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NCR Invites National Restaurant Association Show Attendees to ‘Find Your Fit’
NCR will demonstrate how the right technology “fit” can help any restaurant – be it a large chain or a small coffee shop – operate more efficiently, manage more profitably and drive consumer engagement at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show 2014. With NCR’s POS systems and operational solutions, ease-of-use is infused in every step of the transaction – from the guest reservation and table management and mobile ordering solutions – to accurate and timely order placement with the kitchen production system, all the way to tableside ordering and quick merchant processing. When operators want a more detailed look, they can run reports for sales and labor data, helping to increase visibility into a business and reduce costs. Gift card and loyalty programs help operators stay connected to customers even after they leave the restaurant. NCR’s consumer feedback tool allows guests the opportunity to provide meaningful feedback and provides insight into the profit impact of a guest.
BPC to Unveil SmartVista for Retailers at TRANSACT 14
BPC Banking Technologies payment solutions for the global financial industry announced the launch of SmartVista for Retailers. SmartVista for Retailers is designed to help businesses of all sizes streamline payment operations while supporting the widest range of payment methods and channels. The solution provides all the capabilities needed to support today’s fast moving, competitive retail environments in an integrated, flexible and secure package. Retailers face considerable challenges in their mission to deliver what consumers want at a price they are willing to pay, backed by the convenience and service they demand. SmartVista for Retailers helps capture market opportunities by rapidly meeting the unique needs of changing markets. The solution supports single- and multi-site retailers, as well as mono-retailers and retailers with multiple departments. A full range of payment options are supported, including EMV (Europay Visa Mastercard) chip and magstripe, contactless and mobile, credit and debit cards, prepaid and virtual cards, gift cards and vouchers, ensuring retailers can offer consumers the widest range of payment acceptance. Designed to operate in a dynamic environment, SmartVista for Retailers is multi-channel, multi-currency, multi-lingual, multi-institution and multi-acquirer.
Gemalto and UNFCU Faster EMV Issuance
Gemalto is enabling United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) members around the globe to quickly and securely obtain their new Europay-MasterCard-VISA (EMV1) cards. Through a worldwide network of service centers, Gemalto’s Allynis Global Issuance services works seamlessly to issue EMV cards from regional centers that are located closest to the cardholder. Previously, UNFCU’s cards had been deployed from just one location in North America. Gemalto, having already delivered more than one billion EMV payment cards to clients worldwide, is making the card issuance service easier and more efficient for UNFCU and all its globally located cardholders.
UNFCU Deploys Gemalto Chip Card Issuance
Gemalto digital security is enabling United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) members around the globe to quickly and securely obtain their new Europay-MasterCard-VISA (EMV1) cards. Through a worldwide network of service centers, Gemalto’s Allynis Global Issuance services works seamlessly to issue EMV cards from regional centers that are located closest to the cardholder. Previously, UNFCU’s cards had been deployed from just one location in North America. Gemalto, having already delivered more than one billion EMV payment cards to clients worldwide, is making the card issuance service easier and more efficient for UNFCU and all its globally located cardholders. UNFCU became the first financial institution in the United States to introduce an EMV credit card. Since adopting EMV, UNFCU has seen lower fraud on its VISA(R) Elite and VISA Azure2 credit card portfolios when transactions are authorized by EMV Chip and PIN capable merchants.
Acumera to Streamline PCI Compliance Audits
Acumera Trusted Connection Services for convenience stores launched its PCI Audit Support to accelerate PCI compliance audits as part of Acumera’s PCI Tools solution. Acumera’s PCI Tools include automated external vulnerability scans with historical archiving, logging of PCI-related events, dynamically generated site network diagrams and clear identification of non-PCI payment application devices in the cardholder data environment. Acumera has completed its own PCI DSS compliance assessment and obtained an annual report on compliance (ROC), becoming a fully compliant service provider. Coalfire, a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) firm, successfully completed the testing and controls validation of Acumera as a network and security service provider.
Protegrity Deploys Vaultless Tokenization for Payments Industry
Protegrity, a leading provider of end-to-end data security solutions, announced Protegrity Vaultless Tokenization for the Payments Industry, the first and only offering that enables processors and gateways to cost-effectively provide tokenization services across their entire client base. Protegrity now supports the largest companies in the payments industry with a lightweight tokenization solution that can scale…
Cybera Research Highlights Security and Compliance for Multi-Site Retail
Cybera cloud-based security services, announced a new research paper that details the security and PCI compliance challenges for multi-site retailers. The report from industry analyst firm Aberdeen Group indicates that simplifying security through integrated solutions that combine multiple products and services can help retailers effectively address IT security to achieve and sustain compliance. “Fortunately, solution…
Acumera and Liquid Networx Furnish Secure Device Connectivity
Acumera, the leader in Trusted Connection Services for retail organizations, announced that Liquid Networx has agreed to market products and services based on a suite of secure, merchant-centric applications that increase operational efficiency and effectiveness by securing traditional network clients as well as connecting non-traditional devices. Today, merchants must be compliant with transaction security standards,…
Acumera and Liquid Networx Team up to Securely Connect
Acumera, the leader in Trusted Connection Services for retail organizations, announced today that Liquid Networx has agreed to market products and services based on a suite of secure, merchant-centric applications that increase operational efficiency and effectiveness by securing traditional network clients as well as connecting non-traditional devices. Today, merchants must be compliant with transaction security…
InTechnology Launches PCI Management Service
InTechnology launched a PCI-certified managed service called PaySecure Connect. The cloud services provider has partnered with Phoenix Managed Networks and Mako Networks to deliver a resilient MPLS network and a secure PCI-certified payment infrastructure which is also capable of delivering managed voice and data services over the same secure connection. PaySecure Connect has been developed to overcome the complexity of achieving and maintaining compliance with PCI data security standards and is the first package to offer consolidated payments authorisation between the retailer and banks with a scalable communication and managed services network. PaySecure Connect adds further value by removing many of the in-house resource costs needed to establish and adhere to PCI standards.
OAISYS and DMG Announce Contact Centers PCI DSS White Paper
OAISYS published its “Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) Guide for Contact Center Managers,” in conjunction with DMG Consulting LLC. It offers an overview of PCI policies governing financial transactions using credit and debit cards around the world, how it applies to contact centers and the “dos” and “don’ts” of data storage. The white paper ultimately offers an introduction to PCI-DSS; its legal force and status; and standards for protecting cardholder data.