Ontario International Airport in California is adopting Shift4 Payments Inc.s’ VenueNext mobile point-of-sale technology to allow passengers to order and pay for food and merchandise using their mobile phones. The service includes new self-checkout technology that allows travelers to scan a UPC code, add it to a shopping cart, and …
Read More »TouchBistro Adds Marketing Component and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/5/22
Payments provider TouchBistro launched TouchBistro Marketing, aimed at helping restaurants connect and market to customers via custom marketing campaigns. The new system links to TouchBistro’s restaurant-management platform.Innovative Payment Solutions Inc. announced the second phase of its IPSIPay App with approval from Visa Inc. for use of Visa debit cards within the app.PayPal Holdings …
Read More »The PCI Security Standards Council Launches the Latest Version of Its Security Standard
After years of soliciting input from more than 200 organizations in the payments industry, the PCI Security Standards Council Thursday published version 4.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The new standard, which provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data, replaces version …
Read More »Paysafe Bets on Ontario and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/4/22
Paysafe Ltd. announced it is processing payments for several iGaming operators in the Canadian province of Ontario, including PointsBet and theScoreBet.Diebold Nixdorf said Langley Federal Credit Union selected the company to operate and manage its self-service banking channel. The credit union said it has more than 320,000 membersBuy now, pay later specialist Klarna …
Read More »U.S. Merchant Acquiring Volume Surpasses $9 Trillion Even As E-Commerce Slows
The 25 biggest U.S. merchant acquirers control about 90% of payment dollar volume, even as e-commerce may be losing some of its recent momentum, according to the latest ranking of U.S. merchant acquirers by The Strawhecker Group, released this week. Overall, U.S. acquirers processed more than $9 trillion in payment …
Read More »Most—79%—of Cybersecurity Pros Claim Ransomware Attacks in Past Year and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/1/22
Some 79% of cybersecurity professionals globally said their organizations had been hit by ransomware within the last 12 months, according to a survey of 620 respondents conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group and commissioned by OwnBackup, a data protection platform.Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. announced an integration with Flex, a provider of core system …
Read More »PCI DSS 4.0 Released and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/31/22
The PCI Security Standards Council published version 4 of the PCI Data Security Standard. Features of the new standard include, among other changes, updated firewall terminology and a requirement to implement multi-factor authentication for access to the cardholder data environment.Processor Adyen said it is expanding beyond payments to offer embedded financial products, including Adyen …
Read More »Losses From Stolen Identities Skyrocketed 79% to $24 Billion in 2021, a Javelin Study Finds
Payments providers are increasingly resuming business-as-usual as the pandemic eases, but so are criminals. Losses from identity-fraud schemes, in which fraudsters use stolen payment credentials for their own gain, soared 79% last year to $24 billion, according to a study released Tuesday by Javelin Strategy & Research. Moreover, this so-called …
Read More »Cantaloupe’s New All-in-One Vending Device and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/30/22
Unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. launched ePort Engage Combo, a new all-in-one card reader and telemeter, digital touchscreen, and payment platform that can be installed directly over existing bill acceptors.Payments provider Trust Payments has signed agreements with three independent sales organizations—Provident Advisor Group, DPS Card Services, and Card Dynamics—to sell Trust Payments’ new e-commerce …
Read More »Eye on Security: Panini Meets FBI Standards, And VGS Gets Set to Launch Card Tokens
Panini S.p.A., which has been expanding beyond its base in devices for image processing, said early Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has certified its fingerprint-authentication technology, called BioCred. The scanning technology meets image-quality specifications set by the FBI’s Appendix F standard, said to be the law-enforcement agency’s highest standard …
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