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EXHIBIT 10.1

AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AND
THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS

THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS(this Amendment), dated as of June 30, 2003, is entered into
between and among, on the one hand, the lenders identified on the signature
pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective successors and
assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a Lender and
collectively as the Lenders), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL,
INC., a California
corporation, formerly known as Foothill Capital Corporation, as the arranger
and administrative agent for the Lenders (Agent), and, on the other hand,
HYPERCOM CORPORATION,a Delaware corporation (Parent), and each of Parents
Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereof (such Subsidiaries are
referred to hereinafter each individually as a Borrower, and individually and
collectively, jointly and severally, as the Borrowers), with reference to the
following:

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, Borrowers and Parent previously entered into that certain Loan
and Security Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2001, as amended by Amendment
Number One to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 3, 2001, by
Amendment Number Two to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 13,
2001, by Amendment Number Three to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
February 13, 2002, by Amendment Number Four to Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of June 24, 2002, by Amendment Number Five to Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of December 23, 2002, by Amendment Number Six to Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of March 5, 2003, by Amendment Number Seven to
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 28, 2003, and by Amendment Number
Eight to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 12, 2003 (as the same may
be further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to
time, the Loan Agreement), with Agent and Lenders pursuant to which Lenders
have made certain loans and financial accommodations available to Borrowers and
Parent;

WHEREAS, Borrowers have informed the Lender Group that Hypercom Horizon,
Inc. desires to enter into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of
June 30, 2003 by and among TASQ Technology, Inc., Hypercom U.S.A., Inc. (a
subsidiary of Parent) and Hypercom Horizon, Inc. (the Purchase Agreement),
pursuant to which Hypercom Horizon, Inc. will dispose of substantially all of
its assets;

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that the Lender Group (a) consent to the
consummation of the transactions evidenced by the Purchase Agreement and the
dissolution of Hypercom Horizon, Inc. (collectively, the Designated
Transaction), and (b) release Hypercom Horizon, Inc. from the Loan Agreement
and each other Loan Document to which it is a party;

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WHEREAS, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein,
the Lender Group is willing to so consent to the consummation of the Designated
Transaction and to release Hypercom Horizon, Inc. from each of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to amend the
Loan Agreement as follows:

1.     DEFINITIONS.Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement, as
amended hereby.

2.     CONSENT; RELEASE OF HYPERCOM HORIZON, INC.Subject to the
satisfaction of each of the conditions listed in Section 4, the provisions of
the Loan Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Lender Group hereby
consents to the consummation of the Designated Transaction. Upon the
consummation of the transactions evidenced by the Purchase Agreement, (a) the
Lenders hereby authorize Agent to release, and Agent hereby releases, its Lien
in and to any and all of Hypercom Horizon, Inc.s assets, (b) the Lender Group
hereby releases Hypercom Horizon, Inc. from the Loan Agreement and from each
other Loan Document to which it is a party. The Lender Group hereby authorizes
Borrowers to file such Uniform Commercial Code termination statements with
respect to Hypercom Horizon, Inc. (which Borrowers prepare and which are
reasonably satisfactory to Agent) as may be reasonably necessary to evidence
the termination of Agents Liens in and to the assets of Hypercom Horizon, Inc.
The Lenders hereby authorize Agent to execute and deliver any other documents
which may be necessary, in Agents discretion, to release such Liens in and to
the assets of Hypercom Horizon, Inc.

3.     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THIS AMENDMENT.The satisfaction of each of
the following shall constitute conditions precedent to the effectiveness of
this Amendment and each and every provision hereof:

(a)  The representations and warranties in the Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date
hereof, as though made on such date (except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date);

(b)  Agent shall have received the reaffirmation and consent of each
Guarantor, attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed and delivered by an
authorized official of Guarantor;

(c)  Agent shall have received a true and correct copy of the Purchase
Agreement, together with all schedules thereto and each other agreement which
is executed in connection therewith, which shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

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(d)  Concurrent with the consummation of the transactions evidenced by the
Purchase Agreement, Agent shall have received 100% of the net cash proceeds
thereof in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement;

(e)  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date hereof or as of the date of the effectiveness of this Amendment;
and

(f)  No injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature
prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein shall have been issued and remain in force by any
Governmental Authority against Borrower, Guarantors, or the Lender Group.

