Oberthur Technologies announced its selection by Mondaine, a leading player in the watch industry, to offer watch contactless payments firstly in Switzerland, by providing the world’s first contactless payment chip the size of a SIM card for the watch market. OT is a world leader in embedded digital security that protects you when you connect,…
NYC-based eMazzanti Technologies issued a security warning regarding a threat to encrypted server traffic which is usually considered to be secure. Any data exchanged with vulnerable servers is at risk. The vulnerability, called DROWN, was discovered by an international team of researchers and made public by the Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT or United States…
Computop, a global payment service provider (PSP), has inked a big deal with payment processor Heartland Payment Systems. Through a non-exclusive collaboration, the Heartland Portico Gateway will be integrated with Computop Paygate, a robust platform with international payment solutions and fraud prevention, to enable Heartland’s U.S. customers to expand into new markets with secure international…
Visa has taken its Visa Checkout to a new higher level allowing shoppers to complete their online purchase by sliding a virtual image of their credit, debit or prepaid card across the screen of a smartphone, tablet or laptop. The dynamic, new interactive button brings an engaging new way to pay with Visa Checkout, especially…
Comdata is adding new payment capabilities for CAT Scale transactions within the Weigh My Truck mobile app. Truck weighs are an important industry practice for over-the-road drivers needing to comply with stringent weight regulations and avoid potential fines associated with overweight or misbalanced loads. Unfortunately, these necessary stops can also be very time consuming, taking…
MasterCard will be using artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by Rainbird Technology, a startup from its current Start Path Global class, to develop a UK sales advisory tool. Rainbird’s software will capture knowledge and experience in the current sales function and encode it into software that learns with time and experience to bring efficiency to…
PDQ Signature Systems, a Pennsylvania-based restaurant and QSR Point of Sale provider, now supports US EMV through virtually all US processors via Datacap’s integrated payments solutions. As one of the first POS providers in the country to install EMV-enabled payments in August 2015, PDQ Signature Systems now has thousands of EMV-enabled merchants utilizing Datacap’s NETePay™…
UK-based AccessGateway has announced they will work with The Clearing House (TCH) to link U.S. banks to a new national real-time payments system under development. The announcement comes several weeks’ after TCH revealed that work had commenced on building the industrial-strength payments system, which once completed will be the most comprehensive real-time payments system ever…
Chicago-based SwervePay Health says it users will soon be able to sign into Link with their Optum ID through Single Sign On (SSO) access, allowing a seamless transition to SwervePay’s patient-centric payment solution. SwervePay’s partnership with Optum will enable users to access the SwervePay platform directly from Link via their Optum ID. Designed to create…
USAePay has partnered with DemandVoice to offer merchants a Certified Level 1 PCI compliant phone payment method. This partnership will integrate DemandVoice’s premier product, PayItByPhone, which securely collects payments any time, on any phone, and in any language. DemandVoice is a hosted telephone application provider that brings the power and flexibility of web services…
ams and STMicroelectronics say ARM is using the companies’ NFC solution to provide the secure, high-performance NFC and micro controller functionality in its new wearable reference design. The NFC solution developed jointly by ST and ams is comprised of the ST54E from ST, a system-in-package featuring an NFC controller (NFCC) and a secure element compliant…
Norway-based Zwipe and Sweden-based Fingerprint Cards have inked a strategic partnership. The companies will take a leading role in developing the market around biometric smartcards in the payment industry and carry out joint activities and industry thought leadership. Zwipe has developed and introduced the World’s first biometric system that fits into a standard credit…