Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: NAB (Poynt); BUZZ POINTS (INOVA);
MASTERCARD (Hemas); and MasterCard (Africa).
eMobilePOS + Handpoint
e-Nabler and Handpoint have buddied to bring EMV enabled turnkey tablet and handheld-based POS solutions to merchants nationwide. The
companies say their new tablet-based POS systems are making the switch affordable and attractive for merchants of all sizes.
smart tabletPOS
Ingenico and Beamm, makers of cloud-connected POS and commerce technology for small businesses, launched the smart tabletPOS, combining powerful tablet POS software integrated with cloud-based tools to help merchants ring up sales, manage their business, engage customers and drive revenue.
AnywhereCommerce Ships EMVCo-Certified mPayments Device
AnywhereCommerce released its Walker Chip and Signature mobile payment solution at the 2013 ETA Annual Meeting & Expo. Walker is a compact and rugged payment acceptance device that is compatible with most mobile smartphones and tablets, which enables mobile payment acceptance that is compliant with EMV rules for Chip and Signature as well as legacy magnetic stripe use. The Walker device enables merchants to accept EMV-compliant Chip and Signature payments while still continuing to support magnetic stripe payments. Walker employs patented audio jack connectivity and encryption technology to ensure secure and reliable operation in mobile POS application and can be integrated with a variety of third-party mobile payment apps.
Paylevel Deploys Visa Chip Rules on its mPOS
payleven mobile payments unveiled the first pan-European Chip & PIN Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solution for smartphones and tablets and confirmed its device is fully enabled to accept Visa credit and debit cards. payleven is the first full Payment Service Provider (PSP) with a Chip & PIN solution and has invested significant time and energy to bring to market a solution which is low-cost, convenient, mobile and secure. Its new device is able to process both Chip and magstripe transactions and also supports PIN. It provides full end-to-end encryption of transaction data, is fully EMV-certified and is Europe’s first mPOS card reader from a full PSP to be certified to the highest PCI level – PCI PTS 3.1.
NagraID to Showcase Payment and Identification Display Cards
NagraID Security and NagraID, subsidiaries of the Kudelski Group will showcase the world’s most advanced smartcard technology at Digital ID World and Cards & Payments Asia 2012 (booth #4G09), Suntec Singapore. The display card provides users a convenient all-in-one solution for Citizen ID’s, Secure ID’s like Corporate ID’s, e-Online loyalty cards, and Banking use applications.…
SINOPAC DISPLAY CARD
NagraID Security has confirmed its successful pilot with MasterCard and Bank Sinopac for its display cards. With this, NagraID Security will keep developing and bring innovative products that enhance security for online payments and transactions, namely to Taiwan. The rise in e-commerce transactions has increased demand for payment security, the innovative features of the new display card, now available through the “SinoPac Display Card” cardholders can take advantage of a wide range of mobile financial services such as online transactions using 3D authentication security and non-predesignated account transfers.
NagraID Security Launch MasterCard Display Cards
NagraID Security display cards passed MasterCardâs approval process, meeting required levels of durability, safety and compliance to ISO standards required for the commercial launch of banking cards and the introduction into MasterCardâs brand standards and rules. The Debit and Credit MasterCard Display Card looks and feels like a normal credit or debit card but comes with an additional small display and a button that enables card holders to use the same card for standard banking payment functionality and to generate second-factor one-time passwords (OTPs) for added authentication.
INSIDE MICROPASS
INSIDE Contactless open-standard contactless chip technologies is
opening a representative office in Bangkok to coordinate engineering
support for its production subcontractors throughout Asia. These new
facilities will play an important role as INSIDE prepares to increase
its production capacity to handle an anticipated demand of up to 500
million “MicroPass” contactless payment microprocessors annually.
Approved by EMVCo, the new subcontracted probing facility will test
EMV-certified “MicroPass” contactless payment microprocessors
manufactured in Singapore and destined for INSIDE’s customers around the
world. Production subcontractors in that region include a new secured
semiconductor probing facility in Bangkok operated by United Test and
Assembly Center (UTAC).
HYPERCOM M4100 BLADE
Rahaxi Processing Oy will be distributing Hypercom’s compact PCI-
approved, mobile credit/debit terminals across Finland. Specifically, this
development concerns Hypercom’s battery-operated “M4100 Blade”
designed especially for mobile transactions. The small, portable terminal
features a high-contrast color touch screen, a contactless reader, a
clip-on printer and accepts magnetic stripe and smart cards. The FreeStar
Technology Corporation provides financial products to merchants and
acquirers in over 20 countries.
ENJOY CARD
To support its co-branded “enJoy Card”, Hang Seng Bank has deployed
Verifone Contactless Solutions. Co-branded with Jardine Matheson
retailers, the “enJoy Card” will be utilizing VISA’s “payWave” contactless
payment technology over VeriFone’s EMV-certified “QX110” contactless
reader for contactless payment solutions across a range of retail sectors.
VeriFone Holdings provides secure electronic payment solutions for retail
merchants around the world.
NCR & PKO BANK POLSKI
NCR Corporation has completed the deployment of 220 ATMs and
implemented its “APTRA Advance NDC” Software for PKO Bank
Polski(PKO BP). Among models PKO BP has chosen to deploy is
the “bvR Personas M Series 86” ATM which allows for future upgrades.
Also with these ATMs are real-time alerts to NCR ATM technicians,
built in cameras and EMV-certified software solution for security. Other
security features include motorized card readers, standard Triple Data
Encryption Standard coding, combined with available remote distribution
of code keys and NCR’s Enhanced Card Drive. PKO BP has 1,200
branches, almost 2,300 agencies, and 2,100 ATMs throughout Poland.
NCR Corporation employs approximately 29,500 people worldwide
and develops business solutions.