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By Jim Daly Some merchant categories such as restaurants are moving slowly into EMV chip card acceptance ahead of the looming Oct. 1 liability shift because they experience little of the fraud EMV cards are intended to prevent, while others are going to find losses “winging back at them,” executives …
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Ingenico And Intel To Develop a Point-of-Sale Tablet Supporting EMV and NFC
Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico Group and chip-maker Intel Corp. will work on producing a tablet that supports EMV chip card and near-field communication (NFC) transactions, Ingenico announced Thursday. The tablet is in response to the U.S. payment card migration to the EMV chip card standard, and the growing adoption of …
Read More »Seeking an ‘Integrated Mobile Offer,’ Ingenico Completes Takeover of Roam Data
Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico Group now owns all of Roam Data, a mobile POS company it first invested in in 2009. France-based Ingenico says the Roam brand will continue to be used on products, but the company name will be wrapped up into Ingenico. “With 100% of Roam, we will …
Read More »Ingenico Debuts an EMV-Capable Mobile Acceptance Service, with U.S. Launch in 2014
Payment-terminal maker Ingenico S.A. is debuting the Roam Mobile Commerce Manager in eight nations, including the United States in early 2014. The service is currently available in Mexico, France, Belgium, Italy, Australia, Brazil, and Norway. Details about the U.S. version of Mobile Commerce Manager will be available once it launches …
Read More »Jury Nails VeriFone in Software Patent Case But Clears Rival Ingenico
A little software company gone bust won big against leading point-of-sale terminal maker VeriFone Systems Inc. in a patent-infringement verdict June 8. A federal jury in Texas found after a five-day trial that VeriFone infringed on two patents held by CardSoft Inc. and awarded damages and royalties of $15.4 million. …
Read More »Ingenico To Buy Hypercom Assets, Installs New North American Boss
Ingenico S.A. will buy part of point-of-sale terminal maker Hypercom Corp.’s U.S. assets as VeriFone Systems Inc. prepares to complete its acquisition of Hypercom under a deal the companies announced Monday. France-based Ingenico also installed the head of its Australian unit, Thierry Denis, as its new North American president. …
Read More »Takeover Buzz Subsides As Ingenico Rejects a $1.9 Billion Bid
It’s all over but the shouting, at least for now. France’s Ingenico S.A., which sells point-of-sale terminals in North America and elsewhere around the world, on Sunday rejected a suitor that had offered $1.9 billion for the company. Bloomberg had reported on Friday that the suitor was Danaher Corp., Washington, …
Read More »Ingenico Pitches a PDA for Computing And Card Acceptance
While a raft of players over the past several months have introduced software that equips smart phones to accept cards, Ingenico has introduced a wireless point-of-sale device that combines in one unit the ability to take card payments, print receipts, and act as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The French …
Read More »Intrigue Envelops Hypercom As It Mulls Ingenico Buyout Offer
Point-of-sale terminal maker Hypercom Corp. on Monday said it is talking with France-based Ingenico about the $332 million buyout offer Ingenico made last week, an offer that came at a time when Phoenix, Ariz.-based Hypercom is trying to buy the POS terminal unit of another French company, Thales S.A. Ingenico …
Read More »The Future of Checkout is Here: Android Based-AXIUM and SoftPOS for Frictionless Payments
Gone are the days of online-only shopping sprees. Consumers are flocking back to brick-and-mortar stores for many purchases. But this new breed of omnichannel shopper expects a seamless blend of the digital and physical experience. They’re accustomed to the power of technology – finding product information with a tap, comparing …
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