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• Shift4 Corp. announced it is among the first payment gateways to introduce a software update to support the various quick-chip solutions from the major payment brands for faster EMV chip card transactions.
• Uber and Visa Inc. launched Uber Local Offers, a program that enables Uber riders to earn discounted rides by using the same Visa credit card on file with Uber at local merchants.
• USA Technologies Inc. said it is linking 1,800 vending, coffee, and micro-market machines belonging to VendPro Refreshment Services to USAT’s content and payment platform.
• Merchant-services provider iPayment Inc. has integrated a customer-service platform from Zendesk Inc.
• Bluefin Payment Systems announced the availability of the S300 and S500 payment devices from PAX Technologies on Bluefin’s PayConex platform
• Oberthur Technologies introduced its Flybuy technology for wearable payments, including the contactless Flybuy Mini Fob and the Flybuy Secure Element.
• Processor JetPay Corp. promoted Michael Collester to chief operating officer; Collester most recently was president of JetPay’s Langhorn, Pa., location and came to JetPay when it acquired the company he founded, ACI Merchant Systems LLC, in 2014.
