Retailers

If a Qualified Security Assessor tests–and passes–a business for payments security compliance, that business may feel it could rest on its laurels.

The tom-toms are beating louder for action among issuers, merchants and processors in the U.S. migration to EMV smart card technology.

A Philadelphia-based company is buying an independent sales organization, a processor and a payroll-services company to pursue the goal of providing complete payments services to small merchants.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. has landed another school-meals payment player, further boosting its market share in the educational foodservice arena.

IVR Technology Group and Fundtech have formed a partnership that expands the functionality of IVR Technology Group’s Pay-by-Phone virtual terminal, the companies announced July 9.

At first, Google seemed to have all of the necessary ingredients for a mobile wallet and Isis had the uphill climb of convincing banks to agree to a system designed by a group of telcos. Isis now has several top banks firmly behind it, but it faces many challenges as well.

Consumers may not be pushing for stronger card security because they feel overly protected by the systems in use today. But they do face real costs for fraud.

Cielo, a payments company based in Brazil, announced July 2 that it is buying a U.S. company, Merchant e-Solutions.

When Joe Randazza first began filing National Payment Card Association patents seven years ago for decoupled debit products and processes, he admits he "didn't have the vision to foresee a future with smartphones."

American Express plans to begin issuing secure chip cards in the U.S. this year, and it has released a timeline for merchants to follow in accepting those cards. Like every other network's roadmap, Amex sticks closely to the plan Visa announced last August.

Google's most recent update to its mobile wallet's online pricing seems to stray from the product's focus at the point of sale. It's the latest in a series of twists and turns in Google's payments strategy.

To hear Dan Wagner tell it, one would think the CEO of London-based mPowa was ready to enter the ring for a prizefight against all comers in the world of mobile card-based payments.

Almost a year ago, the telecommunications companies backing the Isis mobile wallet venture were clear that they would rely on Near Field Communication. But as technology advances, there may be wisdom in adopting an alternative.

Merchants may feel overwhelmed at the abundance of new payment technologies, and they are understandably worried about investing in the wrong one. Terminal vendors are hoping to address those fears.

Though ZooZ is now the exclusive payment option for merchants that use the mobile commerce platform provider MobiCart, this week's agreement linking the two tech companies is, paradoxically, about providing access to as many payment options as possible.

Google announced revisions to its mobile wallet that make it a more palatable choice for the sale of digital goods.

For ATM deployments in Canada's 7-Eleven convenience stores, it's CIBC out and Scotiabank in. And 7-Eleven is getting new machines to boot.

For small merchants, the annual compliance questionnaire for the PCI Standard has become increasingly complex. First Data hopes to make the process simple again by using technology.

Square is adding more features to set its reader apart from the various other smartphone plug-ins that can also read magnetic-stripe cards.

JPMorgan Chase's Chase Paymentech has begun supplying retailers and other merchants with new terminals that can accept payments from smartphones and cards embedded with computer chips.