ISOs

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is all about money — but is it about protecting money or making money?

Differences in culture and business practices can baffle U.S. ISOs that venture into Canada.

Priority Payment Systems LLC has signed up for payment processing services from TSYS, or Total System Services Inc.

Square made its name with micromerchants, but the company says it’s proven it can serve the needs of larger retailers.

The Electronic Transactions Association plans to award a cash prize and launch an innovation zone on the floor of its trade show with the help of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

As technology companies move into the payments industry, a Silicon Valley data company is providing tools intended to help old-school acquirers maintain market share.

Keeping up with technology could pose one of the greatest challenges for the acquiring industry in the coming year.

The acquiring industry’s established players are joining forces with the tech companies entering the business.

Acquirers consider data security standards slightly more important for revenue than security, new survey data indicates.

The ZingCheckout iPad application is now available on the App Store with integration for PaySaber Clip, a USAePay mobile hardware product.

Madison Dearborn Partners is buying a minority stake in EVO Payments International and helping to fund the acquirer’s doemstic and international expansion.

Merchant Warehouse has announced that Combase USA has been certified as an integrated partner with the Genius ITX Customer Engagement Platform.

ATM deployers aren’t likely to experience many years as interesting – or challenging – as 2012.

Harbortouch is continuing its transition from an ISO to a hybrid that manufactures point-of-sale systems as well as promoting card services

Small businesses can initiate and manage international payments online with the help of a product called Sage International Payments.

Voltage Security, an encryption vendor, is touting technology it says provides a new approach to protecting payment card data.

Five hundred members of the acquiring industry have earned the Electronic Transactions Association Certified Payments Professional credential.

The Electronic Transactions Association is remaining true to its original constituents in the acquiring business, even as it opens the door to other types of companies, according to the trade group’s CEO.

Total System Services Inc., or TSYS, has signed a long-term agreement to provide services for ISOs that work with Merrick Bank.

Irish-based Monex Financial Systems Ltd. is looking for American ISOs interested in profiting from card transactions made here by visitors from abroad.