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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Epicor Integrates Market-Leading AJB Electronic Payment
Technology to Help Retailers Secure Point of Sale Transactions
Partnership Supports Compliance with Forthcoming EMV Initiative and Enables
Improved Speed to Market in Accommodating New and Emerging Payment Types
AUSTIN, Texas, December 22, 2014 -- Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business
software solutions for retail, manufacturing, distribution, and services organizations, today announced
a strategic partnership with AJB Software Design, Inc., a leader in integrated payment solutions, to
simplify and secure electronic payment acceptance at the point-of-purchase, enabling retailers to
accommodate new and emerging methods of payment, and comply with security best practices such
as the forthcoming Europay, MasterCard and Visa (“EMV”) initiative.
The partnership combines Epicor and AJB’s best-of-breed solutions to provide retailers with a single,
secure, uninterrupted payment solution that can handle high transaction volumes – even on the most
demanding shopping days – while supporting inspired consumer payment experiences.
More than 20 percent of North America’s Top 100 retailers and over 10 percent of the top global
retailers by sales volume, rely on AJB’s payment integration software solutions. AJB’s FIPay (Flexible
Integrated Payments) solutions are now fully integrated into the Epicor Retail Store 6.4 solution to
enable retailers to handle all aspects of electronic payment acceptance at the point of sale, including
authorization and settlement, and dynamic currency conversion, with end-to-end encryption and
tokenization.
Additionally, the Epicor Retail Store with integrated FIPay solution is expected to be certified to meet
the most current EMV requirements. While Chip and PIN technology has been widely accepted in the
UK, Canada, and Australia for more than 10 years; in the US, October 1, 2015 is the deadline for
implementing Chip and PIN technology under the EMV initiative – a milestone known as “the liability
shift.” After this date when credit card fraud occurs liability will presumptively fall on the entity using
the lesser, non EMV technology.
“With technological capabilities continuing to rapidly expand, keeping up with advancements while
ensuring the security of data will remain a challenging feat for retailers,” says industry analyst firm
Boston Retail Partners, in its October 2014 white paper titled: Best Practices and Tools to Thwart
Hackers and Protect Customer Payment Data. According to Perry Kramer, vice president and practice
lead, Boston Retail Partners, “Simply meeting PCI compliance standards is no longer sufficient to
protect customer data. The best way to reduce overall payment card exposure is with a multi-tiered
security approach with a combination of EMV, encryption and tokenization.” Ken Morris, principal,
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Boston Retail Partners, stated, “as a strategic approach to payment security, retailers should seriously
consider moving to a cloud-based POS system with one centralized point for data security.”
Epicor Retail Store with integrated FIPay solution also enables retailers to quickly accommodate new
and emerging payment types, including consumer mobile payment “wallets”; as well as support a wide
range of bank processors, payment devices, and international currencies.
“It’s likely that 2014 will go down in the record books as the definitive year for major data breaches
and payment insecurity. To address concerns about customer data protection and privacy and new
security mandates, retailers are shoring up their processes around the transmission of sensitive data,”
said Noel Goggin, executive vice president and general manager, Epicor Retail. “Now they can rest
easier, relying on the Epicor Retail Store solution – now featuring the industry’s leading technology to
streamline and secure electronic payment acceptance at the point of sale.”
“Retailers that leverage the Epicor Retail Store point-of-sale solution integrated with FIPay solutions,
aren’t just getting leading integrated electronic payment technology, they are getting a solution backed
by proven expertise in the electronic payment industry, with the flexibility and agility to quickly respond
to industry changes without the need for extensive modifications,” said Bohdan Myroniw, directorBusiness Development with AJB Software.
About AJB Software Design, Inc.
Founded in 1994, AJB has over 140 global clients, and its software makes it easy to connect the
components required for real-time payment processing. AJB is a leading provider of electronic
payment integration software solutions, with over twenty percent of North America’s Top 100 retailers
and over 10 percent of the top global retailers by sales volume, relying on AJB products and
solutions. AJB enables retailers to quickly comply with new standards and payment types, including
mobile, EMV and other emerging forms of payment. In addition, it allows banks and POS vendors to
easily integrate their products with retailers, petroleum and convenience stores. AJB simplifies
integration with existing systems; solutions are scalable, multi-channel and platform independent. For
more information, visit www.ajbsoftware.com or email Vivian Shen, MARCOM
at [email protected]
About Epicor Retail
The Epicor Retail solutions business is the leading provider of extended omni-channel solutions for
midsize and large retail chains, delivering advanced solutions for retailers seeking to streamline
processes, integrate channels, leverage intelligence and inspire customers, to maximize profitability.
The Epicor Retail end-to-end suite is designed to meet the evolving merchandise and service
expectations of today’s connected, cross-channel shopper, and the business requirements of the
most demanding specialty soft goods and hard goods retail environments in a variety of industries
including apparel, footwear, discount, and general merchandise. Hundreds of leading retailers -- from
Aeropostale and General Nutrition Centers, to Michael Kors and New Balance -- trust Epicor Retail
solutions to help them remain current, competitive, and consistently strong.
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering inspired business software solutions to the
manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. With over 40 years of experience serving
small, midmarket and larger enterprises, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150
countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), retail management software, supply chain
management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) enable companies to drive increased
efficiency and improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry expertise and passion for
excellence, Epicor provides the single point of accountability that local, regional and global
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businesses demand. The Company’s headquarters are located in Austin, Texas, with offices and
affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit www.epicor.com.
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forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forwardlooking statements may include statements regarding future product releases, future functionality,
certifications of solutions, the launch of new products and other statements that are not historical fact.
These forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and
economic data together with management's views and assumptions regarding future events and
business performance at the time the statements are made and are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to changes in the demand for Epicor's
products; the timely availability and market acceptance of new products and upgrades; the impact of
competitive products and pricing; the discovery of undetected software errors; changes in the financial
condition of Epicor's customers; and other factors discussed in Epicor's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including Epicor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending
September 30, 2014. As a result of these factors the business or prospects expected by Epicor as
part of this announcement may not occur. Epicor undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly
any forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Lisa Preuss
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
Epicor Software Corporation
+1 949 585 4235
[email protected]
Erin Lutz
Lutz PR (on behalf of Epicor)
+1 949 293 1055
[email protected]