Merchant

PayPal and MyCheck are going to New York's theater district to set the stage for mobile payments. The companies are targeting restaurants with MyCheck’s pay-at-the-table technology.

A federal judge has temporarily halted, and frozen the assets of, a Montreal operation that bilked more than $14 million from small businesses and churches in the U.S. for unwanted listings in online business directories.

European point of sale technology provider Spire will be the sole supplier of mobile chip and PIN payment devices for Smart TPE, Credit Agricole's mobile point of sale initiative in France.

Square has updated the design of its Square Register app in an attempt to improve user navigation and provide a consistent experience across different operating systems such as Google's Android and Apple's iOS 7.

Nomad 2.0, a second-generation mobile EMV chip-and-PIN card reader from AnywhereCommerce, is designed to be a smaller and less expensive version of its 18-month-old predecessor.

The Electronic Transactions Association plans to keep expanding its advocacy, educational and networking efforts in the coming year.

The DBA International Certification Council announced the approval of several firms to perform independent third-party audits as part of DBA International’s Debt Buyer Certification Program.

VeriFone has launched UX Solutions, a suite of payment devices that support EMV-chip and mag-stripe payments.

Jusp, a mobile point of sale provider, announced a flat monthly fee ranging from 39 to 69 euros (approximately $53 to $93) to target midmarket merchants and large corporations.

The mobile point of sale vendor ShopKeep POS has updated its tablet-based point of sale with several new features designed to streamline its use.