Retailers

Online food-delivery service Eat24.com has increased the number of ways its hungry customers can pay for food from their favorite restaurants.

The complexities of enabling U.S. merchants to accept EMV contactless smart cards and various mobile-payment technologies represent a significant revenue opportunity for VeriFone Systems Inc., company executives told analysts March 5.

LAS VEGAS–Pushing a new mobile-wallet scheme is tough when each week seems to bring news of more potentially daunting new contenders.

American Express Co. is encouraging independent sales organizations to use Small Business Saturday to stimulate transactions, increase charge volume and differentiate themselves from competitors.

Citing the completion of its acquisition of Swedish payments provider Point, VeriFone Systems Inc. on March 5 posted a 40.4% increase in fiscal first quarter year-over-year earnings.

Following a data breach, merchants are required by law to notify a host of authorities and agencies, a daunting task that presents an opportunity for ISOs and agents.

LAS VEGAS–The number of EMV payment smart cards shipped worldwide passed the 1 billion mark in 2011, the Smart Payment Association announced here March 5 at the inaugural Cartes in North America Expo & Conference.

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Square Inc., an early and successful contender in mobile-payment acceptance, has launched a new system that it says can replace a traditional cash register.

Isis is working with several major payment system providers to allow merchants to accept its system at the point of sale, the carrier mobile payment venture announced March 5.

To strengthen its monitoring of the bankcard market, the Chinese central bank says it plans soon to issue new regulations for the country’s merchant-acquiring activities.

The ways riders can pay–and play–inside New York taxicabs are expanding.

VeriFone Systems Inc. is offering retailers a digital marketing system that touts discounts and suggests additional purchases based on what shoppers are buying at that moment at the point of sale.

For small merchants who want to accept mobile transactions, Apple Inc. makes the go-to machines, the iPad and the iPhone.

A deal involving online payments company Vindicia Inc. and mobile phone payments-platform company Boku Inc. may help bring online payment capabilities to more unbanked and underbanked consumers.

VeriFone Systems Inc. soon plans to test delivering lottery tickets through payment card terminals in taxis, at gas station fuel pumps and other locations, the terminal maker announced Feb. 29.

A partnership between First Data Corp. and CardSpring to create open redemption platform called OfferWise is more about making physical payment cards intelligent than it is about generating digital wallet use.

Now that PayPal is rolling out its point-of-sale payment system to all Home Depot Inc. stores, the payments company must make sure its terms are good enough to keep its most prominent retail partner happy.

PayPal Inc. is expanding its pilot with Home Depot Inc. and in the process, introducing its digital wallet to a new national audience.

First Data Corp. has launched OfferWise, a platform designed to make redemption of digital coupons and loyalty rewards easier for merchants and consumers, the company announced Feb. 28.