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 TODD LINDEN NAMED SVP OF STRATEGIC MARKET DEVELOPMENT

The Woodlands, Texas - August 25, 2010 - Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS), also known as Delta Card Services, a top ranked merchant services provider, today announced the appointment of Todd Linden to the position of Senior Vice President of Strategic Market Development effective August 25, 2010.

Mr. Linden will report to Stan Paur, president and CEO of MCPS, and be responsible for the expansion of the merchant business, financial institutions, and independent sales organizations serviced by MCPS. Additionally, Mr. Linden will have responsibility for various other strategic growth initiatives for MCPS.

Most recently, Mr. Linden held the position of Senior Vice President of Business Development for EVO Merchant Services.  Prior to that, Mr. Linden served as Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Operations at NPC, president and COO of Card Commerce International, and held several key management positions at Bank of America Merchant Services. 

Mr. Linden has served on the ETA Board of Directors, the ETA Advisory Board and has chaired several industry related committees; including the ETA Government Relations Committee.

In making the announcement of Mr. Linden’s appointment, Stan Paur, president and CEO of MCPS, said, “We are excited that Todd has elected to join our great company.  His extensive experience in the electronic payments industry will be a tremendous asset as we expand our business.”

MERCHANTS' CHOICE PAYMENT SOLUTIONS COMPLETES CONVERSION OF ACQUIRED AGENT BANKS

The Woodlands, Texas - May 11, 2010 - Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS), announced today that the conversion of over 200 agent banks acquired from Silverton Bank of Atlanta, Georgia has been successfully completed.  MCPS purchased the Agent Bank portfolio and several thousand merchants in October 2009. 
"The Silverton project provided us with some great insights into the resources and teamwork necessary to achieve a successful transition.  Our team gained invaluable experience and confidence as a result of this effort.  We are hopeful, and eager, to find a similar opportunity in the near future," said Stan Paur, president and CEO of Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions.
Paur added that MCPS intends to leverage its relationships with bankers and financial industry associations to expand their agent banking program.  The MCPS Agent Bank Program delivers premium payment processing products and services behind the scenes enabling financial institutions to focus on their core business banking relationships.  MCPS has become a trusted partner with our agent banks by providing state-of-the-art technology with innovative payment solutions.
 
MERCHANTS' CHOICE PAYMENT SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES SILVERTON BANK PORTFOLIO OF AGENT BANKS
The Woodlands, Texas - November 9, 2009 - Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS), announced the acquisition of the portfolio of agent bank relationships from Silverton Bank in Atlanta, Georgia.

“We are excited to have the opportunity to serve Silverton's agent banks and their merchant customers,” said Stan Paur, president and CEO of Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions. “We will be working with the Silverton staff to insure an efficient and seamless transition over the next few months. I believe the financial institutions and their merchants will be very pleased with the levels of support and the quality of service they receive from MCPS.”
The acquisition brings Silverton’s agent banks and merchant customers into an existing network that delivers premium payment processing behind the scenes while banks retain their business banking relationships. The move adds several hundred banking institutions and several thousand merchants to the MCPS agent bank program. MCPS offers a wide array of credit, debit, check, and other payment services across multiple industries.  Paur added that the acquisition of the Silverton portfolio represents the first of a number of initiatives to expand the MCPS agent bank and merchant bank program.
 
The integration will continue through the end of the year as Merchants’ Choice works to provide immediate value for their new merchant customers and agent bank partners. 
 
 

MERCHANTS' CHOICE ANNOUNCES CORPORATE REBRANDING INITIATIVE

The Woodlands, Texas – August 3, 2009 — Merchants’ Choice Card Services (MCCS), a top-ranked merchant services provider sponsored by Woodforest National Bank, announced that effective today it is has changed its name to Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS).  

Stan Paur, MCPS’ new President and CEO states, “Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions was chosen as our new name because it truly reflects the fact that our company has expanded beyond just credit card payment processing to the ability to provide an array of credit, debit and other payment services.”

Robert E. Marling, Jr., Chairman of MCPS and CEO of Woodforest National Bank said, “This year MCPS is celebrating our 20th year in the payment processing industry and the fact that we have grown to be one of the premiere merchant acquirers. We feel this change in corporate identity demonstrates the breadth of our product and service offerings and our future strategic direction.”

“We have a great company providing outstanding, high-value payment solutions and support services to tens of thousands of merchants across the United States. Our intent is to leverage the professional staff and our outstanding service to become the preferred provider for the merchant community,” added Mr. Paur.

Our new business identity incorporates an expansion of products and services as well as a new corporate web address and email domain with mcpscorp.com.  MCPS has nearly 100 employees and over 300 sales offices providing electronic payment solutions to merchants including but not limited to retailers, restaurants, physicians, dentists, gas stations and convenience stores, auto repair facilities, lodging, beauty/barber shops, medical services, and veterinarians.

 


MERCHANTS' CHOICE MARKETS HYPERCOM OPTIMUM TO 41,000+ RETAILERS

 

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 30, 2009- Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) announced today that Merchants’ Choice Card Services (MCCS), a top ranked merchant service provider also known as Deltacard Services, has Class A certified and will market Hypercom’s high security Optimum T4200 countertop and M4230 mobile payment terminals to its more than 41,000 customers in the United States.

 

“Hypercom is a superb professional organization with sensible, secure and benchmark-setting products that deliver new levels of security, features and capabilities to the retail countertop,” said Larry Jones, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Merchants’ Choice Card Services.

 

“Merchants’ Choice Card Services’ selection, Class A certification and roll out of the Optimum payment and digital transaction terminals means that more merchants can quickly and safely conduct business. This leading merchant service provider’s stamp of approval further validates this best-of-breed product family’s advanced security, features and lowest cost of total ownership,” said Heidi Goff, President and Managing Director, The Americas, Hypercom Corporation. 

 

Hypercom’s high security Optimum T4200 and M4200 product family for North America consists of six powerful 32-bit multi-application devices that share the same platform, user interface, and software toolkit to maximize efficiency, application portability, and offer customers a broad range of options to serve any market need.

 

For further information on Hypercom’s Optimum products please visit

http://www.hypercom.com/products/.

 

 

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. 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.

 


STAN PAUR NAMED TO HEAD MERCHANTS’ CHOICE CARD SERVICES (MCCS)

The Woodlands, Texas – March 25, 2009 — Merchants’ Choice Card Services (MCCS), also known as DeltaCard Services, a top-ranked merchant services provider, today announced the appointment of Stan Paur as President and CEO of the organization effective March 23, 2009. 
 

From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Paur served as Chairman of PULSE EFT Association LP, one of the nation’s leading ATM/debit networks. Prior to being named Chairman of PULSE, he served as President and CEO for over 23 years.   He was Chairman of the MasterCard Maestro U.S.A. Board of Directors from 1991 to 1996. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Paur served as Chairman of the Shared Networks Executive Association. He received his degree from Saint Louis University.

 

Currently, Stan Paur is an Industry Advisor to the Payments Card Center of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and is an Advisory Director to Woodforest National Bank. Also, since 1996, Mr. Paur has served as an Advisory Director to the Independent Bankers Association of Texas. Mr. Paur has served as a spokesman for the financial industry on several key developments affecting electronic payments.

 

In making the announcement of Mr. Paur's appointment, Robert Marling, Chairman of MCCS, said, “We are excited that Stan has elected to join our great company. His background understanding of the electronic payments industry will be a tremendous asset as we expand our business.”