TableSafe To Test Restaurant Folio Payment Device and other Digital Transactions News briefs

• A Michigan gas station has begun accepting the AnyWhereMobile Payment Network app from developer MShift Inc. and Team One Credit Union, the first financial institution to offer the mobile-payments product. Team One plans to bring acceptance of the app, which works with VeriFone Systems Inc.’s Commander Site Controller solution, to 20 Michigan gas stations by year’s end.

• TableSafe Inc. said its Rail 2 pay-at-table payment system has achieved PCI PTS (PIN Transaction Security) certification with the PCI Security Standards Council. TableSafe plans to begin distributing Rail 2, which is housed inside a device that mimics the traditional restaurant folio used to deliver the customer’s check, to select Seattle restaurants this summer and begin a national pilot this fall. The device works with mag-stripe and EMV cards and supports near-field communication and quick-response codes.

• In a dispute originating with data breaches at Hilton hotels, a unit of Hilton Worldwide sued merchant acquirer BMO Harris Bank, accusing it of a $40 million “extortionate” money grab and triggering a countersuit from the bank, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.

• Restaurant chain Cici’s Pizza acknowledged a credit card data breach that affected point-of-sale systems at more than 135 locations; the malware-based breach began at most locations in March, but some stores may have been compromised in 2015, KrebsOnSecurity reported.

• The EMV Migration Forum, a cross-industry group formed in 2012 to address issues surrounding the rollout of EMV chip cards in the United States, is changing its name to the U.S. Payments Forum.

• Cummins-Allison Corp., which makes coin and currency handling equipment, said its ATMs are now EMV certified on the First Data Corp. network for both MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. transactions.

• CardFlight, a provider of mobile point-of-sale solutions, released data from its transaction gateway indicating 70% of cards used now contain EMV chips.

• Modus Corp. introduced its Subscription Solution, which creates and manages online subscriptions and includes multiple payment options, as well as invoicing and fulfillment features.

• Visa Inc. announced a roster of some 60 Olympic and Paralympic athletes it is supporting as Team Visa for the 2016 Games in Rio.

• Merchant processor Global Payments Inc. announced it is supporting Apple Pay in Hong Kong.