Visa verified it has inked Alaska Airlines, Chick-fil-A, Cole Haan, Emirates and Wyndam Hotel Group have to offer Visa Checkout for fast and easy online and mobile payments. A common challenge among online retailers, consumers often put items in their carts, but ultimately abandon purchases because paying online, particularly on mobile devices, is too complex.…
Apriva Integration Services says its vital with SDK integration to keep a mobile payment app up-to-date post-launch. After years of helping developers implement mobile payment SDKs to add payment processing to their POS solution, the Apriva Integration Services (AIS) team has learned several best practices for effective implementation. One of the easiest ways to unlock…
FL-based NXT-ID has ankled Gregory Johnson, Head of Business Relationships for Capital One, to its Advisory Board of Directors. Prior to joining Capital One, Gregory spent 17 years at American Express Company working in Consulting Services, Business Travel, Commercial Card, and the OPEN Small Business brand forming strategy and architecting large client facing teams to…
Gemalto has provided a secure element based applet for smart wearables launched by China UnionPay (CUP). Smart wearable devices are gaining popularity globally, with total shipments expected to surpass 200 million in 2019. CUP had launched smart wearables with embedded secure elements based payment applications last year. The payment applet runs on the secure element,…
Worldpay unveiled a unique offering for the UK payments industry that will provide a greater range of payment pricing options, meaning SMEs can find the perfect payment plan to fit their business. Taking inspiration from the mobile telephony industry, the UK’s number one payment provider has added ‘Pay As You Go’ and ‘Fixed Monthly’ card…
Verifone Point Classic has been integrated with Revel Systems’ iPad Point of Sale (POS) to simplify EMV acceptance and payment management for merchants. By seamlessly integrating with Verifone Point Classic, Revel allows its clients the choice to have their payment systems managed by Verifone. Combining world-class hardware and services into a flexible and robust managed…
Infinite Peripherals’ new DPP-255 mobile printer hits the market offering a high-speed receipt plus label printer. This MFi-certified compact unit has a print speed of 100mm/s, and supports iOS, Android and Windows. Among the fastest mobile printers in its class, the DPP-255 supports the iPad®, iPhone and iPod touch, along with devices running Android and…
The new Smart Contract Settlement Exchange connects diverse banking and other payments systems worldwide without requiring each institution to integrate to hundreds of upcoming proprietary blockchain payment systems. Smart Token Chain gives financial institutions the ability to create fully proprietary ledger systems and smart contract tools, yet easily exchange transaction and settlement messages with other…
In Other News: MITSUBISHI (award); BLUESNAP (award); THE BANCORP (video); and CSI (award). MITSUBISHI – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial was named Americas Bank of the Year for 2015 by IJGlobal, the project finance and infrastructure magazine’s top annual regional honor. BLUESNAP – BlueSnap won a 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Award in the category of Best Merchant Solution.…
Ontario’s RDM is now shipping its new EC9600i single feed network check scanner models. The new EC9600i SF models are an extension of the family of EC9600i auto-feed network scanners introduced last year. RDM’s EC9600i series network scanners simplify the check scanning process through RDM’s “one-touch” setup. Unique to the EC9600i scanner family, embedded software…
Stripe announced the expansion of Stripe Atlas to include Cuban entrepreneurs. This a big deal to coincide with President Obama’s historic Cuban trip. For the first time, Atlas will give Cuban entrepreneurs access to: — an incorporated U.S. business entity — a U.S. bank account for the newly-created U.S. entity — a Stripe account to…
Oberthur Technologies (OT) released the results of a survey which shows eighty percent of respondents would be more likely to use a MOTION CODE-enabled card vs. one with a printed, static CVV for online shopping. The static printed code (CVV) is replaced by a mini-screen that displays an automatically refreshed code generated by an algorithm…