Retailers

Pizza Patron is integrating Revel Systems' mobile point of sale system into its more than 100 restaurant locations, which had been using several different vendors' products to accept payments.

Russian customs payments processor Multiservice Payment System has deployed technology to combine a Web transaction portal with electronic declaration services at the point of sale.

The ATM Industry Association named Gregory Sahrmann and Steve Gernes as co-chairs of the nonprofit trade association's U.S. board of directors.

NBS Payment Solutions in Toronto, Canada, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Equinox Payments in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Payment infrastructure systems provider Pay.On plans to combine its distribution network with that of fraud prevention specialist Kount.

In 2014 retailers will focus on reshaping their businesses on products such as merchant-led mobile wallets, which help them engage with consumers throughout the shopping experience.

Federal legislation is needed to enhance cyber-threat information sharing so that good-faith responsive actions and information sharing will not trigger legal liability.

Acquirers could find themselves looking a lot like marketing firms in the near future.

A professor is suing the payments company Square over charges that he was shut out of the startup he says he helped create.

Payline Data wants to add smaller businesses to its roster of merchant services clients, and figures "no swipe" mobile payments is good way to get in the door.

Amazon.com is developing a person-to-person payments system that would compete against the likes of PayPal, according to a job listing on the e-commerce company's website.

Merchants can't pass the blame for data breaches onto financial institutions because protecting consumers is a shared responsibility where both sides have to meet their responsibilities.

The Electronic Transactions Association has given Total Merchant Services CEO Joe Kaplan a spot on the association's advisory council. In addition, the ETA appointed Paul Rosenfeld, vice president and general manager of Total Merchant Services.

Total System Services CEO Phil Tomlinson took time out from discussing record revenue during the payments processor's Jan. 28th earnings call to proclaim his company safe from the slate of recent data breaches that have afflicted Target and other retailers.

The processor Global Payments Inc. has agreed to acquire Payment Processing Inc. (PayPros), a company that serves mostly smaller merchants.

Finnish bank OP-Pohjola has introduced a mobile point of sale system designed to help consumers take advantage of local tax breaks.

Swedish mobile point of sale company iZettle has launched a software development kit (SDK) to allow other companies to leverage iZettle's technology to build payments services.

Youth payments company Oink has partnered with processor WorldPay in an attempt to broaden its merchant base.

Ingenico's Roam has added staff management functions to its mobile point of sale technology as the company pursues a broader range of businesses.

Health and sports nutrition retailer GNC will deploy Near Field Communication payment readers at more than 3,100 retail locations in the U.S.