SAN FRANCISCO (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 31, 2011--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it revised its recovery rating on San Jose, Calif.-based VeriFone Systems Inc.'s $540 million senior secured credit facilities due in 2012 to '1' from '2' and raised the issue-level rating to 'BB+' (two notches higher than the corporate credit rating) from 'BB'. The '1' recovery rating indicates our expectation of a very high (90%-100%) recovery for lenders in the event of a payment default. At the same time, we revised the recovery rating on the $316 million senior convertible notes due 2012 to '3' from '6' and raised the issue-level to 'BB-' (equal to corporate credit rating) from 'B'. The '3' recovery rating indicates our