4.     CONSTRUCTION.THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

5.     ENTIRE AMENDMENT; EFFECT OF AMENDMENT.This Amendment, and terms and
provisions hereof, constitute the entire agreement among the parties pertaining
to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior or
contemporaneous amendments relating to the subject matter hereof. Except for
the amendments to the Loan Agreement expressly set forth in Section 2 hereof,
the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full
force and effect. Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution,
delivery, and performance of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of
any right, power, or remedy of the Lender Group as in effect prior to the date
hereof. The agreements set forth herein are limited to the specifics hereof,
shall not apply with respect to any facts or occurrences other than those on
which the same are based, shall not excuse future non-compliance with the Loan
Agreement, and shall not operate as a consent to any further or other matter,
under the Loan Documents. To the extent any terms or provisions of this
Amendment conflict with those of the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents,
the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall control. This Amendment is a
Loan Document.

6.     COUNTERPARTS; TELEFACSIMILE EXECUTION.This Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this
Amendment by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as
delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any party
delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile also
shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment, but the
failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment.

7.     MISCELLANEOUS.

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(a)  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan
Agreement to a Borrower, Borrowers, or words of like import referring to
one or more of the Borrowers shall mean and refer to the Borrowers other than
Hypercom Horizon, Inc.

(b)  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in each other
Loan Agreement to a Pledgor, Pledgors, a Debtor, Debtors, an Obligor,
Obligors or words of like import referring to one or more of the Borrowers or
the Guarantors shall mean and refer to the Borrowers and/or Guarantors (as
applicable) other than Hypercom Horizon, Inc.

(c)  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan
Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, herein, hereof or words of like
import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and refer to the Loan
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(d)  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan
Documents to the Loan Agreement, thereunder, therein, thereof or words
of like import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and refer to the Loan
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

[Signature page follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
and delivered as of the date first written above.

|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------ |  | ---------------------- |  | ------------------------
|HYPERCOM CORPORATION,                                                                              |  | HYPERCOM EMEA, INC.,                
|a Delaware corporation                                                                             |  | fka Hypercom Europe Limited, Inc.,  
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  | an Arizona corporation
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|By:                                                                                                |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                   |  | By:                    |  | /s/ John W. Smolak      
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Name:                                                                                              |  | John W. Smolak                       |  | Name:                  |  | John W. Smolak          
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Title:                                                                                             |  | Executive Vice
President and Chief   |  | Title:                 |  | Executive Vice
President
|                                                                                                   |  | Financial and Administrative Officer |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|HYPERCOM U.S.A., INC.,                                                                             |  | HYPERCOM  MANUFACTURING             
|a Delaware corporation                                                                             |  | RESOURCES, INC.,                    
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  | an Arizona corporation
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|By:                                                                                                |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                   |  | By:                    |  | /s/ John W. Smolak      
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Name:                                                                                              |  | John W. Smolak                       |  | Name:                  |  | John W. Smolak          
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Title:                                                                                             |  | Executive Vice
President             |  | Title:                 |  | Executive Vice
President
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|HYPERCOM HORIZON, INC.,                                                                            |  | EPICNETZ, INC.,                     
|a Missouri corporation                                                                             |  | A Nevada corporation                
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|By:                                                                                                |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                   |  | By:                    |  | /s/ John W. Smolak      
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Name:                                                                                              |  | John W. Smolak                       |  | Name:                  |  | John W. Smolak          
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Title:                                                                                             |  | Executive Vice
President             |  | Title:                 |  | Executive Vice
President
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|HYPERCOM LATINO AMERICA, INC.,                                                                     | 
|an Arizona corporation                                                                            
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|By:                                                                                                |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                   |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Name:                                                                                              |  | John W. Smolak                       |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Title:                                                                                             |  | Executive Vice
President             |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.,                                                                        | 
|a California corporation, formerly known as Foothill Capital Corporation, as Agent and as a Lender
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|By:                                                                                                |  | /s/ John Nocita                      |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Name:                                                                                              |  | John Nocita                          |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         
|Title:                                                                                             |  | Vice President                       |  |                        |  |                         
|                                                                                                   |  |                                      |  |                        |  |                         





