Hypercom Corporation announced that Pivotal Payments, a leading North American merchant services provider, has begun to purchase and is deploying up to 33,000 Optimum countertop and mobile card payment terminals to merchants throughout Canada over the next 36 months.

The multi-million dollar rollout is believed to represent one of the largest in the country, and significantly strengthens Hypercom's high security product footprint in Canada.

"Our Canadian merchants demand cost-effective, innovative, reliable and secure EMV payment systems, for this reason we have selected Hypercom's Optimum product line," said Frank LoSchiavo, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Pivotal Payments.

"We are paving the way in electronic payments and transaction security, expanding our footprint in Canada, and we are doing it with well respected leaders like Pivotal Payments," said David Cronin, President and Managing Director, North America, Hypercom Corporation.

Hypercom's high security Optimum 4200 product family for North America consists of 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.