Free Shipping 2015
A new survey finds free shipping trumps all other holiday shopping incentives in 2015. The survey also reveals cybersecurity concerns are generally not slowing shoppers down.
Freedom EMV
PA-based FreedomPay’s Commerce Platform has been approved as a payment gateway for EMV on First Data. FreedomPay’s EMV certification combined with P2PE enables merchants to adopt advanced payment security at the point of sale.
SecureSubmit
Heartland Payment Systems announced the availability of Heartland SecureSubmit, a data protection solution e-commerce merchants use to protect sensitive consumer cardholder data entered via a consumer’s browser.
System Innovators & EMV
FL-based System Innovators has extended its relationship with Elavon to offer clients a fully certified EMV solution that will help mitigate our clients’ risk of card present fraud losses.
TTG EMV
Jacksonville-based The Transaction Group (TTG) is providing free EMV terminals and PIN pads. TTG intends to provide merchants with a hi-tech EMV terminal to handle chip card transactions, as well as a customer-facing PIN pad with an EMV port so that the customer has possession of their credit card through the transaction process.
FlexPoint P2PE
TX-based Pivotal Payments has completed certification for point-to-point encryption (P2PE) for its FlexPoint integration platform, further bolstering security at the point of sale by adding the highest level of cardholder data protection available.
VeriShield Total Protect
Verifone’s end-to-end encryption and tokenization solution has been vetted against PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) requirements. VeriShield Total Protect protects merchants, payment providers and consumers alike.
VF VX + HPS E3
Verifone and Heartland Payment Systems have reignited their strategic alliance to launch key initiatives aimed at providing merchants with enhanced security and EMV-ready payment processing.
LoopPay + Samsung
A major development for Samsung as it agreed to acquire LoopPay. LoopPay is accepted at more merchants than any other digital wallet solution.
Shift4 Trio
Shift4 confirms it is working with Ingenico and Verifone to provide EMV-capable devices that also provide true security against breaches, simplify PCI compliance efforts, and ensure retailers are ready for EMV well in advance of the October liability shift date.
PayConex P2PE
Bluefin’s PayConex PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution is now certified for Mobile Payments.The Bluefin solution becomes the first North American mobile solution to receive PCI validation.
CardConnect Patents
One of the 10 largest independent sales organizations (ISOs) of First Data Merchant Services has earned a new tokenization patent.