Dm-drogerie markt GmbH + Co. KG, one of the top two drugstore chains in Germany, is deploying more than 3,700 Hypercom Artema Hybrid payment terminals at its nearly 1,200 retail outlets nationwide, terminal maker Hypercom Corp. announced March 15.
“By integrating the Artema Hybrid payment systems into our stores across Germany, we will speed transactions and further enhance the shopping experience for our customers,” Roman Melcher, Dm-drogerie markt managing director, said in a news release.
Merchants have deployed some 300,000 Artema Hybrid payment systems in Germany. The product line features a single slot “hybrid” card reader and secure integrated PIN pad to accept both magnetic stripe and chip card transactions, Phoenix-based Hypercom noted in the release.
The terminal was the first to be certified according to the TA 7.0 chip card specifications the Zentraler Kreditausschuss German banking association recently introduced, according to Hypercom.
