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Merchant acquirers once relied on independent agents, direct sales, and agent bank relationships to sign up merchants. Now, a new group has entered the picture and is accounting for a rapidly increasing share of new merchant accounts. Value-added resellers and independent software vendors will enroll 15% of all new …
August, 2011
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9 August
Visa Tries To Juice EMV And Mobile Payments with New Initiatives
Leading payment card network Visa Inc. on Tuesday announced three initiatives to spur adoption of so-called EMV contact and contactless chip cards and near-field communication (NFC) mobile payments in the U.S. Observers hailed Visa’s action, but noted that a full move to EMV and NFC mobile payments in the U.S. …
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7 August
Authorization, Processing Costs Drop, But Other Fees Climb for Acquirers, Study Shows
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4 August
The DoJ Anoints Gores As the Designated Buyer of Hypercom’s U.S. Assets
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it had reached a settlement with point-of-sale terminal makers VeriFone Holdings Inc. and Hypercom Corp. that calls for the sale of Hypercom’s U.S. assets to a unit of private-equity firm Gores Group LLC. The settlement removed an obstacle that held up VeriFone’s …
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3 August
Eschewing ‘Participation’ Fees, MasterCard Will Sweet-Talk Debit Issuers One by One
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3 August
Malware And Spear-Phishing Soar, Helping To Drive Rise in Breaches
While the payments business continues to fret about data breaches, new information emerged this week that helps explain how such pernicious leaks happen, and why they’re happening with increased frequency. While notable breaches like the one at Sony earlier this year steal headlines, cybercriminals are plundering accounts at organizations …
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2 August
S1 Spurns Takeover Offer from ACI, But ACI Says It Won’t Back off
n As it did July 26 when it announced its takeover offer for S1, ACI also said it is “prepared to do what is necessary to make this [transaction] happen.” The ACI statement did not elaborate. Some observers speculate the Elkhorn, Neb,-based software company will return with a sweetened …
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1 August
Isis Backer Verizon Wireless Agrees to Add AmEx’s Serve to Phones And Tablets
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1 August
DoJ Indicates Settlement Near in Antitrust Challenge to VeriFone-Hypercom Merger
The U.S. Department of Justice indicated Monday that a settlement of its antitrust challenge to the planned acquisition by VeriFone Systems Inc., the leading U.S. point-of-sale terminal maker, of rival Hypercom Corp. could be reached by Aug. 30. A DoJ court filing, however, does not give details about any …