Merchant

PAR Technology has acquired Brink Software, a provider of cloud-based point-of-sale services for restaurants.

Two companies allegedly violated the FTC Act and grossed more than $11 million through a diploma mill scheme, according to a complaint.

Collection company USCB Inc. agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action lawsuit.

The PayPal Here mobile point of sale reader is now available on Android tablets, the eBay subsidiary announced Thursday.

Mobile payment provider Flint is adding team accounts to support the move beyond its roots as a vendor to micro merchants.

City officials hope to soon devise a plan that will help recover the money, including presumably out-of-statute debts.

Consumer default rates rose slightly in August, reversing a downward trend, according to the latest S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) promised Wednesday to keep pushing for student loan legislation after a bill allowing borrowers to refinance their debts failed to come up for a vote this week.

U.S. merchants will have to upgrade their terminals soon to be able to support the influx of Apple devotees who will want to use their new phones to make payments.

Two federal regulators announced lawsuits on Wednesday against two separate payday lending operations.