Twelve ATMIA members were among more than 50 exclusive guests attending an invitation-only meeting hosted jointly by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the X9 Accredited Standards Committee. The topic of the December 9-10 meeting was “Integrated Chip Payment Standards: the Next Generation.” Amid the ongoing challenge of finding a workable EMV debit solution,
ACI Worldwide, a provider of electronic payment and banking systems, has announced that major payment device vendors including VeriFone, Ingenico and Equinox support its Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) solutions. P2PE is an emerging encryption technique in the payments industry that protects sensitive cardholder data in transit—as it is transmitted from a merchant’s store to
The American National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and Commerce Bank have come together to offer NASW members a Visa rewards credit card. The card offers reward points with unlimited earnings, as well as no annual fee. Cardholders can redeem points for statement credit, gift cards, merchandise, or travel. Additional features and benefits include $100,000 travel
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) announces that its Latin America chapter will begin forming a combination Regional Board and Government Relations Committee. ATMIA is calling for those with a vested interest in the industry to join the Board. “A functioning Board is critical to the growth and maturity of our regional chapters,” said Mike Lee,
December’s mPOS tracker, an industry report produced by PYMNTS.com and sponsored by ROAM, a leader in the mobile commerce industry sees a strong end of mPOS in 2013. The December 2013 report features four new players, including 1010, a Hong Kong-based mobile operator, and Tantrum Street, developer of Cartwheel Register, Kazcommercbank and Vivo. In addition
OKI has announced that the company has completed share purchase of the ATM business including banking, retail automation and services from Itautec S.A.- Grupo Itautec (Itautec). OKI has acquired 70% stake of the new company which has been established through Itautec’s company split. The new company, OKI Brasil S.A, has started operations effective January 10,
Allied Wallet, a global provider of online credit card processing, multi-currency merchant services, and a PCI Level 1 secured payment gateway, has reported over 100 million users worldwide for their online payment solutions after a spike in holiday sales. After a busy holiday season, Allied Wallet’s merchants saw an average increase of nearly 30% in
At the Wincor World 2014 trade show, Wincor Nixdorf is showcasing a trendsetting kiosk application in a replica of a McDonald’s restaurant: guests at McDonald’s can use an “Easy Order” terminal to place their menu orders themselves and pay for them by card. This simplifies ordering, food preparation and payment processes, especially at peak times.
Starmount has announced that it has partnered with Servebase and Ingenico to enable the company to deliver complete end-to-end solutions that meet all requirements for EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) payments. The partnerships underscore Starmount’s leadership role in the transition to EMV and chip and pin technologies and will enable Starmount to deploy its solutions for
Ingenico, a provider of payment solution, and PAVO Inc., Ingenico’s partner in cash register business, collaborated to develop the iWE280, a new generation of mobile cash register with electronic fund transfer capability (EFT-POS) as a consequence of a market organization required by the Turkish State. This device has successfully passed all technical evaluations administered by
