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Company update/Eftpos

Dream Payments launches mobile merchant services platform

Dream Payments, a Toronto based fintech solution provider and payment cloud operator, today announced the launch of the Dream Mobile Merchant Services Platform.

23 February 2016

News/Eftpos

Fed staffers put a downer on mobile payments party

While the crowds at Mobile World Congress in Barcleona lap up the latest innovations in mobile payments and biometric security, party-pooping staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta have cast a more sober eye over the potential for mass-market uptake of new-fangled payment methods.

23 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Fime EMV test tools get accreditation from JCB in Japan

FIME announces today that its Japanese laboratory is the first in the country to be accredited by JCB to perform functional testing on contactless payment terminal kernels, in line with its Book C-5 specification which relates to the JCB’s payment scheme.

18 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

EMV merchant adoption slower than expected

The Strawhecker Group (TSG), a management consulting company focused on the global payments industry, released survey results today that estimate 37 percent of U.S. merchant locations are EMV-ready four months after the October 1st, 2015 liability shift.

17 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

NCR upgrades Silver POS system

NCR Small Business today announced an upgrade for NCR Silver, its tablet point-of-sale (POS) system.

17 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Comprion and P3 develop POS test tool

Regardless of already existing contactless communication standards such as NFC and EMVCo, the payment service providers and terminal vendors are still coping with teething problems resulting from the large number of smartphones, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, and technologies used.

17 February 2016

News/Eftpos

UK hits 10 year Chip and PIN anniversary

A decade on from the introduction of Chip and PIN in the UK, almost four in every five pounds of spending at British retailers is made through debit and credit cards.

15 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Payleven scoops an additional $10 million in funding

payleven, the leading mobile payments company for small and medium sized businesses, announced today the close of its Series D funding round with the addition of Seventure Partners, one of the key European venture capital firms, as an investor.

11 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Apriva ensures EMV availability across Ingenico terminal estate

Apriva, the leading provider of secure end-to-end wireless transaction processing solutions, today announced it has completed EMV certification with Global Payments for Ingenico’s Telium2 terminals connecting through the Apriva Gateway.

09 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Oz telco Optus targets iPhone owners with contactless stickers

Optus today has announced new payment accessories, a band and a sticker, for its mobile payment facility,

08 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Ingenico forms fintech partnership with Toronto's MaRS Discovery District

MaRS Discovery District and Ingenico Group Canada, the global leader in seamless payment, have entered into a partnership to drive fintech development and innovation.

03 February 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Mountain America Credit Union integrates Android Pay and Samsung Pay

With Mountain America Credit Union's Mobile Banking app, members can transfer funds, locate nearby branches, make mobile deposits and pay loans anytime, using a smartphone or tablet.

28 January 2016

Company update/Eftpos

Visa dominates contactless payments in Europe

Contactless cards achieved a breakthrough in Europe in 2014, as the number of payments grew by 155% – a figure which is forecast to continue to soar over the next few years.

28 January 2016

Company update/Eftpos

SIA enters digital couponing with acquisition of T-Frutta

SIA S.p.A. has acquired 69% (51% acquisition plus capital increase) of UBIQ, a start-up established in 2012 from a spin-off of Parma University, specializing in the design and development of innovative technology solutions, particularly in the field of promotions, where it operates with the brand T-Frutta.

28 January 2016

News/Eftpos

Wendy's investigates possible card data breach

American fast food chain Wendy's is investigating possible fraudulent charges to cards used at some of its restaurants.

27 January 2016

Company update/Eftpos

AVT adds mobile payments to vending machines

AVT, Inc. (OTC Markets: AVTC), a leading manufacturer of automated retailing centers and custom vending machines, announced that it will include mobile payment acceptance as a standard feature on all their 2016 machines.

27 January 2016

News/Eftpos

UK becomes 'cash-second' nation as contactless payments soar

Britain has become a "cash-second" nation, claims Visa Europe, which saw an explosion in contactless payments drive an 11.5% rise in the number of transactions it recorded in the country last year.

26 January 2016

News/Eftpos

Australian bank boycott of Apple Pay continues as NAB rolls out Android rival

National Australia Bank has launched a new mobile payment service for Android smartphones, NAB Pay, as the country's biggest banks continue their boycott of iOS rival Apple Pay.

25 January 2016

News/Eftpos

CaixaBank first in Spain to introduce Samsung Pay

CaixaBank and its newly-launched mobile subsidiary imaginBank are to be the first in Spain to roll out mobile payments services on Samsung Pay.

22 January 2016

News/Eftpos

More Swiss banks join Paymit ahead of high street expansion

Paymit, the mobile-to-mobile payment app developed by UBS, Zurcher Kantonalbank, Swisscom and SIX has recruited an additional three banks ahead of a planned February roll out to retailer eftpos terminals.

21 January 2016