Merchant

Ingenico S.A. has taken a controlling interest in Roam Data of Boston, the payments hardware company announced Feb. 23.

Since releasing 2011 litigation numbers, WebRecon LLC has revised the year-end total after finding some omissions that, as it turns out, had depressed the count.

This story was updated from its original version.

This story has been updated to correct an earlier error.

If an online merchant or bank composed a fraud-prevention wish list, it likely would have two important factors right at the top: Confirm the customer is actually who he says he is, and make sure the device he is using to access our website matches his profile and hasn’t been used in previous fraud attempts.

More winners and losers are beginning to emerge from new debit card network-routing rules that go into effect April 1.

Some online merchants in Europe purchase payment-processing and fraud-protection services from as many as five vendors to get a reliable system in place. As such, trimming that complicated process down to one service provider potentially could both cut merchant costs and provide greater flexibility and control.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee in Pennsylvania wants a judge to dismiss the bankruptcy case of Michael J. Covatto, former president of defunct collection agency Unicredit America Inc., an Erie, Pa.-based firm that operated a fake courtroom allegedly to intimidate debtors (see story).

A U.S. district court has halted an operation that the Federal Trade Commission alleges collected phantom payday loan “debts” that consumers did not owe.

China UnionPay, China’s national card network, soon may launch a mobile card-acceptance device similar to the one Square and other companies have launched in the U.S., according to local media reports.