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Retailers Take Security Concerns to Congress
March 27, 2014

Retailers on March 26 lobbied the Senate for a more secure credit and debit card system, including one that requires PINs for credit card transactions.

Breach Round Up
Trustwave Named In Target Breach Litigation
March 27, 2014

Trustwave, the company responsible for ensuring Target’s PCI Data-Security Standard compliance, allegedly failed to detect obvious signs of weakness preceding the breach reported in December, according to a lawsuit filed by two banks.

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Anonymous Ukraine Posts 7 Million Card Numbers Online
March 27, 2014

Hacktivist group Anonymous Ukraine was reportedly posted more than 7 million credit card numbers online.

Company Spotlight
ROAM and Thatcher Partner On Direct Sales mPOS Innovation
March 26, 2014

Direct sales innovator Thatcher Technology Group has chosen ROAM’s mobile commerce platform as the basis for its new mPos product for direct selling.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Vend Brings in $25M, Plans International Expansion
March 26, 2014

Fast-growing New Zealand start-up Vend has raised $25 million in investment funding and is eyeing international expansion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

CEO Series
Index Helps Retailers Personalize Shopping
March 26, 2014

Two-year old software company Index, founded by former Google Wallet engineer Jonathan Wall and product lead Marc Freed-Finnegan, is focused on the physical world of commerce. Payments today work just fine, contends CEO Freed-Finnegan, but what about the other possibilities? Get the Full Story Complete...

My ECheck Launches G2G Payments Platform
March 26, 2014

MyECheck Inc., an electronic payment solutions provider, says it has launched a payment platform for real-time transfers between government  accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Merchant Innovation
Boku Partners With Sunhill To Bill Parking Payments Over Phone
March 26, 2014

Carrier billing-based mobile payments specialist Boku Inc.
and European parking and mobile
ticketing services provider sunhill technologies announced they will make direct global carrier billing available worldwide for sunhill’s services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Merchant Warehouse Acquires Opticard
March 26, 2014

Merchant Warehouse on March 24 announced the acquisition of  Opticard, a company that will help it provide customers a deeper set of mobile coupons, gift cards and loyalty cards. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...