Verifone e355 mPOS
Verifone and Aava Mobile have unleashed the first handheld mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution powered by Intel to deliver a flexible, long-lasting EMV-ready mPOS solution for enterprise retailers.
Robert McKinley, Senior Analyst/Editor
Robert McKinley is an analyst of the payments industry on a daily basis for 32 years covering payment cards and payment systems from both the business side and the consumer side. McKinley is the retired founder and chief executive of RAM Research, CardWeb and CardTrak. In his prior position, McKinley has participated in more than 10,000 documented news media interviews, testified as an expert witness in two separate $billion+ U.S. anti-trust trials, testified before the U.S. Congress, assisted the GAO with paymentsIMG_2006 (1).jpeg reports, chaired numerous business conferences and provided C-Suite opinion to a multitude of Fortune 500 companies. In retirement, he has continued developing and funding digital media assets as well as contributing payments related analysis/content to a broad list of online publishers, including CardFlash, CardTrak and CardData. McKinley is also a national certified mentor with the non-profit SCORE organization with a focus on assisting Fintech startups. www.robert-mckinley.com
Americans & IOUs
New research finds one third of adults in the U.S. have ruined a relationship over IOUs and are owed on average $450. A driving reason is discomfort around financial conversations; more than 50 percent of Americans find it awkward to ask their friends or family to pay them back.
UnionPay & GPN
China UnionPay and Global Payments are climbing into bed. The two sides reviewed the progress of cooperation in the past few years and reached consensus on further expanding UnionPay cards acceptance worldwide and accelerating cooperation in innovative business.
IS & UnionPay
Turkish IS Bank and UnionPay International inked a deal for all 470,000 POS terminals of Turkey IS Bank（Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş.to be enabled to accept UnionPay cards.
Cubic & BART
Cubic Transportation Systems was awarded a $12.6 million contract from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to update its revenue management system.
TSYS & Metro Bank
TSYS has inked an agreement to process Metro Bank’s credit and debit card portfolios on TSYS’ TS2® processing platform, as well as provide Metro Bank fraud management services through TSYS Managed Services EMEA.
FAPS Exec
First American Payment Systems (FAPS) has ankled Bill Lodes to the leadership team as SVP, Business Development and Strategy. Lodes will be responsible for building a robust sales strategy for the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) market.
Remitly Growth
Seattle -based Remitly reported record growth as its customers are now sending more than $500 million annually using its mobile remittance service, the highest rated mobile app of its kind.
Bitpay & FXPRIMUS
Limassol-based FXPRIMUS, has partnered with BitPay to begin accepting funding via bitcoin.
Hyperwallet Exec
San Francisco-based Hyperwallet Systems has ankled Jennifer Anderson to their U.S. Sales team. Anderson will focus primarily on the direct selling industry, where Hyperwallet has been delivering the industry-leading commission distribution platform for more than a decade.
ACI Technovation
Naples, FL-based ACI Worldwide welcomes the nation’s leading community banks, credit unions, and industry partners and experts to its annual ACI Technovation Conference, September 14-16, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.
EMVCo Exec
EMVCo, the global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions by managing and evolving the EMV Specifications and related testing processes, has today announced the appointment of Bastien Latgé to the newly created role of EMVCo Director of Technology.