Point-of-sale

Malicious hackers tend to swarm around industries they perceive as vulnerable, and terminal makers are the latest to find themselves in the crosshairs.

ID attacks have expanded quickly in the past year, partly due to the same kind of automation that companies use to manage a high volume of transactions.

Cleveland-based Select Restaurants Inc., a national chain of upscale restaurants and bars, has experienced a breach exposing customers’ payment card data through point of sale technology, according to data security expert Brian Krebs.

The introduction of EMV is supposed to help reduce instances of fraud. But when a merchant has trouble operating its terminal, unscrupulous customers can take advantage.

Revel Systems is about to expand a program it’s created at several U.S. airports enabling shops and restaurants to seamlessly integrate business travelers’ checkouts with a mobile app from Expensify, a top corporate travel expense-reporting software provider.

A lot of time can pass between a breach and when a company discovers the incident, creating an opportunity to damage payment systems.

The terminal and ATM maker, which is making a number of changes to its business, expecs the plant will be phased out by the end of the third quarter.

A new joint venture with Gas Station TV will help Verifone Systems Inc. expand its services in the coming year, providing more exposure for the terminal manufacturer's merchant clients and a stronger media service for its petroleum clients. In addition, Verifone will expand its role as a software provider.

Verifone is checking into a breach of its computer network, reports security blogger Brian Krebs.

Kroger payments chief Kathy Hanna is helping to drive a digital transformation of how consumers engage the supermarket chain.