As of January 1, 2014, Wincor Nixdorf will assume responsibility for providing services for IT systems at the service stations in Germany owned by BP and operated under the Aral brand. This includes maintenance and recovery of the IT infrastructure over a five-year period, with the aim of ensuring the availability of more than 25,000
Crédit Agricole has chosen Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions, to enable the bank to roll out mobile and contactless payment terminals to merchants who are clients of the networks of Regional Banks and LCL. Crédit Agricole is the first French banking group to offer Ingenico’s iWL250 3G mobile payment terminal in its catalogue. This
eBay Inc. has announced it completed its previously announced acquisition of Braintree, the payment platform powering the next generation of leading online and mobile-first startups. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement announced September 26, 2013, eBay acquired Braintree for total consideration of approximately $800 million in cash. Braintree will now operate as
SecureNet, a payment technology operating system powering omnichannel payments, has announced that yubo, a customizable lunchbox design company featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, has implemented SecureNet’s PayOS as its eCommerce transaction processing solution. yubo’s children’s lunchbox line is customizable with tailored designs, colors and functionality so that kids can reflect their unique personality and ever-evolving
Global technology company MasterCard has announced the appointment of expat Peter Chisnall as its new Country Manager in the New Zealand market. Born and raised in Taranaki, Peter brings more than 20 years experience to the table from working in the oil and gas, and then financial services industries. He joined MasterCard in January 2012,
Bluefin Payment Systems, a financial technology provider of cloud-based integrated payment solutions for independent software vendors (ISVs), announced that they have partnered with an international payment platform provider to expand their US and Canadian presence to include international payment processing in early 2014. Bluefin’s innovative and proprietary PayConex platform will now support e-commerce and mail
Visa has announced the appointment of Ellen Richey as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Ms. Richey, who currently serves as Visa’s Chief Risk Officer, will take responsibility of the Legal function as well as maintain oversight of Visa’s compliance and audit teams. Ms. Richey will continue to report directly to Charlie Scharf, CEO
NCR Corporation, a provider of consumer transaction technologies, has announced that Juan Valdez Café stores are replacing their PC-based point-of-sale (POS) terminals with an NCR solution to enhance customer service and experiences chain wide. Initially, NCR is installing POS technology in all of Juan Valdez’s Colombian stores with an eye toward creating a standard platform
In a bid to fight increasing card fraud, which is estimated to have cost $11.27 billion worldwide in 2012 (a 14.6% increase year-on-year)1, leading wireless data company, FastNet, announced it has achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance as a Level 1 service provider. This follows recent stipulation by the Payments Association
Sparkasse Düren has renewed its existing service agreement with Wincor Nixdorf for a further five years and is outsourcing additional services to the IT company. Sparkasse Düren will thus benefit from cost savings and a sharp reduction in its workload. In addition, a master agreement on replacing around 140 self-service systems by 2016 has been
