Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Yanay Eliezer
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. [PAY]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2099 GATEWAY PLACE, SUITE 600		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAN JOSE, CA 95110		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 09/02/2015 Common Stock 175,000 $ 19.99 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (2) 02/23/2009 Common Stock 20,000 $ 20.8 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (3) 04/10/2013 Common Stock 100,000 $ 28.52 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 07/26/2015 Common Stock 20,000 $ 30.32 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (5) 07/02/2014 Common Stock 25,000 $ 35.47 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Yanay Eliezer
2099 GATEWAY PLACE
SUITE 600
SAN JOSE, CA 95110		       See Remarks  

Signatures

By: Carolyn Belamide, Power of Attorney For: Eliezer Yanay 11/07/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 25% of this stock option vests on September 2, 2009. An additional 6.25% of this stock option vests at the end of each subsequent three month period thereafter until this stock option has fully vested.
(2) 50% of this stock option vested on February 23, 2007. An additional 50% of this stock option vested on February 23, 2008.
(3) 50% of this stock option vested on April 10, 2008. An additional 25% of this stock option will vest on April 10, 2009 and April 10, 2010.
(4) 50% of this stock option vested on July 26, 2007. 25% of this stock option vested July 26, 2008. An additional 25% of this stock option will vest on July 26, 2009.
(5) 25% of this stock option vested on July 2, 2008. An additional 6.25% of this stock option vests at the end of each subsequent three month period thereafter until this stock option has fully vested.
 
Remarks:
Pres, VeriFone Israel & Managing Director, Middle East

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