Merchant

In the realm of payment card data security, 2011 qualifies as the year in which “more” became a key term on many levels.

Uncertainty, competition and even attacks. In 2012, independent sales organizations face a year of danger and opportunity.

Developing systems to help doctors expand patient-payment channels–including accepting more credit and debit card payments–is a big challenge. But educating medical office staff and patients on how such systems work may be the toughest part of introducing new health care payment technology.

A Chinese ministry wants to cap the fees associated with accepting credit cards now that card penetration and spending in the country has made it financially feasible for card issuers and the country’s card network to support the limits.

Can’t pay with a credit card online? Try charging the sale to an Internet service provider account, where the purchase will appear on the monthly broadband statement.

WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking comments on whether and how to revise Regulation E, which governs implementation of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

A Canadian independent sales organization is offering its merchants a proprietary mobile-payment acceptance device that other Canadian ISOs also could sell.

Business owners no longer must scrawl their names and initials on paper when they sign up for merchant card-processing agreements.

EBay Inc. has acquired BillSafe, a provider of purchase-on-invoice technology in Germany, the online-auction provider announced Dec. 22.

VeriFone Systems Inc. has installed 1 million payment-acceptance systems in Russia, the company announced Dec. 21.