of-the-art technology. The new product, capable of processing a wide range of documents, will be available to order later this year.

“We have a constant pulse on the market, and our product strategy is a direct result of ongoing customer and industry interaction,” adds Gonçalez. “It will allow Brazilian financial institutions to continue cost effective automation of their paper documents and processes.”

Panini is exhibiting at Ciab FEBRABAN 2010 in Booth N˚. A2. Attendees can visit the booth for a demonstration of Panini’s world-class check capture solutions. Additionally, Panini’s CEO, Nicola Aliperti and Panini Ltda’s Director, Romeo Gonçalez are in attendance.

Panini Ltda is located at Rua Joaquim Floriano, 871 – 11ºA, CEP 04534-013 São Paulo – Brazil. The office telephone number is +5511 3168-5521.

About Panini

Founded in Turin, Italy, Panini has enabled clients to capitalize on shifts in the global payments processing market for more than sixty years. Panini has a rich history of technology innovation, leveraging the company’s expertise in research & development. Panini’s market leading solutions are based on state-of-the-art engineering resources and ISO-9000 quality certified production. Panini offers check capture solutions that enable customers to fully realize the advantages and efficiencies available with the digital transformation of the paper check. Panini’s scalable check capture solutions address the complete range of distributed check processing opportunities including teller capture, back-counter capture, remote deposit capture and remittance processing. For more information please call 937.291.2195 or visit www.panini.com.

Contacts

PANINI

Jessica Back, Media Contact, +1 937-291-2195 x128

jessica.back@panini.com

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100608006676/en/Panini-Announces-Subsidiary-Product-Ciab-FEBRABAN-2010

GlobalCollect Draws Top Online Merchants to Prague for its eCommerce Conference perspectives’10

GlobalCollect, the world's premier payment service provider of local e-payments, has hosted another successful perspectives industry event in Prague

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following in the footsteps of perspectives’08 in Florence (Italy), perspectives’10 – The Art of Payments took place in Prague (Czech Republic) from June 3-4, 2010. Staying true to its original format, the conference was designed exclusively for top eMerchants from around the world and dedicated to international online payment trends and fraud prevention. With a capacity of 150 attendees, the event was fully booked with representatives from Blizzard Entertainment, eBay, The Financial Times, Nike, Skype, TNT, and Vodafone among many others.

“It's hard to pick a favorite session because I liked them all but I have to say Andreas Weigend's keynote really got me thinking on a higher level.”

During the conference, eCommerce merchants were presenting best practice cases studies to fellow merchants, able to network face-to-face, and have lively peer discussions during numerous themed workshops. Keynote speakers included Andreas S. Weigend, former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com and Polly A. Bauer, former President & CEO of Home Shopping Network Credit Corporation.

Here is what some of our attending merchants had to say about the event:

"I was delighted to be part of the perspectives'10 conference in Prague; the GlobalCollect team put together a wonderful agenda providing a high quality variety of key note speakers and seminars. I was able to make some useful contacts which will prove valuable as our partnership with GlobalCollect expands in the future. Thank you GlobalCollect!" (Lucia Gascoigne, Business Analyst at TNT)

“GlobalCollect’s perspectives‘10 was a great medium for exchanging and understanding issues and best practices in the international environment of payment methods through a wide spectrum of companies.” (Jerome Petit, Head of Finance of Snapfish International)

“perspectives’10 was a very powerful forum in which to learn and network amongst a diversified group of international merchants. Information sharing events such as this are extremely valuable in helping to stay on top of the ever-changing global payment landscape. GlobalCollect was a great host and did an extraordinary job of putting everything together.” (Anthony Marsella, Director Financial Planning & Analysis of Direct Wines)

“While Travel Guard operates primarily in the travel space, the diversity of attendees and content at the recent GlobalCollect client conference in Prague provided a wealth of information in regard to processing electronic payments in a global environment. The conference provided many opportunities for attendees to share payment processing challenges and best practices with a well balanced mixture of keynote speakers and payment processing workshops." (Jeff Schafer, Vice President, Global Distribution of Travel Guard Worldwide Inc.)

