Payments News & Media
NRF appeals credit card swipe fee settlement
January 3, 2014
The National Retail Federation has formally filed an appeal of an antitrust lawsuit settlement covering credit card swipe fees, asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit…
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Target reports massive card data breach, as many as 40 million affected
December 19, 2013
Target released a statement this morning acknowledging that it was hit by a massive card data breach between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. According to the statement…
read nowAmazon rumored to acquire mobile payments startup Gopago
December 17, 2013
Italian media is reporting that Amazon has moved to expand its mobile presence by acquiring the mobile payments startup Gopago. The Silicon Valley-based firm…
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Univ. of Arkansas researchers develop risk assessment tool for mobile POS
December 17, 2013
The researchers studied 26 different retail scenarios and found that there is no "one size fits all" system.
read nowNew York City WIRED store displays Fiserv's mPOS solution
December 13, 2013
This Christmas holiday season, shoppers visiting WIRED magazine's ninth annual WIRED store in New York City will be able to experience Fiserv's SpotPay mPOS…
read nowNovember SpendTrend analysis shows hike in prepaid use
December 13, 2013
First Data Corp. SpendTrend analysis for Oct. 31 through Dec. 2. charted a dollar volume growth of 4.4 percent — a downturn from October growth of 6.8 percent.
read nowMultidev Technologies announces new POS platform
December 12, 2013
Multidev Technologies, developers of ChainDrive POS, announced a complete redesign of the product's interface and the addition of new dynamic features.
read nowExxonMobile joins MCX mobile payments alliance
December 10, 2013
ExxonMobile has signaled its interest in promoting mobile payments by joining the Merchant Customer Exchange. The member-owned MCX is building a…
read nowKiind launches pay-on-use gift card platform in Canada
December 10, 2013
After launching in the U.S. this summer, the Victoria, Canada-based start-up Kiind has launched its digital gift card platform in Canada. The pay-on-use…
read nowMeet the new and improved Square card reader
December 9, 2013
Square has launched the latest version of its mobile card reader, which it said performs better, is more accurate and uses less power than previous versions.
read nowLamborghini dealership accepts Bitcoin for car purchase
December 5, 2013
In what might lend a small bit of legitimacy to the controversial digital payment scheme, a Lamborghini dealership in Costa Mesa, Calif. announced yesterday…
read nowLUX Beauty Boutique rolls out in-aisle checkout app
December 4, 2013
Toronto-based company Digital Retail Apps announced the roll-out of its mobile app SelfPay at LUX Beauty Boutique in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With SelfPay…
read nowSurvey: 77% of shoppers likely to purchase at least 1 digital gift card this holiday season
December 4, 2013
InComm, a prepaid product and transaction services company, has released research highlighting consumer shopping trends for purchasing digital and physical…
read nowVisa releases holiday online spend data, infographic
December 3, 2013
Visa has today released its e-commerce sales data from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. According to the company, e-commerce sales from all U.S. devices…
read nowGiftLogic POS software adds layaway module
November 25, 2013
GiftLogic has announced a new layaway feature available to users of its GiftLogic POS software. According to a spokesperson from GiftLogic, the tool "makes it…
read nowApple advertises for payments software engineer
November 25, 2013
The payments world has long wondered if, when and how Apple will jump into the space in a definitive way. Now there's one more tidbit to fuel speculation.
read nowIntel will let online shoppers pay by tapping contactless card or NFC phone against computer
November 22, 2013
Intel is embedding technology into computers that will let online shoppers pay by tapping a contactless card or NFC-enabled mobile phone against their PC or…
read nowGoogle prepaid card, tied to Google Wallet funds, goes live
November 22, 2013
Google's rumored prepaid debit card has surfaced. As Droid Life reported, the Google Wallet Card allows users to access their Google Wallet balance in the real…
read nowFirst Data posts Oct SpendTrend report
November 21, 2013
E-commerce and payment processing provider First Data Corp. has released its SpendTrend analysis for Oct.1, 2013 through Oct. 30, 2013 compared with Oct. 2…
read nowRetail Gift Card Association releases Holiday Gift Card Trend Tracker Survey
November 21, 2013
The holiday shopping season is just around the corner and to kick it off, the Retail Gift Card Association has released the results of its Holiday Gift Card…
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