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PAYMENTS February 15 · 2008 - 21 Charge Anywhere Mobile POS Wins Award Palm Selects as Windows Application of the Month SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ (January 28, 2008) Comstar Interactive, a POS and electronic payments provider, announced that Palm has selected its Charge Anywhere v2.0 Mobile Point of Sale Software solution as its Windows Mobile Application of the Month. Charge Anywhere is an end-to-end secure mobile point of sale solution that allows Smartphones and PDAs to operate as a mobile point of sale device. Charge Anywhere was able to have its software validated as Visa Payment Application Best Practice and Payment Card Industry compliant. In addition to making calls, checking email, surfing the internet and text messaging, mobile merchants using Charge Anywhere can use one device to securely accept and process mobile electronic payments. “Our goal is to provide businesses using Palm’s devices with an innovative, robust and cost effective mobile point of sale solution that adds value, performance and functionality to their Palm devices,” stated Paul Sabella, CEO of Charge Anywhere. This award by Palm follows the Company’s recent “Designed for Palm Products” recognition, a designation awarded by Palm to solutions and applications that have passed a series of tests demonstrating their compatibility with Palm Smartphones. Source: Comstar Internactive (www.comstarinteractive.com) NBPCA Makes Leadership Change Palmer Becomes President and Executive Director of Springbok Services, has been appointed secretary of the NBPCA. Both will continue to serve on the NBPCA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. Joi Sheffield, an attorney with a decade of experience managing banking and finance issues on Capitol Hill and with regulatory bodies has joined the NBPCA as Government Relations Advisor. Tomasofsky is handling the day-today management responsibilities of the Association that were previously carried out by Marilyn Bochicchio. Bochicchio has become President of Paybefore, the industry’s leading provider of news, analysis, data and commentary on prepaid topics. She will remain active in her role as a Founding Board Member of the NBPCA and serve as a consultant to the Association through the conclusion of the current membership year. “The NBPCA has become a driving force advocating a positive environment for network prepaid cards,” said Anil D. Aggarwal, NBPCA Chairman of the Board. “The leadership changes announced today will help continue the successful traction the Association has achieved thus far. Marilyn Bochicchio has made tremendous contributions to the NBPCA over the past two years both as Executive Director and a Founding Board Member and I thank her for her past and ongoing dedication and service.” The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association has moved its headquarters from Sherborn, Massachusetts to Montvale, New Jersey. From here forward, please contact the NBPCA at 110 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 111, Montvale, NJ 07645-1706 or (201) 746-0725. Source: Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (www.nbpca.com) Hypercom Introduces System for Small Merchants Cardholder-facing Terminals & PC-Based Software Packaged PHOENIX, AZ (January 14, 2008) Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) has introduced SmartPayments EasyRetail, a new product that it says lets smaller merchants bring the speed and convenience of cardholder-facing payment terminals to single-lane checkout counters. Hypercom’s SmartPayments EasyRetail combines into one easily installed “plug and play” package of all of the components required for a retailer to begin conducting and accepting cardholder-facing electronic payments. “SmartPayments EasyRetail for the first time gives smaller merchants the ability to quickly and easily offer their customers the same payment speed, security and convenience at the checkout counter that the many larger, multilane retailers deliver today,” said Gregory Boardman, Vice President of Global Product Marketing, Hypercom Corporation. “This new offering is directly in line with our strategy of offering retailers smart choices and options when it comes to accepting payments.” According to Hypercom, the new system offers faster checkout and reconciliation by integrating point-of-sale and PC-based payment processing. The cardholder and cashier are simultaneously interacting with the payment transaction, just as they would in a larger, multilane environment. That allows the payment data to be instantaneously transmitted to the terminal screen and processor database, negates the need for retailer manual entry and/or two receipts, and speeds reconciliation by incorporating the processor’s approval code and other data into the POS system for easy retrieval. The company said that it offers built-in support for most leading POS systems together with rapid integration capabilities for non-supported systems because no hardware integration is required. In addition to Hypercom’s Optimum L4150 or L4250 payment terminals and SmartPayments software, SmartPayments EasyRetail comes complete with an installation cable, power cable and PC-based quick install guide. The product also provides the ability to support integrated plug-ins for Microsoft’s Retail Management System (RMS) and Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting packages. Free help desk support for the first month is included, and competitive annual help desk costs are available after the initial month. The new 32-bit PCI PED-approved EMV and Interac-certified L4150 features a new 64K color glass capacitive touch screen that provides a bright and legible interface, a video-capable 200 MHz processor that can support bandwidth-intensive graphics and animations. The PCI PEDapproved L4250 has a 220x80 pixel 16-grayscale LCD touch screen