USA Technologies Upgrade ePort Connect for Tokens

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USA Technologies enhanced its ePort Connect service that expand and strengthen its menu of value-added cashless payment, telemetry and consumer engagement services designed for self-serve retailing industries such as vending, amusement and arcade, commercial laundry and kiosk. The upgrade includes special enhancements such as secure card tokenization, new capabilities designed to optimize USAT’s loyalty and prepaid program, MORE., in micro-market environments and new operational tools designed to provide customers additional real-time data about the status of their connected devices. Information regarding some of the latest enhancements to ePort Connect® follows.

US Conference Board LEI Spikes in February

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[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. was up 0.5% in February to 99.8 after a 0.1% increase in January and a 0.1% drop in December. The LEI increased sharply in February, compared to recent monthly figures, suggesting weather-related stifling is over and consumer spending in 2H/14 will…

Diebold’s Cardless ATM

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An automated teller machine (ATM) with no card reader. Pre-staged withdrawals on smartphones. Cardless transactions. And everything managed via the cloud. A new era of banking, inspired by the Millennial generation, is dawning at Diebold Federal Credit Union (DFCU), where an innovative ATM from Diebold, Incorporated and a mobile wallet solution are allowing members to complete self-service transactions and make retail purchases without using physical debit or credit cards. DFCU is piloting the world’s first ATM without a card reader or PIN pad that relies solely on mobile authentication. When a consumer scans a unique QR code at the ATM using a smartphone, the ATM authenticates the user via cloud-hosted services to enable secure, cardless transactions.

miiCard and EMerchantPay Partner

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Online identity proofing service miiCard today announced a cooperation with eMerchantPay, a trusted international payment processor, to offer its merchants a secure, compliant payment processing platform in combination with the miiCard service that eliminates payment fraud and enables higher value transactions. miiCard’s patented identity verification solution, enables merchants around the world to conduct high value transactions purely online while eliminating identity-related chargebacks and Card Not Present fraud. As a consumer-driven identity service, miiCard provides a seamless, real-time verification experience before the payment process that establishes the customer’s identity to the same level as an in-person photo ID check.

Karrot Deploys hyperWallet Prepaid Card Services

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HyperWallet global payments provider announced Karrot launched branded prepaid card services for a unified payment solution for its loyalty and reward payment solutions. Karrot provides online loyalty and reward program solutions for a wide variety of companies. With a deep understanding about the impact of motivation, Karrot builds loyalty programs that promote the desired behavior and foster strong, long term relationships. hyperWALLET’s branded prepaid card program will provide Karrot with a streamlined payment solution in USA and Canada that allows earned loyalty funds to be made available to recipients instantly in local currency onto prepaid cards that can be used at ATMs, point of sale, or online.

Comtrex integrates Eagle Eye AIR POS

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Comtrex Systems EPOS partnered Eagle Eye digital consumer engagement solutions. Eagle Eye AIR allows merchants to easily connect with potential and existing customers to deliver relevant offers, rewards and services that can be redeemed securely through any POS. Following a successful engagement supporting the Tesco Clubcard Boost programme with high street brands such as Zizzi, Prezzo and Ask, the EPOS provider expanded the Eagle Eye AIR platform into all existing points of sale. Based on the results of current merchants using this programme, switching from paper to digital vouchers will see a quick ROI including a reduction in operational costs, the elimination of fraud and an improved customer experience. The platform enables real time validation providing merchants with improved insights into consumer activity which can be used in future digital marketing campaigns to personalise offers.

CardinalCommerce Patents Tokenization Technology

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CardinalCommerce remote commerce received new intellectual property protection with regard to technology that expands its Universal Merchant Platform invention, related to its tokenization technology, in the form of patent US 8,645,266 B2. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded Cardinal the patent on February 4, 2014. Cardinal’s Universal Merchant Platform technology includes a system for securely processing Consumer Authentication for applications including eCommerce. The company’s patents on the invention date back to 2002. The new patent provides further and strengthened protection for Cardinal’s tokenization technology within the Cardinal Centinel® platform.

GoNow Issued Patent for Mobile eWallets

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GoNow Technologies has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for two-way, secure, wireless communication between a smartphone or other computing device and a reprogrammable card with data storage in a fully encrypted, secure element on the GoNow Card. The value of a reprogrammable card, paired with an eWallet on a smartphone, has now been recognized as the key way to enable 100% acceptance of phone based eWallets. When paired with any eWallet application on a smartphone, a single reprogrammable GoNow Card can store more than 50 credit, debit, ATM, loyalty or gift cards. The user simply selects the payment or other card on the phone eWallet, or from a set already on the card, and the magstripe on the card is instantly programmed with the key data for the card selected. The GoNow Card can then be used at any traditional magstripe, Dip, ATM or other reader, with no changes necessary to current retailer terminals or back office systems.

MasterCard Supports Greater Transparency in Payments

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MasterCard today announced a new initiative to help smaller merchants create efficiencies in their operations by accepting electronic payments. The effort combines changes to the company’s U.S. region rules with best practices and insights developed from conversations with smaller merchants.
The new standards deliver greater transparency and value to smaller business owners. In the standard, acquirers and payment service providers are required to provide their customers with a clear and detailed disclosure of the fees they are charged, while also ensuring a minimum of 30 days’ notice before they modify any fees related to MasterCard transactions.

hyperWALLET To Provide Prepaid Cards to Karrot

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hyperWALLET® Systems Inc., a trusted global payments provider to top-tier organizations, today announced that Karrot has launched hyperWALLET’s branded prepaid card services to provide a unified payment solution for its loyalty and reward payment solutions. hyperWALLET’s branded prepaid card program will provide Karrot with a streamlined payment solution in USA and Canada that allows earned loyalty funds to be made available to recipients instantly in local currency onto prepaid cards that can be used at ATMs, point of sale, or online.

Tsys Announces Latest Partnership Expansion

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TSYS Merchant Solutions announced its partnership with Navy Federal Credit Union designed to provide Navy Federal’s merchant members with the ability to accept credit and debit cards as payments for their goods and services. TSYS Merchant Solutions, a wholly owned affiliate of TSYS (TSS), is ranked as the seventh largest merchant acquirer in the U.S. by number of active merchant outlets according to The Nilson Report. Navy Federal members will now have access to world-class payment acceptance and marketing solutions, including competitive comparison dashboards, mobile, tablet, e-commerce and retail point-of- sale solutions, along with 24/7 customer and technical support.

Payoneer Payment Provider for Google Trusted Stores

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Payoneer global payments announced Google has selected Payoneer as a payments provider for Google Trusted Stores. Payoneer will power the program’s customer payouts, providing bank transfer services that enable Google Trusted Stores to send payments to people in many countries where it currently operates. The Google Trusted Stores program helps customers identify merchants they can trust online. Google stands behind the merchants that have earned the Trusted Store badge with a $1,000 lifetime purchase protection for shoppers. Payoneer was selected to deliver purchase protection consumer payouts in select countries where Google Trusted Stores operates.