ATLANTA, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BUYPASS Corporation announced today that
it has entered an agreement with Hannaford Bros. Co. (NYSE: HRD), a l4l-store
multi-regional food retailer and wholesaler.  BUYPASS will provide
host-to-host debit and electronic benefits transfer (EBT) processing services
for Hannaford Bros. Co.
    "We are excited about developing a new relationship with BUYPASS
Corporation," said Jim Bongiorno, Retail Systems Manager at Hannaford Bros.,
Co.  "We were a BUYPASS customer but left in 1992 because of difficulty
gaining access to a major regional debit network in the Northeast, where we
have a large concentration of stores.  Since that time, the issue has been
resolved, and we are looking forward to working with BUYPASS again.  We chose
BUYPASS for its customer focus and expertise in providing processing services
to the supermarket industry," said Bongiorno.
    "We are very pleased to have Hannaford Bros. Co. back as one of our top
customers," said Scott Plumblee, senior vice president for supermarket/major
retail at BUYPASS Corporation.  "They have a great presence and reputation in
the supermarket industry that dates back 115 years.  We are proud that they
have selected us," said Plumblee.
    Hannaford Bros. Co., headquartered in Portland, Maine, is a multi-regional
food retailer and wholesaler founded in 1883 by the Hannaford brothers.
Hannaford employs 22,000 people and includes 141 stores, 4 distribution
centers, and 20 wholesale customers.  A publicly traded company with
$3.2 billion in annual sales, Hannaford's markets include: Albany, New York;
Bangor, Maine; Burlington, Vermont; Charlotte, North Carolina; Lowell,
Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire; Norfolk, Virginia; Portland, Maine;
Raleigh, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and
Wilmington, North Carolina.  BUYPASS Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, is a major third-party POS processor and debit transaction acquirer
with annual transaction volume of over 1 billion.  BUYPASS provides processing
for 50 of the top 200 grocery store chains in the United States.  One out of
every ten debit POS transactions performed in the United States is processed
by BUYPASS.  BUYPASS also has electronic benefits transfer (EBT) programs in
26 states and provides gateway access to over 50 credit, debit and
EBTgateways.
    Electronic Payment Services, Inc. (EPS), a privately held company
headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is a leading electronic funds transfer
(EFT) processor in the United States, with approximately 2.3 billion
transactions annually.  EPS is the holding company for BUYPASS Corporation and
MONEY ACCESS SERVICE INC.

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