Retailers

Small merchants often have only the foggiest notion of what constitutes a secure electronic payment, so a security vendor specializing in Payment Card Industry data-security standards compliance is providing a primer on the subject.

India’s largest and most populous state of Uttar Pradesh plans to enable customers to pay their electricity bills online in hopes of providing a smoother experience and increase revenues.

Isis’ May 15 announcement of an expanded list of merchants who will participate in the soft launch this summer in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, should clarify to the industry that the telco-led mobile-commerce platform inevitably will roll out nationally, an Isis executive tells PaymentsSource.

Ottawa, Canada, has joined a growing list of North American cities supporting mobile payments for parking.

Phoenix Managed Networks has secured the services of a Canadian payments company to distribute routers and software for its PaySecure fraud-prevention service, the payment network services provider announced May 15.

Some 15 years after the first EMV chip cards appeared, less than half of all payment cards worldwide conform to the EMV chip card standard, underscoring the slow, gradual speed EMV card deployments generally require.

A tokenization services vendor has shifted its emphasis from the core to the edge of retailers’ computer systems and is seeking independent sales organizations to promote its product.

99Bill Corp. is targeting Chinese small and midsize businesses in its launch of a Square-like smartphone payment card reader, the Beijing-based third-party payments provider announced last week.

ORLANDO–If the annual Card Forum and Expo staged here last week were a car on a family trip, attendees played the roles of restless kids in the backseat asking, “Are we there yet?”

Banks in India may soon tap into a new way to monetize their ATMs by selling ads to other financial services providers and partners.

Transaction aggregation eventually could save the vending-machine industry from the ravages of the Durbin amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act, according to one processor of electronic payments from vending machines.

ORLANDO — To hear Canadian payments experts talk about the EMV smart card conversion that took place in their country three years ago, one mantra comes to mind: “He who hesitates is lost.”

Two strategic acquisitions at the end of 2011, one in the United Kingdom and the other in Mexico, helped fleet card provider Fleetcor Technologies Inc. on June 9 to report double-digit increases in first quarter revenue and income. Transaction volume also rose 54% year over year, the company said.

In a deal that could enhance shopping at one of China’s leading supermarket chains, China PnR Mobile Payments Solutions Pvt. Ltd. recently announced it would provide supermarket retailer Suning Tesco Inc. with mobile-payment services.

ControlScan Inc. has acquired a company with a product designed to help merchants comply with Payment Card Industry data security standards.

Can banks turn a single payment into a shopping spree? With mobile offers, edo Interactive says it's possible.

Phoenix Managed Networks contends it has established enough interest in the United Kingdom for its merchant fraud-prevention services that it plans to cast a wider net to pull in more clients.

MasterCard Worldwide is joining the fray with a versatile mobile wallet, but its offering has a slightly different twist from that of competitors.

As the restaurant industry continues to evolve with more catering, curbside order-taking and food delivery, owners want easier ways for their employees to accept card payments, regardless of the location of the sale.

When Square Inc. launched its mobile card reader in 2009, VeriFone Systems Inc. was on its heels with PayWare Mobile. Now the terminal maker is ready to roll out another rival to Square with a product it calls Sail.