Bob Carr, chairman and chief executive officer of Heartland Payment Systems, one of the US’s largest payments processors and a leading provider of merchant business solutions, has been named the 2013 Innovator of the Year by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce. Carr will be formally recognized at the Annual Business Leader Awards presentation and
With an objective to reinforce and strengthen its presence in the Middle East and Africa region, Access Prepaid Worldwide, a MasterCard company, today announced the appointment of Rajeev Kumar as Regional Director and General Manager for the Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Rajeev will be responsible for overseeing the expansion strategies and
ROAM an Ingenico company and the leading mobile commerce platform provider, announced that Blackbaud, a global provider of software and services for nonprofits, is using ROAM’s platform as the basis for a new mobile point of sale (mPOS) offering for nonprofit clients. Blackbaud MobilePay™ enables Blackbaud’s nonprofit clients to accept credit and debit card payments
The Western Union Company a leader in global payment services, announced that it has expanded Western Union NGO GlobalPay, a dedicated financial platform designed to meet the international payment needs of non-profit, non-governmental organisations and the people they serve. The first phase of Western Union NGO GlobalPay was launched in December 2012. The platform is
A start-up mobile money transfer service is saying it will revolutionise how the African Diaspora sends money to family and loved ones back in Africa. Afrocoin Mobile Money is developing an e-money payment system that will be deployed in Zimbabwe in partnership with Allied Bank Zimbabwe. In South Africa, Afrocoin is working in partnership with
eGlobal, one of North America’ providers of ATM services for the hospitality industry, announced a renewed four-year partnership with Avendra to be a preferred supplier of ATM services to Avendra’s customers. “We are grateful for our ongoing relationship with Avendra. Both companies have collaborated very closely over the last several years to develop and deliver
Netsize, a Gemalto company, has achieved PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry & Data Security Scheme) certification, extending the capabilities of its payment platform beyond operator billing to allow end user credit card details to be securely stored and thereby facilitate convenient, immediate transactions. Mobile and digital content providers will now be able to offer consumers
FireHost, the secure cloud hosting company, is further protecting payments processing cloud applications with its Payment Island solution. By decoupling credit card databases and transactional applications from monolithic IT environments, institutions responsible for storing, processing or transmitting credit card data can reduce their scope of compliance, provide better security, and achieve audits faster by reducing
iVeri Payment Technologies has announced their successful completion and renewal for the fourth year in a row of PCI-DSS compliance certification. The iVeri services covered by this certification are: * Payment Processing-POS * Payment Processing-Internet * Payment Gateway/Switch * Payment Processing-MOTO This compliance renewal assures customers of iVeri’s ongoing commitment to international and regulatory standards.
Identive Group, Inc. announces Steven Humphreys as its new chairman of the board and the promotion of Lawrence W. Midland to president and Dr. Manfred Mueller to chief operating officer of the company. All appointments are effective immediately. “Identive’s ability to operate as a united, focused company is strengthened with the appointments approved by our
