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• Royal Dutch Shell plc said it is finalizing the deployment of EMV-compliant point-of-sale terminals for inside use at more than 11,000 of its U.S. locations. Currently, almost 80% of the locations are EMV-compliant, with the rest expected this spring. As the inside-the-store project is completed, the petroleum company will shift to readying EMV-compliant terminals for use at fuel pumps. Shell said it will test the devices later this year.
• EDGE Mobile Payments LLC announced it will release later this year a card-consolidation service built around a single, card-sized device that can store multiple payment cards. The device, called the EDGE Card, will work with magnetic-stripe, EMV, and NFC payment methods, the company said. It also includes a touchscreen, biometric authentication, and personal-finance management services. Pricing was not disclosed.
• Mastercard Inc. introduced a vendor directory for processors, merchants, and issuers seeking products and services in tokenization and digital wallets. The directory currently lists 28 vendors.
• The Electronic Transactions Association announced the creation of its new Payment Facilitator Committee, which is charged with identifying current and emerging technology, business, policy, and compliance issues related to payment facilitators.
• NACHA, the automated clearing house governing body, said it completed, in conjunction with Accenture, an exploratory evaluation of the value of API standardization for the U.S. financial-services industry.
• Payment gateway Shift4 Corp. said its EMV-certified payments service is now available to users of Skyware Hospitality Solutions’ property-management software. Shift4 also announced a similar deal with Clubessential, which provides software for private clubs and resorts.
• Bluefin Payment Systems said its encryption service is now available to customers of Delego, a payments provider for businesses using SAP technology.
• First Data Corp. announced a 10-year deal for the New York Mets Port St. Lucie, Fla., spring-training field to be named First Data Field.
