payment

Data Breach Costs Target $148 Million In Gross Expenses

Target is struggling to financially recover from the much-publicized data breach announced last year. The December 2013 breach cost Target $148 million…

Independent Solutions Partners With NCR To Speed Self-Checkout

Independent Solutions, an Australian POS solution provider owned by Metcash, has partnered with NCR Corporation to extend NCR point-of-sale (POS) technology to…

Kings Games Gains PayPal As Payment Ally

Small businesses must address a series of challenges to succeed in today’s highly competitive industry. In addition to having a solid product…

Vantiv To Acquire Mercury Payment Systems For $1.65 Billion

Vantiv, Inc., a provider of payment processing services and technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions, is acquiring Mercury Payment Systems, LLC for…

E-Commerce Law Expert “Unsure” If Bitcoins Will Become Mainstream

In January 2014, Overstock Chairman and CEO Patrick M. Byrne announced that the retailer would accept Bitcoin as a form of payment….

Whole Foods Taps Square To Improve Checkout Experience

Whole Foods Market has implemented payment and checkout solutions from Square to reduce wait times and make the checkout process more enjoyable…

Feedzai Fraud Prevention Platform Debuts In U.S.

Feedzai, a Europe-based fraud prevention solution provider, announced that its solution is now available for U.S. businesses. Feedzai will be offering the…

Retailers Are Discovering A Valuable New Payment Platform In Social Media

This is Part 3 of the Retail TouchPoints Payment Report. View Part 1, or Part 2. Click here to download the…

5 Mobile Wallet Features That Promise To Transform The Customer Experience

This is Part 2 of the Retail TouchPoints Payment Report. Part 3 will appear in the May 14 newsletter. Read Part…

Making PCI Compliance More Affordable And Less Complicated

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, was established to reduce the risk of breaches and all merchants that…

A Reimagined Road Map To EMV

This is Part 1 of a three-part feature covering Payment issues in retail. Part 2 will appear in the May 7 newsletter….

The Global Spread Of The Micro-Mobile Merchant

The growing ubiquity of mobile devices is changing the face of business transactions around the world. Merchants are no longer forced to…

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