Ingenico Group and Intel to Bring Payments to the Internet of Things

Ingenico Group and Intel Corporation announced a collaboration to combine Intel technology and Ingenico Group secure payment acceptance for the Internet of Things. The companies will jointly develop a mobile tablet that supports EMV and NFC payment functionalities, a standard required by banks to help prevent credit card fraud. Today, banks are responsible for fraudulent

Ingenico Mobile Solutions Launches First and Only mPOS Solution for EMV Chip & Sign, Contactless and Magnetic Stripe Card Acceptance

At the ETA Transact 15 conference in San Francisco, Ingenico Mobile Solutions, the global reference in mobile payment acceptance, launched the first and only PCI PTS 4.0 and SRED-certified mobile card reader equipped to accept both EMV and magstripe card payments, as well as NFC/contactless payments such as Apple Pay. Designed with flexibility in mind,

Heartland and Verifone Renew Alliance Announce EMV and Encryption Initiative

Verifone and Heartland Payment Systems announced a major strategic alliance and key initiatives aimed at providing merchants with enhanced security and EMV-ready payment processing. MIGRATION TO EMV AND END-TO-END ENCRYPTION Heartland Payment Systems is the nation’s fifth largest payments processor and a leading provider of merchant business solutions, serving more than 300,000 business and educational

FreedomPay To Participate On Payment Data Security Panel At The Barclays Emerging Payment Forum

FreedomPay, North America’s first payment gateway with PCI Validated P2PE, EMV and NFC support, announced that Chris Kronenthal, the company’s Chief Technology Officer and one of the industry’s top experts in payment data security, will participate as a panelist at the Barclays Emerging Payments Forum at the Westin New York at Times Square. “New payment

Everlink Announces DebitWear an Interac Flash Enabled Wearable Payments Solution

Everlink Payment Services Inc. announced that it has completed a proof of concept market trial for its latest debit card innovation – DebitWear. DebitWear is a contactless-only, debit card form factor that uses the same EMV and Near Field Communication (NFC) technology currently being used for Interac Flash enabled cards. With DebitWear the “debit card”

Planet Payment’s Pay in Your Currency Assists Merchants in Offsetting Cost of EMV Migration

Planet Payment, Inc., a leading provider of international and multi-currency payment processing services, is promoting its Pay in Your Currency solution as a way for US merchants to help offset the expense of upgrading their point-of-sale systems for EMV acceptance while also providing their international customers with enhanced customer service. In October 2015, the Payments

More than 50 Percent of Retailers Not Fully Prepared as EMV Deadlines Approach

With only nine months until the EMV migration deadline, retail and technology professionals are still unprepared, according to a recent survey by ACI Worldwide. The survey of 200 retail industry professionals was conducted in January 2015 at the National Retail Federation’s 104th Annual Convention and Expo, “The Big Show,” in New York. Principle findings of

Korea Exchange Bank of Canada and Everlink Join Forces to Launch 1Q Banking

Korea Exchange Bank of Canada (KEBOC) and Everlink Payment Services Inc. have combined innovation and in-depth payment solutions expertise to develop and launch Canada’s first reloadable EMV Mobile Prepaid Interac Debit card program – 1Q INSTA Card. The 1Q INSTA mobile App allows eligible Canadian consumers to apply for a free 1Q INSTA account using

Delhaize America Selects Verifone for Next Generation Consumer-Facing Payment Solutions

Verifone announced that Delhaize America has selected Verifone’s multi-media, EMV and NFC-capable MX 925 payment terminals to enhance consumer engagement at the point of sale across all of Delhaize America’s U.S. locations. Delhaize America is among the Top 25 U.S. Retailers according to the National Retail Federation, and is one of the country’s largest food

Entrust Datacard Announces New EMV Personalization Validation Software

Entrust Datacard announced the availability of the Datacard EMV Personalization Validation software that is designed to validate the chip of every EMV card issued on a Datacard MX Series card issuance system. Using Barnes International’s smart card verification technology, this inline automated process helps increase production efficiencies and increases peace of mind for financial institutions.