Acquirers Form Multi-Industry Group on Mobile Payments
August 10, 2012 Merchant acquirers and tech companies are collaborating on mobile payments issues in a new group formed by the Electronic...

Durbin Debit-Rate Cuts Failed to Help Consumers: Analysts
May 1, 2012 A study released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Board showed that interchange fees are lower, but the savings were not passed...

Charge Anywhere Mobile Solution Now Works With BlackBerry Phones
January 19, 2012 Tiny Square-like card swiping gadget available to those remaining merchants and consumers who still favor the BlackBerry.

Card Acquirers, ISOs Face Many Challenges in 2012
December 28, 2011 Uncertainty, competition and even attacks. In 2012, independent sales organizations face a year of danger and opportunity.

Square Seeks to Make Paying as Easy as Talking
November 3, 2011 With the Card Case smartphone application from Square Inc., consumers pay simply by stating their names at the point of sale.

Wal-Mart Now Sells Square Mobile Card Reader
October 24, 2011 Wal-Mart Stores has joined the list of national retailers that sell Square's device that turns smartphones into mobile card...

Apriva Launches Mobile App Security Software
October 3, 2011 Product designed to provide secure voice, email and data communications for smartphone apps, such as mobile banking and mobile...

Tio Networks Offers 'Reverse ATMs' for Underbanked
August 26, 2011 Technology company Tio Networks Corp. has developed software for "reverse ATMs" that collect money from lower-income customers...

Collective POS Using Hypercom
July 13, 2011 Collective Point of Sale Solutions Ltd. is deploying Hypercom Corp. POS terminals to split and transmit EMV credit and debit...

First Data Service Helps Prepaid Card Users Buy in Bulk
July 12, 2011 Cashiers now may activate entire packs of prepaid cards at once instead of swiping each card individually, through a new...