VeriFone and gas-pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root will collaborate on new fuel dispensers that include the ability to read EMV payment cards as well as display at-pump media advertising and entertainment, the two companies announced on Wednesday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Mobile technology and full-service payments firm SinglePoint, Inc. finalized an agreement to advertise its cashless payment options on Leafly.com, which is an online cannabis information resource. The move is designed to assist recreational and medicinal cannabis dispensaries, according to a SinglePoint press release. Get the Full...
Facebook will be giving its advertisers a new peek into ad efficacy with the release of a new report that will shows when and how often advertisements push users to complete a purchase on a different web-enabled device. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
News broke yesterday about Amazon’s plans to sell a branded dongle at Staples, making it the 123rd player to enter this very croweded space. But while a giant player could become a powerful new entrant, SMBs are starting to show a change of heart towards...
Russia’s Central Bank is preparing to abandon its deadline for MasterCard and Visa to pay transaction security deposits because neither has yet selected a partner to process cards in Russia next year, according to a report Thursday (Aug. 14) in Russian business daily Vedomosti. Get...
More than 575 million U.S. payment cards will include EMV chips by the end of next year, according to a statement issued jointly from Visa and MasterCard on Wednesday (Aug. 13). That number is partially based on EMV shipment plans from nine key card issuers:...
A Russian national has been indicted for a series of cyber attacks against financial institutions (including Chase Bank, Capital One, Citibank and the Boeing Employees’ Credit Union) and retail POS in the U.S., as well as for running various carding forums that resold payment card...
Amazon on Wednesday (Aug. 13) introduced its own mPOS package—to be called Amazon Local Register—and focused on the tune it knows that SMB retailers want to hear: lower merchant fees than Square and PayPal Here. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Preparing to leverage its success in the taxicab arena, Uber is preparing a public API that would allow developers to throw a similar “request button” on an unlimited number of apps, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Aug. 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