"It's hard to pick a favorite session because I liked them all but I have to say Andreas Weigend's keynote really got me thinking on a higher level." (Amine Saoudi, CFO of Splendia)

# End #

About GlobalCollect

GlobalCollect is the world's premier Payment Service Provider of local e-payment solutions for international Customer Not-Present (CNP) channels such as internet, mail and telephone orders, and specialized in a wide range of industries such as travel, ticketing, telecommunications, retail, publishing, portals, online gaming, and digital content. While most providers limit their services to a technical link with payment acquirers, GlobalCollect is a full service partner consulting clients on how to increase transaction volumes, expand distribution channels, and reduce costs by streamlining back office processes. Through a single-interface online payment platform, we offer access to an unrivalled portfolio of local and international payment methods in over 200 countries, including all major credit and debit cards, direct debits, bank transfers, real-time bank transfers, eWallets, cash at outlets, prepaid methods, checks, and invoices. www.globalcollect.com

Contacts

GlobalCollect

Bettina Duske

Manager PR & Marketing Communications

Tel: +31-(0)23 567 1500

E-Mail: press.globalcollect@globalcollect.com

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100608006001/en/GlobalCollect-Draws-Top-Online-Merchants-Prague-eCommerce

GlobalCollect Draws Top Online Merchants to Prague for its eCommerce Conference perspectives’10

GlobalCollect, the world's premier payment service provider of local e-payments, has hosted another successful perspectives industry event in Prague

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following in the footsteps of perspectives’08 in Florence (Italy), perspectives’10 – The Art of Payments took place in Prague (Czech Republic) from June 3-4, 2010. Staying true to its original format, the conference was designed exclusively for top eMerchants from around the world and dedicated to international online payment trends and fraud prevention. With a capacity of 150 attendees, the event was fully booked with representatives from Blizzard Entertainment, eBay, The Financial Times, Nike, Skype, TNT, and Vodafone among many others.

“It's hard to pick a favorite session because I liked them all but I have to say Andreas Weigend's keynote really got me thinking on a higher level.”

During the conference, eCommerce merchants were presenting best practice cases studies to fellow merchants, able to network face-to-face, and have lively peer discussions during numerous themed workshops. Keynote speakers included Andreas S. Weigend, former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com and Polly A. Bauer, former President & CEO of Home Shopping Network Credit Corporation.

Here is what some of our attending merchants had to say about the event:

"I was delighted to be part of the perspectives'10 conference in Prague; the GlobalCollect team put together a wonderful agenda providing a high quality variety of key note speakers and seminars. I was able to make some useful contacts which will prove valuable as our partnership with GlobalCollect expands in the future. Thank you GlobalCollect!" (Lucia Gascoigne, Business Analyst at TNT)

“GlobalCollect’s perspectives‘10 was a great medium for exchanging and understanding issues and best practices in the international environment of payment methods through a wide spectrum of companies.” (Jerome Petit, Head of Finance of Snapfish International)

“perspectives’10 was a very powerful forum in which to learn and network amongst a diversified group of international merchants. Information sharing events such as this are extremely valuable in helping to stay on top of the ever-changing global payment landscape. GlobalCollect was a great host and did an extraordinary job of putting everything together.” (Anthony Marsella, Director Financial Planning & Analysis of Direct Wines)

“While Travel Guard operates primarily in the travel space, the diversity of attendees and content at the recent GlobalCollect client conference in Prague provided a wealth of information in regard to processing electronic payments in a global environment. The conference provided many opportunities for attendees to share payment processing challenges and best practices with a well balanced mixture of keynote speakers and payment processing workshops." (Jeff Schafer, Vice President, Global Distribution of Travel Guard Worldwide Inc.)