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Exhibit A

REAFFIRMATION AND CONSENT

All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in that certain Loan and Security Agreement
by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages thereof (such
lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns, are referred to
hereinafter each individually as a Lender and collectively as the Lenders),
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC., a California corporation, formerly known as
Foothill Capital Corporation, as the arranger and administrative agent for the
Lenders (Agent), and, on the other hand, HYPERCOM
CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (Parent), and each of Parents Subsidiaries identified on the
signature pages thereof (such Subsidiaries are referred to hereinafter each
individually as a Borrower, and individually and collectively, jointly and
severally, as the Borrowers), dated as of July 31, 2001, as amended by
Amendment Number One to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 3,
2001, by Amendment Number Two to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
November 13, 2001, by Amendment Number Three to Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of February 13, 2002, by Amendment Number Four to Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of June 24, 2002, by Amendment Number Five to Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of December 23, 2002, by Amendment Number Six to
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 5, 2003, by Amendment Number
Seven to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 28, 2003, and by
Amendment Number Eight to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 12,
2003 (as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Loan Agreement), or in Amendment Number Nine
to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2003 (the Amendment),
among Parent, the Borrowers and the Lender Group. The undersigned hereby (a)
represent and warrant to the Lender Group that the execution, delivery, and
performance of this Reaffirmation and Consent are within its powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary action, and are not in contravention of any
law, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment, decree, writ, injunction, or
award of any arbitrator, court, or governmental authority, or of the terms of
its charter or bylaws, or of any contract or undertaking to which it is a party
or by which any of its properties may be bound or affected; (b) consents to the
transactions contemplated by the Amendment and the execution and delivery
thereof; (c) acknowledges and reaffirms its obligations owing to the Lender
Group under the Guaranty and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
and (d) agrees that each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party is and
shall remain in full force and effect. Although the undersigned has been
informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed to
same, it understands that the Lender Group has no obligations to inform it of
such matters in the future or to seek its acknowledgment or agreement to future
amendments, and nothing herein shall create such a duty. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of this Reaffirmation and Consent by telefacsimile shall
be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Reaffirmation and Consent. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of
this Reaffirmation and Consent by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original
executed counterpart of this Reaffirmation and Consent but the failure to
deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity,
enforceability,
and binding effect of this Reaffirmation and Consent. This Reaffirmation
and Consent shall be governed by the laws of the State of California.





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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have each caused this Reaffirmation
and Consent to be executed as of the date of the Amendment.

|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------ |  | -----------------------------------------------
|HYPERCOM
CORPORATION,a Delaware corporation |  | HYPERCOM DO BRASIL INDUSTRIA E 
COMERCIO LIMITADA (BRAZIL), an organization organized under the laws of  Brazil
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|By:                                         |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                                                                                              |  | By:    |  | Hypercom U.S.A., Inc., its shareholder         
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|Name:                                       |  | John W. Smolak                                                                                                  |  | By:    |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                             
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|Title:                                      |  | Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial
and Administrative Officer                                         |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  | Name:  |  | John W. Smolak                                 
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  | Title: |  | Executive Vice President                       
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                           
|                                           
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  | By:    |  | Hypercom  Latino America, Inc., its shareholder
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  | By:    |  | /s/ John W. Smolak                             
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  | Name:  |  | John W. Smolak                                 
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |                                                
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  | Title: |  | Executive Vice President                       
|                                            |  |                                                                                                                 |  |        |  |