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- Payments-technology provider Bluefin Payment Systems said NCR Corp. is using Bluefin’s point-to-point encryption service at merchants deploying NCR’s Counterpoint Retail Solution to process payments through NCR Secure Pay.
- Payments provider Merchant Consulting Group, which was founded in 2005, changed its name to Paystri.
- Credit-union processor PSCU said its new Lumin Digital online and mobile-banking unit will use ThreatMetrix Inc.’s Digital Identity Network for risk control.
- 99 Ranch Market, said to be the largest Asian supermarket chain in the United States, can now accept Alipay and WeChat Pay through an integration completed by Citcon, a cross-border mobile-payments provider. The move is aimed at serving Chinese tourists.
- In related news, Beijing Inspiry Technology Co. Ltd. said it has entered the U.S. mobile-payment market with its quick-response code point-of-sale device, Inspiry Smart Box, which can be used to make payments at select restaurants in San Francisco.
- IBM announced its Blockchain Platform Starter Plan for software developers, startups, and larger enterprises to build blockchain-based proof-of-concept systems quickly; the service includes a secure test environment, educational tools and modules, and other features.
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Digital-authentication technology provider OneSpan Inc. said Nok Nok Labs selected it to bring to large banks authentication services for online and mobile applications that comply with Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) standards.
- Some 17% of Visa-based purchases in 11 host cities in Russia during the opening days of the World Cup were contactless and included technology like smart phones, bracelets, and rings, Visa said. In the stadiums, the contactless percentage was 54%.
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