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- POS equipment maker Ingenico Group said KFC Corp., a unit of Yum! Brands Inc., migrated its U.S. payment system to Ingenico’s Telium semi-integrated POS service. Consumers now can make chip-and-sign, chip-and-PIN, magnetic-stripe, and contactless transactions at KFC locations.
- Online shopping-cart provider 3dcart said its upcoming version 8.1 will support Google Pay integration.
- NACHA, the ACH governing body, announced that it and the Interactive Financial eXchange forum finalized the merger of the IFX Forum as an independent entity under NACHA.
- Gift card and loyalty provider Factor4 LLC said its RewardOS app for First Data Corp.’s Clover point-of-sale system is now available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Tablet-based point-of-sale system provider ShopKeep announced that ProPay, a unit of Total System Services Inc. (TSYS), will manage payment processing via its payment-facilitator service for those ShopKeep merchants who opt to self-serve into ShopKeep’s platform.
- Security-services provider SecurityMetrics released its “2018 Guide to PCI DSS Compliance,” which outlines the 12 requirements of the standard.
- BitPay, a digital-currency payments provider, said it closed a $40 million series B funding round, bringing its total raised capital to more than $70 million.
- Ride-share service Uber announced additional ways users of the Uber Visa Debit Card can earn rewards.
- Financial-services technology provider Fiserv Inc. published a white paper on how financial institutions can build a mobile-payments strategy designed to engage consumers.
- Payrailz, a processor of bill-payment and money-transfer transactions, said it has moved its headquarters into a larger office.
- Mastercard Inc. said Choon Phon Goh joined its board as an independent director. Goh is chief executive of Singapore Airlines.
- Payments provider Paysafe named Karim Ahmad to the new position of chief product and transformation officer. Ahmad previously worked at TSYS. Paysafe also announced that Daniel Kornitzer, who previously was chief product officer, was named chief business development officer.
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