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Verdict Staff
WorldPay launches interactive alternative payments heatmap showing market preferences by geography
Most companies usually publish research papers, but WorldPay has gone a step further and has released an interactive heatmap that details payment preferences in specific markets.
Compass Plus launches EMV implementation tool
Compass Plus has announced the deployment of a solution called EMV Empowerment Toolkit to ease the migration to EMV based payments in the US market.
Sage launches card reader for smartphones
Sage Pay has commenced a pilot project to test mobile POS adoption among independent SMEs. The Sage Pay Mobile Solution was developed in association with CreditCall and hardware supplier Thyron Sage Pay expects its new mobile solution to be adopted especially by independent businesses, such as plumbers and electricians, who usually do not accept card payments.
Poland implements contactless parking meter
The Transportation and Infrastructure Authority and City Parking Group in the Polish city of Krawkow have installed the first contactless payment technology-enabled parking meters.
Friend-to-friend e-gift card marketing app Wrapp soon in Brazil
Sweden-based gift purchase app company Wrapp has confirmed that the next country where it will set up store will be Brazil. Wrapp already has offices in the US and will soon also expand into Germany, France, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Turkey It calls its service a social gifting app for celebrating, thanking, surprising and delighting friends and family with free gift cards from top retailers.,
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Private Label Cards: Join the club
The promise of tying credit card rewards programmes to social networks, Groupon-like daily deals and electronic couponing services has long been touted as the next wave of loyalty incentives, and it finally appears to be taking off, says Charles Davis. A host of new technological platforms are coming to market, offering card issuers new ways to take advantage of the viral power of social networking turning cardholder relationships into powerful marketing tools.
Mind the gap: Cards in the Balkans
The Balkans, one of the most diverse and divided regions of Europe, is no more coherent in terms of its adoption of card payment systems Yana Palagacheva considers the opportunities and threats, from the upwardly mobile Serbia and Bulgaria to the troubled markets of Macedonia and Kosovo Despite being a relatively small geographical area, the Balkan countries have some major discrepancies in the growth and sophistication of their financial services.
Revel Systems launches iPad Fiscal POS in South America
San Francisco-based mobile POS developer Revel Systems has launched the iPad Fiscal POS in Panama. The official launch happened four months after Revel started testing the system in Panamanian coffee shops Now we plan to expand to all South American countries, Chris Ciabarra, the CTO of Revel Systems to told Cards International
PCI: weaknesses and loop holes
The Global Payments data security breach has prompted many questions around card data security standards With the company still processing transactions despite being removed from various networks registry, Duygu Tavan asks: What is the point of PCI DSS compliance for processors? When Global Payments admitted to a breach of data, it did so days after it had happened
Sungard’s payment platform latest to get PCI DSS certification
Sungard has obtained a PCI DSS certification for its AvantGard PayNetExchange platform Rob Jacobson, senior vice-president of payment services at SunGards AvantGard business, said: This certification underscores our vigilance, ongoing investment and commitment to protect critical customer payment information