Tyfone Receives 2008 Best of Portland Award

U.S. Local Business Association Recognizes Achievements in the Financial Advisory Services Category

PORTLAND, Ore.--(AllPayNews.com)--Tyfone (www.tyfone.com), a global provider of mobile financial services infrastructure and fully-integrated mobile payments capabilities, today announced that the company has been selected for the 2008 Best of Portland Award in the Financial Advisory Services category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

The USLBA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Tyfone is a leading provider of mobile financial services infrastructure that encompasses a comprehensive mobile banking solution along with contactless mobile payment capabilities and fully integrated security features. Thanks to Tyfone’s breakthrough advancements, companies around the world including; banks, credit unions, credit card issuers, retailers, telecommunications carriers, transportation companies, and more are changing the way consumers conduct and manage their financial transactions. Tyfone, with its patented SD memory card-based mobile payments technologies, is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with Asia-Pacific headquarters in Bangalore, India.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2008 USLBA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners were determined based on information gathered both internally by the USLBA along with data provided by various third parties.

“We are pleased and honored to receive this accolade that recognizes our success and our service to the local community as well as our customers,” said Tyfone CEO Tom Spitzer. “This award affirms our outstanding presence and continued commitment to the Portland business community.”

About U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA):

U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA) is a Washington D.C.-based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USLBA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USLBA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. The organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. The USLBA’s mission is to be an advocate for small and medium-size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

About Tyfone:

Tyfone is a leading provider of mobile financial services infrastructure that encompasses a comprehensive mobile banking solution along with contactless mobile payment capabilities and fully integrated security features. Tyfone’s one-of-a-kind memory card technology dramatically expands the universe of NFC-capable mobile phones as a result of patent-pending breakthroughs that combine an NFC chip, a miniature antenna and security/authentication features on a Flash memory card that works in any standard mobile phone memory slot. Tyfone enables device- and carrier-independent mobile services under the issuer’s own brand, empowering financial institutions around the world to help create the future of money and mobility. To discover why Tyfone is the partner of choice for mobile technologies to the world’s leading financial institutions & financial technology providers, please visit www.tyfone.com.

Contacts
Skyya Communications
Michele Peterson, +1 952-949-1371
michele.peterson@skyya.com
or
Tyfone
Carol Grunberg, +1 503-546-9364
carol.grunberg@tyfone.com