VeriFone Holdings, a provider of electronic payment solutions, has introduced a contactless version of its payment solution PINpad 1000SE.
VeriFone has also unveiled SingleCI (single contactless interface), a unifying programming interface with development tools that allows acquirers and developers to leverage existing contactless investments, adapt to future needs, and access the company's entire contactless portfolio.VeriFone has said that the contactless PINpad 1000SE combines two payment peripherals, PIN entry and contactless, into one device. The payment card industry pin entry device-approved PINpad1000SE contactless version is backward-compatible with earlier versions, and features USB or serial connectivity for connection to electronic cash registers and POS devices. The PINpad 1000SE contactless version is also claimed to support non-payment applications, such as MiFare, and will be commercially available in the first half of 2009.SingleCI is claimed to provide a single interface to VeriFone's entire contactless portfolio, so developers can write one program that will operate on any VeriFone contactless system.Paul Rasori, VeriFone's senior vice president of marketing, said: "We are unleashing contactless by making it effortlessly available in the best-selling PIN entry device on the market today. Acquirers can literally swap out an older PINpad 1000SE for this new solution. That makes it easy for them to deploy contactless applications to merchants for acceptance of contactless payments from the widest range of card brands, including Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express."