"It's hard to pick a favorite session because I liked them all but I have to say Andreas Weigend's keynote really got me thinking on a higher level." (Amine Saoudi, CFO of Splendia)

# End #

About GlobalCollect

GlobalCollect is the world's premier Payment Service Provider of local e-payment solutions for international Customer Not-Present (CNP) channels such as internet, mail and telephone orders, and specialized in a wide range of industries such as travel, ticketing, telecommunications, retail, publishing, portals, online gaming, and digital content. While most providers limit their services to a technical link with payment acquirers, GlobalCollect is a full service partner consulting clients on how to increase transaction volumes, expand distribution channels, and reduce costs by streamlining back office processes. Through a single-interface online payment platform, we offer access to an unrivalled portfolio of local and international payment methods in over 200 countries, including all major credit and debit cards, direct debits, bank transfers, real-time bank transfers, eWallets, cash at outlets, prepaid methods, checks, and invoices. www.globalcollect.com

Contacts

GlobalCollect

Bettina Duske

Manager PR & Marketing Communications

Tel: +31-(0)23 567 1500

E-Mail: press.globalcollect@globalcollect.com

Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100608006001/en/GlobalCollect-Draws-Top-Online-Merchants-Prague-eCommerce

TheFind and buySAFE Partner to Help Online Merchants Increase Shopper Confidence and Extend Consumer Protections

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and ARLINGTON, Va., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TheFind, a top 2 shopping engine, and buySAFE, Inc., a leading provider of consumer confidence and website conversion solutions, today announced a partnership to enable merchants to easily extend the buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee to shoppers on TheFind.com – for free.  Through TheFind's merchant center, registered stores can sign up to offer the buySAFE Guaranteed service, which provides shoppers on TheFind with an enhanced level of confidence that increases conversions and repeat purchases for participating merchants by as much as 15%, according to buySAFE.  

Shoppers who start their shopping on TheFind.com will automatically receive - for free - a buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee from all merchants displaying the buySAFE Guaranteed Seal. The buySAFE guarantee specifically offers shoppers a $500 guarantee on all purchases, up to $10,000 in identity theft protection, and a same store low price guarantee of up to $100.  

"Empirically, we have seen increased conversion rates for merchants who display enhanced trust certificates like those available from buySAFE," said Ron Levi, VP of product and brand at TheFind.  "Partnering with buySAFE allows us to help merchants build a more trusted relationship with consumers, which ultimately is a benefit to the merchant, the individual shopper, and TheFind."

As an added incentive, TheFind and buySAFE are offering merchants who sign up before June 30 an opportunity to win a full year of the buySAFE Guaranteed for free.  "There are three questions that determine shoppers' confidence when selecting an online store – is this merchant safe to do business with, will my privacy and personal data be secure, and am I getting the best price," said Jeff Grass, CEO of buySAFE.  "The buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee answers each of these questions, making it easier for shoppers to buy from a merchant.  This partnership with TheFind makes it easier for merchants to say yes to displaying the buySAFE Seal and providing the 3-in-1 Guarantee to every buyer referred to their website from TheFind."

This joint offering from TheFind and buySAFE is available immediately to online stores in TheFind's merchant center. Merchants can easily upgrade to the full buySAFE Guaranteed service to increase conversion, maximize profits and offer a buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee to all of their shoppers.

About TheFind

TheFind is a top 2 shopping search engine, according to comScore's measure of total visits, and from a base of 23 million visits per month, it is also the category's fastest growing site. Unlike anything before it, TheFind is built on multiple patents that make it simple to shop any store and every store, all at once. With the inclusion of matching coupons, reviews, and local store information, TheFind makes smart buying decisions easy. Founded in 2005, TheFind has been profitable since late 2008. TheFind is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in San Francisco and is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.

About buySAFE

buySAFE, Inc. provides eCommerce bonding services that build consumer confidence and provide significant financial and brand building benefits for online merchants. buySAFE's bonding solution is backed by the financial strength of Liberty Mutual, Travelers, and ACE USA and its identity theft protection services are provided in partnership with Assurant Specialty Property. With over 4 billion views of the buySAFE Seal, 20 million bonded purchases and over 3,000 buySAFE Merchants, buySAFE is widely recognized as a leader in providing confidence and safety for online buyers and increased sales and profits for online merchants. buySAFE's investors include Grotech Ventures, Core Capital Partners, VeriSign, Inc. and The Hartford Financial Services Group.

