First Data adds in-club business consultants to Sam's Club

April 22, 2015

First Data will increase its presence in Sam's Club locations around the country by staffing on-site business consultants in more locations.

Is Facebook Messenger coming to retail?

by Alex Hum — Chief Architect, IT Consultant

With a reach of more than 600 million active monthly mobile users, Facebook Messenger as a business platform has the potential to make quite an impact. Alex…

TNS adds Ingenico, expands point-to-point portfolio

April 21, 2015

TNS' Managed POS Encryption helps merchants to protect sensitive customer information by eliminating the transmission of 'clear' cardholder data from the…

Mobile payments app for restaurant goers seeks to cut wait time and feed the hungry

April 20, 2015

Full Society launches IndieGoGo campaign to finalize app development designed to allow users to donate when paying for a restaurant bill.

Elavon SDK update enables merchants to accept Apple Pay

April 15, 2015

Elavon said the Commerce SDK comprehensive kit also accelerates a business' ability to implement a secure, EMV-compliant payment product.

Kofax works with Blackhawk to enhance digital wallet

April 15, 2015

A mobile capture feature is intended to make it easier for consumers to spend, share and keep gift cards secure.

Army and Air Force Exchange Service looking to improve checkout performance

April 14, 2015

NCR RealPOS 72XRT to be installed at 6,000 Exchange locations worldwide and supported by NCR Services.

Barclays expects huge gains in UK spending on mobile devices

April 14, 2015

Barclays said the influence of mobile on spending, however, is expected to more than double this figure from £18.4 billion to £112 billion over the same period.

BJ's Restaurants exec discusses benefits of chain's mobile app

Tim Hackbardt, VP of Marketing for BJ's Restaurants, talks about the many ways the chain's mobile app improves the customer experience.

mPOS 101

What merchants need to know about mobile point-of-sale technology.

Microsoft Payments on the horizon

April 9, 2015

Microsoft has applied for state money transfer licenses to act as a money transmitter.

How SeaWorld's mobile app enhances the guest experience

Len Dudis describes SeaWorld's folio approach to guest payments via its mobile app.

Ingenico, Intel to work on products for the Internet of Things

April 6, 2015

The companies will jointly develop a mobile tablet that supports EMV and NFC payment functionalities.

Verifone, Heartland strengthen relationship

April 3, 2015

Heartland said it will immediately make available Verifone's EMV and NFC-enabled VX 520 payment terminal and VX 805 PIN pad with Heartland Secure E3 end-to-end…

Ingenico preps merchants for EMV migration with new products

April 3, 2015

The point-of-sale provider announced two new additions to its line of products to help retailers and restaurants ease into chip card acceptance.

Pyrim intends to educate merchants about mobile commerce

April 2, 2015

The company introduced what what it calls the Mobile Commerce Education Resource Kit, a guide designed to teach merchants about the mobile commerce ecosystem.

Retail ISAC launches cyber sharing portal supported by FS-ISAC

March 26, 2015

The Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) announced it has reached another key milestone and expanded the capabilities of its Retail Information…

Goorin Bros. achieves PCI compliance with fingerprint readers

March 24, 2015

Employees log on with their unique biometric credential and are automatically logged off after each transaction.

Zumigo launches validation service for online retailers

March 24, 2015

Identity verification company Zumigo Corp. has introduced what it says is the industry's first merchant payments validation service based on the real-time…

Study finds 330 million payment cards 'in the clear'

March 24, 2015

More than 6 in 10 businesses store unencrypted cardholder data, SecurityMetrics says.