Merchant

Vantiv Integrated Payments has launched triPOS Cloud, which allows independent software vendors to manage payments hardware from the cloud.

Montreal-based Acceo Solutions Inc. and Mastercard have formed a new partnership to expand Acceo’s in-store payment offering for global e-commerce merchants.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday warned about the risks of the online debt sales, alleging that sensitive personal and financial information is available in some instances to any visitor to a debt marketplace website.

As consumers use digital channels more, merchants are under pressure to not only make payments seamless, but tie transactions to broader customer-facing and internal functions.

Amazon is revamping its cobranded rewards card, adding a higher tier of rewards for people who pay a $99 annual fee — as 65 million people already do — for Amazon Prime membership.

Swedish mobile point of sale company iZettle has raised about $80 million in funding, in part from U.S. investors.

One of the chronic flaws of retailer-driven loyalty programs is that often it’s hard to actually get the rewards. Consumers complain that it takes too long or steps required are too cumbersome to conveniently redeem their points.

By providing lots of data, and encouraging consumers to carefully examine their statements, merchants and payment companies can reduce fraud and chargebacks.

Nana Murugesan, Samsung vice president and general manager, spoke to PaymentsSource about Samsung's strategy for making its mobile wallet stand out in the increasingly competitive digital payments market.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. pioneered shopping on the internet in China. Now it thinks it can teach old-school retailers a thing or two about real-world commerce.