for retail branding. Both terminals offer Hypercom’s dual sided, bi-directional magnetic stripe reader; and offer retailers the option of accepting contactless payments, as well as signature capture and retrieval. SmartPayments EasyRetail is now available for shipment globally. Source: Hypercom (www.hypercom.com) MONTVALE, NJ (January 22, 2008) The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA), a non-profit trade organization that works to enhance the environment for the success of network branded prepaid cards, announced changes to the Association’s management. The NBPCA has grown to include more than 35 members since the commencement of its first membership year in June 2006. Gary Palmer, Executive Vice President of Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and a Founding Director of the NBPCA, has assumed the title of President and Executive Director of the NBPCA in order to meet the association’s bylaws and statutory requirements. There is no impact on his position at FIS, according to the release. Palmer delegates his responsibilities to payments industry veteran Paul Tomasofsky, who has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and will serve through the conclusion of the NBPCA’s current membership year on June 30, 2008. Tomasofsky also will continue in his current capacity as president of Two Sparrows Consulting. Palmer has vacated his role as NBPCA secretary. Dwayne Jones, President and Chairman 20th Annual CARD FORUM AND EXPO REGISTER BY MARCH 7, 2008 FOR LAST MINUTE EXTRA EARLY BIRD PRICING. WHY WAIT? A DEAL LIKE THIS WON’T LAST! Expanding the boundaries of the payments landscape April 6-8, 2008 Doral Golf Resort & Spa Miami, FL TIO Networks Announces TIO Prepaid MasterCard Also Offering NetSpend National Savings Program BURNABY, BC, (January 31, 2008) TIO Networks the program are held by Inter National Bank, Corp., a North American automated non-bank member FDIC. There is no minimum deposit financial services network (TSX-V: TNC), says to enroll in the program, no minimum monthly the initial deployment of its TIO Prepaid Mas- balance to maintain and no additional monthly terCard program to 75 EWIZ stores has met the service fees. pilot criteria and will be rolling out to all 400 “TIO Networks was one of The Center for EWIZ stores across the United States and anoth- Financial Services Innovations’ earliest invester 300 stores scheduled for future deployment. ments,” commented CFSI’s Associate Director, TIO also announced a new initiative to make Arjan Schütte, who manages the Center’s investNetSpend’s National Savings Program avail- ment funds. “There is tremendous potential in able to TIO prepaid MasterCard cardholders. the under-banked market for a quality prepaid NetSpend cardholders can earn up to 5.00 per- card-based savings product, but few existing cent interest on an annualized basis by link- options. This partnership transforms TIO’s ing their MetaBank-issued prepaid cards to an turnkey kiosk into a multi-functional financial interest-bearing savings account. The program solution, providing its cash preferred customers benefits under-banked Americans and/or those with the opportunity to have a more robust and who prefer not to establish accounts with tradi- managed economic future.” tional banks. The NetSpend National Savings Program’s Source: TIO Networks Corp. promotional 5.00 percent annual percent- (www.tionetworks.com) age yield will apply through March 2008 and NetSpend (www.netspend.com) move to 3.00 percent on an annualized basis MetaBank (www.metacash.com) thereafter. Interest is calculated on the aver- Inter National Bank (www.inbweb.com) age daily balance and paid quarterly. Funds in THIS YEAR’S NEWEST TRACKS Fraud and Risk Trends in Credit, Debit and Prepaid New Product Development Customer Loyalty and Retention Alternate Payments Industry Roundtables THIS YEAR’S NEWEST SPEAKERS Steven G. Boehm President of Card Services, WACHOVIA Timothy H. Murphy President, U.S. Region, MASTERCARD WORLDWIDE Terry O’Neil Executive Vice President, CITI CARDS ALL NEW NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES Birds of a Feather Lounge Roundtable Discussions Golf Tournament www.sourcemediaconferences.com/CFE08 | 800.803.3424 | 212.8 http://www.nbpca.com http://www.comstarinteractive.com http://www.nbpca.com http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/CFE08 http://www.hypercom.com http://www.tionetworks.com http://www.netspend.com http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/CFE08 http://www.metacash.com http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/CFE08 http://www.inbweb.com

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The Prepaid Press - February 2008 Beachfront Property for Sale Cardholder Facing Systems Contents The Retske Report: Getting the Word Out 5 Minutes With Mark Flanagan, CEO of PrepaidWireless.com Regulatory Rundown: Mid-Winter Update 2008 Prepaid Wireless Handsets Consumer’s Union Raps Wireless Industry Prepaid Reviews Launches Canadian Website Maginpins and TúYo Mobile Form Alliance Prepaid Wireless in Brief Boost Mobile Introduces New $1/Day Chat Plan Mobile Voice to Overtake Fixed in Europe Prepaid Wireless Roundup Another Kind of Prepaid Calling Spot Rates VSNL Wins ATLANTIC-ACM Award The Legal Line Calling Cards in Brief Sapotek Partners with DigiLinea Pactolus Goes Live at Cable MSO Low-Income Market Initiatives to Drive Mobile Banking Payments in Brief Monitise Americas Expands Payments Network Charge Anywhere Mobile POS Wins Award Hypercom Introduces System for Small Merchants TIO Networks Announces TIO Prepaid MasterCard NPBCA Makes Leadership Change A Walk Down the Aisle Branding Your Retail Store Retailers Welcome Senate Approval of Stimulus Bill NRF Forecasts 3.5 Percent Growth in Retail Sales Cyphermint Teams With DHL Retail Focus in Brief Our Advertisers Contact Us

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