Merchant

SecureNet Payment Systems has opened a technology and innovation center in Austin, Texas, and revealed plans for a client operations center in Silicon Valley, Calif., later this year.

A study guide has just been released as a companion to a recent hardcover book aimed at the acquiring industry.

As the new iPhone 5 gets into consumers’ hands, so too does Apple’s new limited mobile wallet app, Passbook, a single platform for storing movie tickets, boarding passes, gift cards and retail coupons.

A new partnership will bring merchant supplier General Credit Forms’ products to the online marketplace of payments technology provider My Clear Reports.

Capital Access Network’s subsidiary Newlogic Business Loans Inc. is now granting loans to merchants through independent sales organizations in all 50 states.

Independent Sales Organizations stand to make more money if they provide some of the funding for merchant cash advances, and at least a few are borrowing to do it.

Groupon's new payments system is a small step toward a dramatic change in merchant acquiring, one that leaves ownership of consumer data up for grabs.

These days it seems like everyone is a payments company, whether their primary business is selling coffee or coupons. Wherever they come from, they're challenging the very structure of this industry.

A new cloud-based merchant loyalty scheme has earned the backing of a major payments processor and some large retailing chains.

Marqeta has launched a consumer rewards prepaid card in hopes of capturing the success of Starbucks' loyalty program and spreading that wealth to other merchants.