New Zealand retailers testing alternate payment methods

October 23, 2008

Reseller News: Retailers are beginning to use emergent payment technologies not only to complete financial transactions, but to obtain competitive advantage…

Retailers get hands-on with new tech

Attendance at KioskCom, The Digital Signage Show up from fall.

Billpay tech coming to checkout lanes

October 16, 2008

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv Inc., a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, announced it has partnered with PayScan…

NRF, Retail Customer Experience announce pavilion partnership

October 14, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NetWorld Alliance, publisher of Retail Customer Experience magazine and RetailCustomerExperience.com, and the National Retail Federation…

Payment-enhanced driver's license doesn't work in c-stores

October 13, 2008

Convenience Store News: While the concept behind New York state's new enhanced driver license was to streamline encrypted information with available retail…

More than half of retailers considering mobile contactless payments

October 9, 2008

BOSTON — Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company, surveyed 180 companies to outline the implications and trends related to proximity mobile payments. Retail…

KioskCom Europe: Lines blur between digital signs, kiosks

Integrated touchscreens, networked signage hint at convergence.

PCI standard v1.2 clarifies rules

Latest version is tougher on malware, easier on firewalls.

Hackers 'are picking on the small guys'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

New research into recent card breach incidents may surprise merchants.

HP powers retailers with POS, invoice-processing systems

September 16, 2008

HONG KONG — HP has introduced a range of scalable products and solutions for retail businesses that are designed to help drive an enhanced customer experience…

Test in Europe predicts slow roll-out of mobile wallet tech

September 1, 2008

VNUNET: The largest trial of near-field communications in Europe suggests that commercial deployment of the technology will take years rather than months…

Mythbusters' host: Credit companies gagged RFID segment

September 1, 2008

The Consumerist: When the popular Discovery channel show "Mythbusters" began research on an RFID story, credit card companies paid a visit to channel…

PCI Council summarizes changes coming in next version of standard

August 24, 2008

WAKEFIELD, Mass. — The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data…

Solidcore 'runtime control' secures the POS

August 17, 2008

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Solidcore Systems Inc., provider of software to detect and prevent unwanted change, has released POS Check and Control for easily securing…

Retail Anywhere upgrades POS solution with signature capture

August 13, 2008

ATASCADERO, Calif. — Retail Anywhere, provider of integrated software and services for mid-size retailers, has announced integration of Ingenico products with…

Bit9 unveils kiosk, POS security solution

August 6, 2008

BOSTON — Enterpirse application specialist Bit9 has introduced a security solution for companies with kiosks and point-of-sale systems.

Despite customer qualms, retailers ready for contactless

August 4, 2008

RFID Journal: Just as one study found British consumers to be uncomfortable with the idea of contactless payment cards, other unrelated research determined…

Web-enabled POS boosts ROI

July 30, 2008

Internet Retailer: Many cross-channel initiatives have added features to retailers' Web sites, such as ordering online for in-store pickup or visibility into…

BT upgrades multichannel offering

July 28, 2008

LONDON - BT announced added features on its integrated multichannel ordering and returns solution for retailers.

PayGo adds new features to cloud-based POS

July 22, 2008

BUFFALO, Minn. — Christian James Inc. announced an update to its cloud-based retail service for independent retailers. The most significant changes to the…