Visa Assists to Accelerate EMV Chip Migration for Merchants
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Cloud, Infrastructure
Visa Inc. reports a series of initiatives to help accelerate EMV chip migration for merchants. Visa has streamlined its testing requirements, amended and simplified the terminal certification process, and committed to investing further resources and technical expertise in a manner that can reduce timeframes by as much as 50 percent. Visa is also making policy changes to help limit exposure to counterfeit fraud liability for merchants who are not... more
ACI Worldwide and Indopay Release UP eCommerce Payments Solution for Indonesian Merchants
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
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Samsung Pay Continues its Global Expansion with Launch in Australia
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments
Samsung Electronics Australia today launched the company’s mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, bringing Australian consumers and businesses a secure, fast, and simple way to pay. The mobile payment service works almost anywhere1 you can pay with a participating credit or debit card. Samsung Pay will be available starting today on compatible Samsung smartphones including the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S7... more
The Logic Group Receives Global Accreditation from the PCI Council for P2PE v2
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
The Logic Group, a leading provider of omni-channel Managed Payment Services, today announced that its Solve DataShield Payments Solution is the first in the world to receive global accreditation from the PCI Council for Point-to-Point Encryption Version 2 (P2PE v2). The key benefit of P2PE v2 is its modularity. Merchants using this solution will not only gain the established benefits of a P2PE, but they will have greater flexibility to select... more
FIME First to Pilot JCB Card and Mobile Validation Services
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
FIME is the first testing provider to be accredited by JCB to support issuing banks with their JCB EMV migration and certification projects. Issuers around the world can now work with FIME to confirm that their contact, contactless, mobile J/Speedy™ v3.0 products are personalized correctly, in line with the JCB specifications which underpin more than 86 million JCB cards across 19 countries.
Groupe BPCE Brings Apple Pay to Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne Customers
Groupe BPCE will offer Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient when it launches this summer. Customers will be able to make purchases everywhere using their Visa bank cards wherever contactless payments are accepted.
Shopify Brings Apple Pay to 275,000 Merchants on the Web
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments
At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced that Apple Pay will come to the web this fall, and Shopify Inc.
MasterCard Cardholders in Singapore Can Make Secure Payments via Samsung Pay
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Security, Infrastructure
MasterCard cardholders in Singapore will soon be able to use Samsung Pay to make payments in a quick and secure way. Singapore is the first market in Southeast Asia to roll out Samsung Pay. Raj Dhamodharan, group head, Digital Payments and Labs, Asia Pacific, MasterCard (third from left) with Samsung and other partners launching Samsung Pay in Singapore. Credit: Samsung Electronics Singapore.
VocaLink to Deliver "“Pay by Bank App” Service to the UK's Biggest Banks
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Banking, Infrastructure
VocaLink today announces its new “Pay by Bank app” service is soon to be available to customers of four of the UK’s biggest banks.
Cardtronics Signs a New ATM Services Contract with Chicago Transit Authority
- 8 years 5 months ago
- ATMs, Infrastructure
Cardtronics, Inc. reports a new ATM services contract with Chicago Transit Authority, the nation's second largest public transportation system.
PPRO E-Commerce Guide to the Euro 2016: France vs Romania
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Wealth Management, Payments, Infrastructure
Once again, the UEFA European Championship is just a round the corner, and Europe will spend four weeks going football crazy as each team takes its turn on the international pitch. A UEFA European Championship, of course, means an entire month of nothing but football - with fixed schedules featuring up to three games a day. All this naturally makes every football fan's heart beat faster, and we at PPRO can hardly wait until the first... more
ID TECH Launches UniPay III
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
ID TECH's UniPay III represents the latest innovation in secure mobile payment acceptance. The UniPay III incorporates triple-tracks Magnetic Stripe, smart card, and contactless technologies. With this all-in-one mobile reader, it enables the acceptance of MagStripe, EMV smart card, and NFC/contactless payments including Android Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Mastercard PayPass, Visa VCPS, American Express ExpressPay, Discover DPAS and more.
FairFX Named Most Trusted Prepaid Card Provider
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
FairFX, the FinTech low-cost multi-currency payments service, won the Moneywise award for Most Trusted Prepaid Card Provider at a ceremony hosted last night in London. The company was selected over competitors in the prepaid card space such as Travelex, Thomas Cook and the Post Office. In a vote by customers and Moneywise readers, the awards recognised the UK's most trusted and best-respected companies. There were 64 businesses that reached the... more
Shell Stations to Accept Chase Pay
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, Retail Banking
Chase announced today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Shell to accept Chase Pay at its stations across the U.S. Chase Pay is a payment service that lets Chase credit and debit customers pay at the pump, in stores, online and within an app. Chase Pay will help Shell transform its customer payment and loyalty experience by enabling a mobile payment solution and driving Fuel Rewards®program participation.
Paragon Launches Next Genration VirtualATM
- 8 years 5 months ago
- Payments, ATMs, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Paragon Application Systems (Paragon), the leading independent testing services provider for the financial services industry, today introduced VirtualATM®, a powerful simulator designed to replace physical ATM hardware in the test environment. With VirtualATM, customers can conduct automated testing of the entire software stack from anywhere in the world, saving time, money and manpower.