SOURCE TheFind

TheFind and buySAFE Partner to Help Online Merchants Increase Shopper Confidence and Extend Consumer Protections

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and ARLINGTON, Va., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TheFind, a top 2 shopping engine, and buySAFE, Inc., a leading provider of consumer confidence and website conversion solutions, today announced a partnership to enable merchants to easily extend the buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee to shoppers on TheFind.com – for free.  Through TheFind's merchant center, registered stores can sign up to offer the buySAFE Guaranteed service, which provides shoppers on TheFind with an enhanced level of confidence that increases conversions and repeat purchases for participating merchants by as much as 15%, according to buySAFE.  

Shoppers who start their shopping on TheFind.com will automatically receive - for free - a buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee from all merchants displaying the buySAFE Guaranteed Seal. The buySAFE guarantee specifically offers shoppers a $500 guarantee on all purchases, up to $10,000 in identity theft protection, and a same store low price guarantee of up to $100.  

"Empirically, we have seen increased conversion rates for merchants who display enhanced trust certificates like those available from buySAFE," said Ron Levi, VP of product and brand at TheFind.  "Partnering with buySAFE allows us to help merchants build a more trusted relationship with consumers, which ultimately is a benefit to the merchant, the individual shopper, and TheFind."

As an added incentive, TheFind and buySAFE are offering merchants who sign up before June 30 an opportunity to win a full year of the buySAFE Guaranteed for free.  "There are three questions that determine shoppers' confidence when selecting an online store – is this merchant safe to do business with, will my privacy and personal data be secure, and am I getting the best price," said Jeff Grass, CEO of buySAFE.  "The buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee answers each of these questions, making it easier for shoppers to buy from a merchant.  This partnership with TheFind makes it easier for merchants to say yes to displaying the buySAFE Seal and providing the 3-in-1 Guarantee to every buyer referred to their website from TheFind."

This joint offering from TheFind and buySAFE is available immediately to online stores in TheFind's merchant center. Merchants can easily upgrade to the full buySAFE Guaranteed service to increase conversion, maximize profits and offer a buySAFE 3-in-1 Guarantee to all of their shoppers.

About TheFind

TheFind is a top 2 shopping search engine, according to comScore's measure of total visits, and from a base of 23 million visits per month, it is also the category's fastest growing site. Unlike anything before it, TheFind is built on multiple patents that make it simple to shop any store and every store, all at once. With the inclusion of matching coupons, reviews, and local store information, TheFind makes smart buying decisions easy. Founded in 2005, TheFind has been profitable since late 2008. TheFind is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in San Francisco and is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.

About buySAFE

buySAFE, Inc. provides eCommerce bonding services that build consumer confidence and provide significant financial and brand building benefits for online merchants. buySAFE's bonding solution is backed by the financial strength of Liberty Mutual, Travelers, and ACE USA and its identity theft protection services are provided in partnership with Assurant Specialty Property. With over 4 billion views of the buySAFE Seal, 20 million bonded purchases and over 3,000 buySAFE Merchants, buySAFE is widely recognized as a leader in providing confidence and safety for online buyers and increased sales and profits for online merchants. buySAFE's investors include Grotech Ventures, Core Capital Partners, VeriSign, Inc. and The Hartford Financial Services Group.

SOURCE TheFind

MasterCard Launches Online Bill Pay Service for MasterCard® Prepaid Programs

Feature-rich service, built on Aliaswire® technology, is easy and cost-effective to implement, and enables issuers and program managers to offer their MasterCard prepaid cardholders pay-anyone capabilities

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MasterCard Worldwide today announced a new bill pay service for MasterCard^® prepaid card issuers and program managers, and their cardholders. This new service leverages the capabilities of payment platform and services provider Aliaswire, combined with the industry-leading bill payment solutions of MasterCard RPPS, to offer MasterCard prepaid partners a feature-rich bill payment service that integrates easily with their prepaid card program, and enables MasterCard prepaid cardholders to conveniently pay bills online or via telephone.

