Merchant

After a smooth beta test, the CEO of Viableware’s Rail system is confident the tableside payment platform will be in almost 700 restaurants by the end of 2012.

Discover Financial Services is the latest card network to announce a conversion plan for the secure EMV chip-card standard in the U.S.

First Data Corp. is entering the fray of technology vendors offering merchants and retail banks the ability to issue digital deals.

United Kingdom-based payment processor Streamline has added more speed to its service through new gateway software for its customers.

Until the mid 1980s, most fraud went undiagnosed or misreported. The debate today seems to be whether the increasing digital landscape ends up increasing or decreasing fraud overall.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. now has a new take on just how popular Apple Inc.’s iOS devices are.

PayPal Inc. reportedly is planning to launch a mobile card reader that could help its nascent point-of-sale payment system reach small merchants.

Many small retailers who can’t afford to convert their websites to accommodate mobile browsers and payments are letting potential purchases get away. Mobile-payments provider The MoBank Group plans to help such retailers to overcome that problem.

Ingenico SA will make wireless mobile-payment and countertop chip-and-PIN terminals available to taxicabs throughout the United Kingdom after striking a deal with SilverPay Services Ltd., the French terminal maker announced March 12.

PayPal Inc. is redesigning its website and smartphone application to downplay online payments and give more prominence to its newer products, such as its point-of-sale payment system.