Three years after the EMV liability shift, fallback fraud, which bypasses protections against counterfeit card use, remains a problem for the U.S. payments industry, Auriemma Consulting Group said. Its data found that fallback fraud, which typically is a problem when markets first adopt EMV, still makes up more than 20% of …
Read More »Pay-at-the-Table Comes to a Restaurant Group With Ingenico Devices
A restaurant franchiser is deploying Ingenico Group point-of-sale terminals as part of a migration to pay-at-the-table payment acceptance at its TGI Friday’s and Zinburger Wine and Burger Bar locations, Ingenico announced Wednesday. The deal ultimately will see pay-at-the-table service, where the server brings the POS terminal to diners at their …
Read More »Ingenico Sacks Its CEO As It Considers ‘Strategic Options’
Point-of-sale terminal maker and payment processor Ingenico Group on Monday announced an executive shakeup that saw long-time chairman and chief executive Philippe Lazare replaced by the former CEO of Visa Europe. Lazare’s replacement and other boardroom changes come shortly after the Paris-based company said it was exploring “strategic options” in …
Read More »PaySimple in MarketSharp Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/6/18
E-commerce platform 3dcart announced an integration with TradeGecko, a cloud-based inventory-management platform for business-to-business companies. The integration means online retailers can synchronize their 3dcart store with their TradeGecko account, 3dcart said. Payments provider PaySimple announced its services are now available to users of MarketSharp, marketing and management software program for …
Read More »In the Shadow of Amazon, 7-Eleven’s Scan & Pay Brings Mobile Checkout to the C-Store Chain
Consumers shopping at 14 7-Eleven Inc. stores in the Dallas area can test the convenience-store chain’s new Scan & Pay feature to make purchases without stopping at the checkout counter, 7-Eleven announced Monday. The service, part of the 7-Eleven app that also houses the 7Rewards loyalty feature, enables consumers to …
Read More »October’s Market Tumult Ensnares Most Processor Stocks
The stock-market volatility in October, which saw the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index decrease 7.8% by the end of the month, spared few of the publicly held payment processors tracked by Barrington Research, a Chicago-based investment firm. In its monthly report, Barrington Research says only Puerto Rico-based Evertec Inc., …
Read More »How Two New Collaborations Could Speed up the Move Toward Digital B2B Payments
Payments between businesses have long remained ensnarled in paper processes that consumer payments have largely left behind, but lately signs have emerged that technology is at work streamlining business-to-business transactions. On Monday, fleet-fueling and corporate-payments specialist WEX Inc. said it will work with American Express Co. to allow clients to …
Read More »Mitek Rejects ASG’s ‘Underwhelming’ Buyout Offer
Mitek Systems Inc. reported early Monday that its board of directors “unanimously rejects” last week’s unsolicited buyout offer from business software firm ASG Technologies Inc., saying it “is not in the best interests of Mitek’s shareholders.” Today’s announcement is no surprise. Chairman Bruce Hansen on Thursday signaled that he and …
Read More »Cardtronics Lands RaceTrac ATM Placement and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/5/18
Cardtronics plc said it is the exclusive ATM provider to 121 RaceTrac convenience stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The ATMs bear the Credit Union of Texas brand. Worldpay Inc. announced a multiyear agreement to be the exclusive provider to the National Association of Convenience Stores Payment Processing Program, which …
Read More »Cardtronics Feels 7-Eleven Impact and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/2/18
ATM network owner Cardtronics plc reported revenues of $340.2 million for the third quarter, down 15% from $402 million a year earlier primarily because of the removal of its ATMs from its former largest retailer customer, 7-Eleven Inc., and currency effects. U.S. same-store withdrawal transactions rose 6%, driven by growth …
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