“The process of paying bills just got a lot more convenient for Prepaid MasterCard cardholders who now will have access to a simple, easy to use bill payment service”

Through MasterCard Online Bill Pay, MasterCard prepaid cardholders can easily schedule and make bill payments to anyone directly through their provider’s cardholder website. For added convenience, payments can also be made via telephone, in English or Spanish. To help manage and track bill payments, cardholders can view payments once posted and set reminders for upcoming due dates to help avoid late payments.

“The process of paying bills just got a lot more convenient for Prepaid MasterCard cardholders who now will have access to a simple, easy to use bill payment service,” said Laura Kelly, senior vice president, Global Prepaid & Debit Product Solutions, MasterCard Worldwide. “By integrating the strength of our existing prepaid offering and the bill payment resources and expertise of MasterCard RPPS with the valuable payment functionalities from Aliaswire, we are delivering an advanced bill pay solution that supports our commitment to provide our prepaid partners with innovative and effective ways to deliver value to cardholders and help ensure profitable long-term customer relationships.”

Through an agreement with Aliaswire, MasterCard will leverage Aliaswire’s PayVox™ electronic bill payment solution, designed specifically for prepaid cardholders. This new service allows for fast, easy and secure integration with an issuer’s infrastructure, eliminating integration fees. In addition, the service enables delivery of electronic bill payments to more than 6,000 national and regional U.S. merchants via MasterCard RPPS – the largest online database of billers available – which helps eliminate the cost and hassles for issuers to form direct relationships with bill payment service providers.

“For the large percentage of consumers who still rely on traditional payment methods to pay their bills, this new bill pay service from MasterCard provides them with access to a value-added convenience using their prepaid card and helps make their lives easier,” continued Kelly.

About MasterCard Prepaid Programs & Solutions

Since introducing its first prepaid card in mid 1990s, MasterCard has quickly become a leading prepaid payment card brand. Today, MasterCard combines a set of global prepaid product solutions, processing and advisory services that is unique in the industry, making it a strong business partner for companies looking to successfully participate in the prepaid market. MasterCard prepaid card solutions are being used today to enable global financial inclusion and provide consumers an additional payment choice; deliver cost savings and efficiencies to business and public sector agencies; enhance channels for merchant profitability; and complement existing retail bank strategies by delivering innovation on emerging payments opportunities.

About MasterCard RPPS Bill Payment Solutions

Over two decades, MasterCard RPPS has been at the forefront of electronic bill payments. This leadership has produced powerful insights into the needs of all constituents within the bill payment value chain, enabling MasterCard to develop solutions that hold unique value propositions for customers. In fact, no other single provider offers the entire range of services MasterCard RPPS does today. By delivering innovative and unique solutions to satisfy our customers’ need for better, faster and easier service, MasterCard RPPS is helping financial institutions, processors, and billers drive revenue, reduce costs and optimize their bottom line.

About MasterCard Worldwide

MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes over 22 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial institution customers and merchants. Powered by the MasterCard Worldwide Network and through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information, go to www.mastercard.com. Follow us on Twitter: @mastercardnews.

About Aliaswire

Aliaswire Inc. operates a next-generation Platform as a Service (Paas) to deliver payment solutions in the areas of personal electronic payments, commercial electronic payments and underbanked electronic payments through its mPay™, PayVox™ and DirectBiller™ services. The company offers a highly scalable, secure and redundant platform that can be simultaneously accessed through the web, voice, wireless and CSR channels. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aliaswire is an ISO 17799, and PCI level 1-certified processor. For additional information, visithttp://www.aliaswire.com.

All trademarks are property of their respective holders.

Contacts

Media Contacts:

MasterCard Worldwide

Sarah Ely, 914-249-6714

sarah_ely@mastercard.com

or

Aliaswire

Xenia Kwee, 617-850-9515

xkwee@aliaswire.com

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MasterCard Launches Online Bill Pay Service for MasterCard® Prepaid Programs

Feature-rich service, built on Aliaswire® technology, is easy and cost-effective to implement, and enables issuers and program managers to offer their MasterCard prepaid cardholders pay-anyone capabilities

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MasterCard Worldwide today announced a new bill pay service for MasterCard^® prepaid card issuers and program managers, and their cardholders. This new service leverages the capabilities of payment platform and services provider Aliaswire, combined with the industry-leading bill payment solutions of MasterCard RPPS, to offer MasterCard prepaid partners a feature-rich bill payment service that integrates easily with their prepaid card program, and enables MasterCard prepaid cardholders to conveniently pay bills online or via telephone.

