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Point-of-sale terminals five years from now may not look much different from today’s devices, but big changes are anticipated for the software running on them, new research suggests.

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VeriFone Systems Inc.’s move to buy the point-of-sale terminal business of card maker Gemalto NV could be a good fit for the terminal maker, especially if its quest to buy rival Hypercom Corp. fails, analysts say.

VeriFone Systems Inc. and Gemalto on Oct. 20 announced a comprehensive strategic partnership.

After experiencing success with a similar initiative supported by MasterCard Worldwide, Online Resources Corp.’s efforts to encourage payment card acceptance by utilities is beginning to receive the backing of other card brands.

Total System Services Inc. this month announced new and extended payment-processing service agreements with three banks outside the U.S.

An Asian bank has started deploying the first of 26,000 Hypercom Corp. Optimum point-of-sale terminals in Indonesia, Hypercom announced Oct. 19.

Point-of-sale terminals five years from now may not look much different from today’s devices, but big changes are anticipated for the software running on them, new research suggests.

The association representing independent Little Caesars franchisees has endorsed Heartland Payment Systems Inc. for payroll and transaction-processing services.

An online marketer that falsely claimed ties to Google Inc. has been forced to stop operations as part of a Federal Trade Commission action that charged the defendants with marketing an allegedly bogus work-at-home scheme and charging hidden monthly fees to consumers’ credit card and bank accounts.