Technology

VeriFone Systems plans to offer a new portable card terminal that can accept EMV-chip card payments and uses several wireless technologies.

First Data has introduced new services for small to medium-sized businesses that work with its Clover Station tablet-based point of sale hardware.

Financial technology firm Fiserv has developed new anti-fraud systems for automated clearinghouse and wire payments.

Tansler, a "reverse auction" site for renting out properties to vacationers, is preparing to expand from its two test markets to a full global launch. As it does, it needs to make sure it can handle payments from any potential user.

Digital coupon provider Coupons.com Inc. is offering consumers the option to link the site's offers directly to their credit or debit cards.

Roam, Ingenico's mobile point of sale subsidiary, has partnered with services provider EVO Payments International to market Roam's technology to U.S. merchants.

Gyft, a provider of virtual gift cards, plans to launch Gyft Cloud, a marketplace for merchants to sell their own digital gift cards with Clover Station, a tablet-based point of sale system developed by First Data Corp.

Powa is launching a bundled mobile point of sale offering, called PowaPOS, which U.S. merchants can use to accept EMV-chip cards.

CardFlight, a mobile payments hardware and software developer, has introduced a mobile point of sale device with an emphasis on branding.

A lot of merchants may not realize that they are using point of sale technology that runs on Windows XP, which Microsoft will no longer support after April 8.