ROAM Data Wins ETA Technology Innovation Award
...ROAMpay allows merchants to securelyaccept credit cards on hundreds of different types of mobile phones ... Boston, MA -- April 26, 2010 - ROAM Data (www.roamdata.com), an industry leader inmobile commerce solutions and its business partner Ingencio (Euronext: FR0000125346 -ING), announced today that ROAM won the 2010 Technology Innovation Award(TIA) given by the Electronic Transactions Association's (ETA) Annual Meeting& Expo. The award isgiven each year to a company whose creative use of technology significantlyadvances the payments industry as a whole. "ETA's Awards and Recognition committee inconjunction with the ETA Technology Committee selected ROAM Data's ROAMpaybecause of its near universal applicability and because it is a market-readyproduct," said Del Baker, director of marketing for the ETA. "It is a great honor to win the TechnologyInnovation Award this year," said Will Graylin, ROAM Data's founder and CEO. "Our core competence isenabling secure and cost effective transactions between merchants and consumersin the complex mobile environment. Our device agnostic solution maximizes reach to end-users and keeps themtransacting regardless of what phone or carrier they are using now, or switchto later." ROAM Data'ssuccess follows Graylin's other award-winning start-ups in the payment industryover the past decade. In fact,Graylin has nurtured four high-tech companies since completing two mastersdegrees from MIT focused on mobile computing.. "ROAM Data embodies the forward thinking that ismoving the industry to services that follow merchants, providing greaterflexibility to conveniently run their businesses while still maintaining thehighest levels of security and confidence," said Chris Justice, president ofIngenico, N.A., a strategic partner with ROAM Data in the U.S. ROAM's patented technology enables not only securePOS applications on hundreds of different devices (smart phones, featurephones, PCs, Tablets, etc.), but also custom commerce applications formerchants to empower their mobile sales force/workforce, and even reach theirbest consumers on their own mobile phones. To make transactions even more convenient and secure, ROAMis also delivering ultra low cost card readers compatible across many of itssupported devices enabling card present transactions. ROAM plans to deliver more innovations in the mobilecommerce arena in the months to come. About ROAM Data
Headquartered in Boston, ROAM Data enablesmerchants to transact with their customers on mobile devices easily andsecurely. ROAM's affordable andscalable commerce applications can run on hundreds of mobile phone models aseasily as on one, and fall into two primary categories: 1) Merchants apps thatturn mobile merchant's cell phones into POS terminals, for vendors, contractors,delivery staff to accept card payment, and for direct sales reps and mobileworkforces to place orders, check inventory, enroll new recruits and more. 2)Consumer apps to shop and buy goods and services, do online banking, acceptoffers/coupons and more, all from the convenience of their own cell phones. With ROAM's patented, device-agnostic platform,companies can reach up to 15 times more mobile users, and update their appsmore than 20 times faster when compared to device-specific, static applicationapproach, which require individual programming and certification for everymobile device type and for every application change. ROAM's full mCommerceservices also include end-user app provisioning, rights management and alerts.Secure transactions are done through ROAM's PCI-certified payment gateway. Visit us at www.roamdata.com. About Ingenico (ING)
Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING) is a leading provider ofpayment solutions, with over 15 million terminals deployed in more than 125countries. Its 2,800 employees worldwide support retailers, banks and serviceproviders to optimize and secure their electronic payments solutions, developtheir offer of services and increase their point of sales revenue. Moreinformation on www.ingenico.com For more informationcontact:
ROAM Data Rob Stringer
VP Marketing & Products
ROAM Data
(857) 254-2411
rstringer@roamdata.com Joyce Radnor
Spice Communications
617-787-5192
jradnor@comcast.net Ingenico, N.A. Svy Nekrasas
Vice President ofMarketing, Ingenico North America
svy.nekrasas@ingenico.com
Tel: +1 678 4561211
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