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Virtual Currencies Leave An Impression On Europe’s Central Bank
March 27, 2014

Virtual currencies were a topic of discussion at the European Central Bank/Banca d’Italia Workshop on Interchange Fees earlier this week.

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BKM and Redsys Form mWallet Partnership
March 27, 2014

BKM and Redsys have signed an agreement to work together for interoperability of the iupay and BKM Express digital wallets, the companies announced March 25.

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New Payments Processor CurvePay Emerges
March 27, 2014

A team of payments industry veterans on March 26 announced the creation of CurvePay, a vertically integrated processing platform for merchants and resellers.

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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.  The partnership will allow Thatcher’s client base to easily and securely accept credit or debit purchases.  The access to ROAM’s capabilities will...

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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. Vend offers consumers an HTML POS that promises to work on any platform or device, whether or not they are connected to the internet. “2014 is going to...

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? At Index, the company works...