Point-of-sale technology vendor ScanSource Inc. has agreed to acquire POS Portal, a supplier of payment devices and services, for $144.9 million in cash plus an earn-out payment up to $13.2 million contingent on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization for the 12 months leading up to Nov. 30. The deal is expected …

• Processors Bora Payment Systems, Bottomline Technologies, CSI globalVCard, MineralTree, and Priority Commercial Payments have become the first companies to receive approval from Visa Inc.’s Visa Ready for Business Solutions program, which helps technology companies integrate with Visa’s business-to-business payments services. • In related news, Visa announced it will be equipping the stadiums …

• Visa Inc. announced that its 3-D Secure 2.0 program will begin in April 2019. 3-D Secure 2.0 is a measure managed by EMVCo that shares e-commerce transaction data between merchants and issuers in an effort to thwart fraudulent transactions and approve valid ones. EMVCo released the updated spec in October 2016. • Visa said grocer …

• Banking and financial-services provider BNY Mellon announced its Treasury Services unit has introduced Tokenized Payments, a service that allows its clients to send real-time or next-day payments to consumers. The service relies on Early Warning Services LLC’s clearXchange network and allows payments using the recipient’s email address or mobile …

Known for its iPad-based point-of-sale system, Revel Systems said Friday it is making a mobile-commerce app available that merchants can use with their own brands. The app—available now for iOS and Android devices—enables merchants to more easily allow consumers to access product information, check loyalty data, place orders, and pay …

Two iPad-based point-of-sale system providers have made announcements that, in one instance, provide another connectivity option, and in the other, puts the spotlight on the company. Revel Systems has released a wired Internet option for its iPad-based point-of-sale product, enabling the WiFi-only device to have another connectivity option. The Revel …

The Gimlet Eye This magazine has been covering near-field communication (NFC) technology for payments at least since early 2006, when the first big field trial took place at a stadium in Atlanta. So we’re conversant with the advantages and drawbacks, the drama and the doldrums, associated with this exciting mobile-payments …

The National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys organization is lending its name recognition to a new merchant-services company, Blue Star Payment Solutions. Frisco, Texas-based Blue Star intends to build its brand based on its affiliation with the Dallas Cowboys as one of the companies owned by the Jones family, says Jerry …

  The date is set. Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay mobile-payment scheme, now with more than 500 banks supporting it, launches Monday, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company announced Thursday. Apple Pay is a payment scheme that has two components. One, available only in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, uses a near-field …

Consumers are responding enthusiastically to a new service that lets them buy goods from and otherwise interact with brands via social media in sports stadiums, through TV ads, and other venues, according to results released Monday by Chirpify, the Portland, Ore.-based company that announced the service in September. The service …