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I was just wondering, will merchants that enter the world of mobile point-of-sale devices bypass Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard guidelines for the devices collecting credit card information?
October 21
Companies continue to release mobile point-of-sale acceptance services amid few, if any, signs of the trend abating.
The latest include Apriva, which now has a Google Inc. Android version of AprivaPay of its mobile POS service for smart phones, and Sage Payment Solutions, which announced Oct. 18 that it will offer Roam Data Inc.’s mobile POS applications for to its merchants.
AprivaPay’s availability for smart phones using the Android operating system closely follows Apriva’s September launch of a version for Apple Inc.’s iOS devices (
AprivaPay also is available for the Windows Mobile operating system. A version for use on Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry devices will be available later this year, an Apriva spokesperson says.
Apriva also has a mobile-Web version that any smart phone can access.
Roam Data’s software can be used with virtually any mobile phone, Sage says. An optional card reader enables card-present transactions.
Merchants using Roam Data’s software also may see their transaction data in Sage Exchange, an integrated payment service Sage developed that enables merchants to combine financial and transaction data.
The Roam Data service will be available beginning Dec. 1, McLean, Va.-based Sage say. The service will cost $25 to set up, $14.95 monthly, 5 cents per transaction plus the merchant’s discount rate, Sage says. The discount rate includes interchange and other fees assessed by processors and acquirers.
Payment companies are feverishly developing and launching mobile POS services in hopes of capturing merchants that do not accept credit and debit cards, a potential market that Maynard, Mass.-based payments research and consulting firm Mercator Advisory Group Inc. estimates at 16.6 million merchants.
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