Payments News & Media
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.
read nowPyrim 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.
read nowRetail 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…
read nowGoorin 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.
read nowZumigo 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…
read nowStudy finds 330 million payment cards 'in the clear'
March 24, 2015
More than 6 in 10 businesses store unencrypted cardholder data, SecurityMetrics says.
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The weak link in Apple Pay's security chain
Crooks have been using a surprisingly low-tech tactic to worm their way around Apple Pay's tokenization and biometric safeguards.
read nowIntel lists job opening for cryptocurrency researcher
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
March 19, 2015
International developer Intel appears to be engaging the world of cryptocurrency with a job listing for a cryptocurrency researcher. According to the job…
read nowVisa hits the road
March 16, 2015
The card giant has embarked on a nationwide tour to explain how and why businesses should prepare to accept chip transactions.
read nowGameStop buying customer gift cards issued by other retailers
March 11, 2015
More than 90 retail branded gift cards are accepted, including Barnes & Noble, Gap, JCPenney and Target.
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Apple Watch aims to alter payment and shopping experience
by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group
Apple revealed new details about its latest device as the wearable market received a major shot in the arm Monday.
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Five major misconceptions about cryptocurrency
by Scott Slucher — Account Executive, Networld Alliance
With all the heated rhetoric surrounding the topic, we thought it would be helpful to reach out to people who work with cryptocurrencies on a daily basis to…
read nowIngenico releases new mPOS device for contactless payments
March 3, 2015
The RP170c is fully compatible with the Ingenico Mobile Solutions m-commerce platform, including its mPOS application, management portals and gateway to…
read nowData security, omnichannel initiatives top retail CIOs' priority lists
February 20, 2015
With recent high-profile data breaches and the growing need to deliver a unified and differentiated customer experience, retail CIOs agree that security and…
read nowTouchSuite launches POS for SMB retailers
February 20, 2015
The tablet-based POS includes capabilities such as drag and drop functionality, automated commissions, exchange processing, customizable inventory, wireless…
read nowSSL no longer acceptable for data protection, PCI SSC says
February 17, 2015
Weaknesses in the secure socket layers protocol will require revisions to the PCI DSS — and upgrades to providers' encryption methods.
read nowGoCoin co-founder and CEO to keynote Virtual Currency Today Summit, April 29 in Boston
February 17, 2015
Steve Beauregard, co-founder and CEO of payment platform GoCoin, will keynote VCTS on the 'the next disruptor in payments.'
read nowPyrim intros tool designed to provide clarity to mobile commerce
February 17, 2015
Product lists over 100 consumer-facing, mobile commerce products and each is fully described and mapped to the mobile commerce ecosystem.
read nowMobeewave secures funding from Russian firm for mPOS expansion
February 16, 2015
Montreal-based company claims it is the world's first and only provider of dongle-free NFC mobile payment terminal products enabling payment acceptance on…
read nowNRF issues statement on White House Cybersecurity Summit
February 13, 2015
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer…
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