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In light of recent Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council recommendations regarding advanced encryption, acquirers and processors are giving greater attention to the hardware-security module used to protect card data while transactions are processed, a technician who specializes in security devices suggests.

More consumers might try making mobile payments if more large merchants supported them, new survey data suggest.

Like a pop star who sells more records posthumously, the Google Checkout payment service may prove most beneficial to Google after it is phased out.

Visa Europe plans to develop more loyalty programs for card issuers and merchants through its investment in data-analytics firm Beyond Analysis, the company announced Nov. 15.

New technology tools are emerging in the market that merchant acquirers can offer or merchants themselves can adopt to comply with Payment Card Industry data-security standards.

Chip-based fuel cards soon may replace magnetic stripe versions oil companies issue for use at European gas station stores and fuel pumps.

This story has been updated from its original version.

Passengers on the Delhi subway network soon may be able to recharge their transit smart cards at ATMs and retail outlets to relieve congestion at rail stations, a spokesperson for the Delhi Metro Rail Corp. tells PaymentsSource.

Card data security risks for online merchants or those operating payment schemes via cloud computing will get much attention next year from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

VeriFone Systems Inc. took another step Nov. 14 in its quest to break free of the constraints of the aging plastic card.