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Hypercom Mobile Payments Terminal to be Marketed by Avant-Garde Marketing Solutions

July 26, 2011 by Mobile Payment Magazine

Hypercom Corporation today announced that Avant-Garde Marketing Solutions, Inc., an independent sales organizations,  is now marketing Hypercom’s Optimum M4230 multi-application mobile payment terminal and Mobile Network service to its thousands of merchant customers nationwide. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Avant-Garde will market the M4230 mobile terminal with Hypercom’s Mobile Network as an affordable bundled solution that increases businesses’ revenue by enabling them to extend their payment acceptance reach beyond fixed locations.

“The M4230 with Hypercom’s Mobile Network dramatically simplifies activating, conducting and managing wireless transactions, eliminates unnecessary gateway transaction fees, and is a reliable high-security solution that can be deployed anywhere,” said Michael Varian, Director, Avant-Garde Marketing Solutions, Inc. “Demand for mobile payments is clearly increasing as merchants themselves become more mobile. Hypercom’s Mobile Network service and terminal is a perfect package to address the increasing mobile needs of our customers.”

“Avant-Garde’s selection of Hypercom’s GPRS terminal plus network service package is an innovative, highly secure, cost effective and easy to use solution to support the soaring demand for mobile payment acceptance,” said David Cronin, President and Managing Director, North America, Hypercom Corporation. “Many ISOs, distributors and payment processors serving thousands of merchants nationwide have already chosen Hypercom’s mobile solution over all others. And demand continues to grow.”

Unlike competing solutions, Hypercom’s Mobile Network service features simple, usage-based billing with no roaming charges, no additional transaction fees, fast and simple browser-based SIM activation, and 24/7 technical support from a single, secure, reliable source.

Hypercom’s global GPRS network connects to more than 200 networks in over 90 countries.

Source: Business Wire

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Avant-Garde Marketing Solutions, Hypercom Corporation, M4230, MobilePayments

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