A second merchant acquirer in Brazil and a payment processor in Ecuador will install a combined 26,500 Hypercom Corp. point-of-sale terminals by the end of the year, the terminal maker announced in separate releases this week.
The Brazilian acquirer, which Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hypercom declined to name, is buying 22,000 Optimum T4205 countertop devices. Hypercom would not disclose terms of the deal.
This order closely follows one that Brazil-based acquirer Cielo S.A. placed for 30,000 terminals in September (
Ecuador-based payment processor Datafast CIA Ltda. is buying a mix of Optimum T4200 countertop and M4200 mobile POS terminals for a total of 4,500 devices. Hypercom says it is replacing Datafast’s previous vendor, which it declined to name.
Datafast’s website lists San Jose, Calif.-based VeriFone Systems Inc., Hong Kong-based Spectra Technologies and Hypercom as providers of terminals for its merchants.
Colombia-based MST Multisoft S.A., a Hypercom distributor, is handling the merchant installations for Datafast, Hypercom says.
