Demand for Payment Systems Boosts Hypercom, VeriFone
March 3, 2010 Financial results at two point of sale terminal makers are improving, in large part because of increasing global demand for...

TSYS in Merchant Acquiring
March 1, 2010 Total System Services Inc. is moving into merchant acquiring by creating a joint venture with First National Bank of Omaha.

Heartland-Visa Settlement Deal Draws Skepticism
January 22, 2010 A $60M settlement between Visa and Heartland Payment Systems "has many weaknesses," according to lawyers representing Visa...

Hypercom to Help Stores Offer Paperless Receipts
January 6, 2010 Hypercom Corp. is offering merchants the option of not offering customers paper receipts. The company announced Wednesday that...

Taxis and Gas Stations Drive VeriFone Back into the Black
December 15, 2009 VeriFone's efforts to drive payment card acceptance in taxis and at the gas pump are boosting its earnings. The terminal...

VeriFone Courting Heartland Clients
November 10, 2009 VeriFone Holdings plans to offer direct support to merchant clients of Heartland Payment Systems Inc. that are using its...

Heartland Swings Back at VeriFone and to Loss
November 4, 2009 Heartland Payment Systems' merchant clients may be caught in the middle of a legal dispute between the merchant processor and...

Two Vendors Tout Encryption for Terminal Market
October 27, 2009 Hypercom announced a new unit Tuesday to promote the use of encryption technology within the payments industry. Its rival,...

VeriFone, Heartland Patent Fight Has Broad Implications
October 23, 2009 VeriFone and Heartland Payment Systems are embroiled in a legal dispute that was triggered by still-in-development encryption...

ISO Develops Signature-Capture iPhone Application
September 3, 2009 Blackstone Merchant Services, a Miami-based ISO, has developed point-of-sale terminal software for Apple's iPhone that enables...