Ingenico S.A. has taken a controlling interest in Roam Data of Boston, the payments hardware company announced Feb. 23.
Ingenico since 2009has had a 43% stake in Roam, which produces a mobile-commerce platform that includes a hardware reader, software and services.
Roam's reader supports multiple device operating systems, including Google Inc.'s Android, Research in Motion's Blackberry and Apple Inc.'s iOS.
Roam's customers include First Data Corp., Global Payments Inc., Intuit Inc. and Sage Software Inc.










