ISOs

The April deadline for processors to adopt EMV chip card technology seems likely come and go without much fanfare, an official at an EMV education firm says.

The list of mobile card readers seems endless today, but it's set to get a lot bigger.

The Senate has passed a bill amending the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and revoking the placard fee disclosure requirement that has spurred lawsuits against independent ATM deployers and financial institutions.

ISOs and agent could start facing more pressure to obtain The Electronic Transactions Association Certified Payments Professional credential.

Processors are racing against time to convert PIN debit networks to EMV standards in the United States.

Typical acquirers -- including banks, processors and ISOs -- stand to lose up to 5% of their business next month because of problems with Internal Revenue Service 1099K reporting, a tax expert says.

w research indicates the payments industry is rarely on the same page as retailers and consumers with how they view new payment technology.

Vantiv Inc. has completed its purchase of the e-commerce payment processor Litle & Co.

Better ATM Services is testing a Discover-branded, ATM-dispensed prepaid gift card that consumers can use at any of nine retail chains and restaurants.

Interrelated events have aligned to help a U.S.-based independent sales organization expand into a global processor operating in 41 countries.

An online yellow pages company is offering ISOs and agents a bundle of marketing tools to promote to merchants.

The prepaid card market is growing but has become so competitive that many of the smaller players will fade away or become targets for acquisition.

The vast majority of small merchants are still storing unencrypted card data and most don’t even know it, according to statistics compiled by a security vendor.

It’s time for the acquiring industry to think about security in broader terms, a compliance and breach reporting vendor says.

First Data Corp. and Fexco Merchant Services, an Irish-based transaction processor, have expanded First Data’s GlobalChoice dynamic currency conversion into Canada.

Wombat Security Technologies has released a training series to help retailers address privacy laws and data-protection mandates.

Sysnet Global Solutions, a provider of compliance services, has acquired Panoptic Security Inc., a vendor of compliance validation services to small and mid-size merchants, independent sales organizations, acquiring banks and credit card processors.

Global eTelecom Inc. and transmodus have integrated GETl’s check and ACH processing into the linked2pay payment gateway.

Network Merchants Inc. has launched the iProcess Mobile Gateway Service, a standalone mobile service for merchants that want to process credit cards through mobile devices.

Google has reinvented its mobile wallet a few times, and its latest incarnation, a rumored plastic card, raises questions about the mobile-payment product’s direction.