Linkpay Extends to the Tabletop

Linkpay continues to drive innovation by offering the world’s first integrated mobile POS with EMV, NFC, and on-screen PIN entry. Linkpay extends fully-integrated Clover Mobile Stations to the table top and store floor with your Linkpay merchant account. Restaurants can now accept payment at the table; retailers can use it for line-busting at busy times,

VeriFone Announces Integrated Solution for Convenience Store and Petroleum Retailers

VeriFone Systems, Inc., announced RubyCi, an integrated site controller and point-of-sale (POS) solution that combines features of its Ruby2 POS system and Commander Site Controller. The solution will enable average-sized convenience stores and petroleum retailers to more efficiently manage their POS, payment and fueling systems and prepare their payments infrastructure for EMV. Larger convenience stores

CPI Card Group Hires Mike Fisher to Further Strengthen EMV Expertise to Support Customers in U.S. Migration

CPI Card Group, a global leader in financial, EMV and commercial card production, and related services, has announced that Mike Fisher has joined the group to further strengthen CPI’s existing EMV team, supporting its customers in the migration to EMV in the U.S. Fisher will lead CPI’s existing EMV Field Support Team and provide expert

Fiserv Helping Financial Institutions Quickly and Efficiently Transition to EMV Standard

Fiserv, a provider of financial services technology solutions, is helping its clients transition to EMV chip-enabled cards by offering an integrated, compliant and cost effective path to EMV-enabled debit and credit card issuance. “Only Fiserv has a full suite of EMV solutions and the comprehensive strategic guidance to help financial institutions through every step of

BofA Merrill Further Extends Chip and PIN Technology to Corporate and Commercial Card Portfolio

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a leader in card services has announced that it is expanding chip and PIN technology to all purchasing and travel credit card products available to clients in the United States. This is the latest development in the company’s ongoing effort to rollout EMV (EuroPay Mastercard Visa) technology to its global

First Data and MasterCard Partner to Advance Debit EMV in the U.S.

First Data and MasterCard has announced an agreement in which First Data’s STAR Network will participate in MasterCard’s common U.S. Debit EMV solution. This agreement, combined with other recent industry announcements, provides a cost-effective solution and accelerates the ability for EMV functionality to be implemented across the U.S. EMV/ chip cards better protect account information

FIS Fosters US EMV Adoption with Visa Agreement

FIS a provider of banking and payments technology, and its NYCE Payments Network has announced a licensing agreement to make the Visa EMV debit solution available to all NYCE participants. This agreement furthers the U.S. payments industry goal of EMV adoption and is NYCE’s first formal EMV license, which can be used by NYCE Network

Visa and Pulse Agree on EMV Common Debit Solution

Visa Inc. and PULSE, a Discover Financial Services company, announced an agreement to enable financial institutions that issue EMV debit cards on both the Visa and PULSE networks to use Visa’s common debit solution. Visa’s common application identifier (AID) supports U.S. debit regulations requiring the ability to route transactions over multiple, unaffiliated networks. A common

Thames Card Technology Inks EMV Migration Deal With Ghana Commercial Bank

Thames Card Technology Ltd (TCT), a manufacturers of secure and non-secure plastic cards, has won a tender to be the supplier for the production, personalisation and distribution of one million EMV chip payment cards for Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB Ltd.). Thames will also offer its portfolio of consultancy services to support GCB Ltd. in its

Fiserv, MasterCard Agreement Advances Debit EMV Adoption in the U.S.

Fiserv, Inc. and MasterCard have announced an agreement to make MasterCard’s U.S. common debit EMV solution available for the Accel debit network. Under this agreement, MasterCard issuers receive flexibility to select and implement network relationships, while merchants and acquirers will continue to route transactions as they prefer, without introducing multiple applications and complicated technology upgrades.