• Visa Inc. said its April 2019 date for compliance with 3-D Secure 2.0, an online-commerce fraud-prevention standard, applies globally. In 2016, Visa had said compliance would start with Europe in April 2018. “We felt it was easier for our various stakeholders to have a single global date, so we aligned Europe accordingly,” a Visa spokesperson tells Digital Transactions News.
• Unattended and vending payments specialist USA Technologies Inc. reported revenues of $26.5 million in its third quarter ending March 31, for a 29.9% increase from $20.4 million in the same quarter a year ago. It reversed a $5.4 million net loss to a $136,000 profit. USAT said there are now 504,000 connections to its ePort service, which is a 26% increase year-over-year.
• VeriFone Systems Inc. announced Carbon 8, a point-of-sale device for small and mid-size businesses. The device features an 8-inch screen and the ability to run various business apps in addition to payments acceptance.
• Data-security provider ControlScan released SecureEdge, a technology platform to centrally manage PCI-compliance programs.
• Payments provider iPayment Inc. is using Fuze Inc.’s cloud-based communications services, Fuze announced.
• CSI globalVCard, a business-to-business payments company, said it formed an alliance with Visa Inc. to integrate Visa Payables Automation into its platform.
• First American Payment Systems L.P. refreshed its logo and marketing tagline.