“The process of paying bills just got a lot more convenient for Prepaid MasterCard cardholders who now will have access to a simple, easy to use bill payment service”

Through MasterCard Online Bill Pay, MasterCard prepaid cardholders can easily schedule and make bill payments to anyone directly through their provider’s cardholder website. For added convenience, payments can also be made via telephone, in English or Spanish. To help manage and track bill payments, cardholders can view payments once posted and set reminders for upcoming due dates to help avoid late payments.

“The process of paying bills just got a lot more convenient for Prepaid MasterCard cardholders who now will have access to a simple, easy to use bill payment service,” said Laura Kelly, senior vice president, Global Prepaid & Debit Product Solutions, MasterCard Worldwide. “By integrating the strength of our existing prepaid offering and the bill payment resources and expertise of MasterCard RPPS with the valuable payment functionalities from Aliaswire, we are delivering an advanced bill pay solution that supports our commitment to provide our prepaid partners with innovative and effective ways to deliver value to cardholders and help ensure profitable long-term customer relationships.”

Through an agreement with Aliaswire, MasterCard will leverage Aliaswire’s PayVox™ electronic bill payment solution, designed specifically for prepaid cardholders. This new service allows for fast, easy and secure integration with an issuer’s infrastructure, eliminating integration fees. In addition, the service enables delivery of electronic bill payments to more than 6,000 national and regional U.S. merchants via MasterCard RPPS – the largest online database of billers available – which helps eliminate the cost and hassles for issuers to form direct relationships with bill payment service providers.

“For the large percentage of consumers who still rely on traditional payment methods to pay their bills, this new bill pay service from MasterCard provides them with access to a value-added convenience using their prepaid card and helps make their lives easier,” continued Kelly.

About MasterCard Prepaid Programs & Solutions

Since introducing its first prepaid card in mid 1990s, MasterCard has quickly become a leading prepaid payment card brand. Today, MasterCard combines a set of global prepaid product solutions, processing and advisory services that is unique in the industry, making it a strong business partner for companies looking to successfully participate in the prepaid market. MasterCard prepaid card solutions are being used today to enable global financial inclusion and provide consumers an additional payment choice; deliver cost savings and efficiencies to business and public sector agencies; enhance channels for merchant profitability; and complement existing retail bank strategies by delivering innovation on emerging payments opportunities.

About MasterCard RPPS Bill Payment Solutions

Over two decades, MasterCard RPPS has been at the forefront of electronic bill payments. This leadership has produced powerful insights into the needs of all constituents within the bill payment value chain, enabling MasterCard to develop solutions that hold unique value propositions for customers. In fact, no other single provider offers the entire range of services MasterCard RPPS does today. By delivering innovative and unique solutions to satisfy our customers’ need for better, faster and easier service, MasterCard RPPS is helping financial institutions, processors, and billers drive revenue, reduce costs and optimize their bottom line.

About MasterCard Worldwide

MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes over 22 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial institution customers and merchants. Powered by the MasterCard Worldwide Network and through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information, go to www.mastercard.com. Follow us on Twitter: @mastercardnews.

About Aliaswire

Aliaswire Inc. operates a next-generation Platform as a Service (Paas) to deliver payment solutions in the areas of personal electronic payments, commercial electronic payments and underbanked electronic payments through its mPay™, PayVox™ and DirectBiller™ services. The company offers a highly scalable, secure and redundant platform that can be simultaneously accessed through the web, voice, wireless and CSR channels. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aliaswire is an ISO 17799, and PCI level 1-certified processor. For additional information, visithttp://www.aliaswire.com.

All trademarks are property of their respective holders.

Contacts

Media Contacts:

MasterCard Worldwide

Sarah Ely, 914-249-6714

sarah_ely@mastercard.com

or

Aliaswire

Xenia Kwee, 617-850-9515

xkwee@aliaswire.com

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