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Atlanta-based merchant processor Global Payments Inc. will use mobile point-of-sale apps from Apriva Inc. to service its merchants wanting EMV-capable mPOS, Apriva announced Tuesday.
The deal sees the AprivaPay Plus app, available for iOS and Android devices, branded with the Global Payments name. Such branded, or white-labeled, agreements enable companies to provide products quicker than if they developed them on their own. Benjamin Hurley, Apriva director of mobile product management, says Apriva has several branded mPOS apps in the market, including with major banks.
AprivaPay Plus accepts magnetic-stripe and EMV chip card transactions. Global Payments will begin offering the service as the Oct. 1 EMV liability shift nears, Hurley tells Digital Transactions News via email.
Transactions made with the service sold by Global Payments will be routed through Apriva’s gateway to Global for processing, he says, adding that the gateway was the first to complete the EMV Class A certification on the Global East processing platform.
In addition to payment processing, AprivaPay Plus offers merchants access to reports to track sales history, sales taxes, and tips. Additionally, merchants can create sub-accounts for multiple users, and can send receipts via email or text.
Apriva launched the AprivaPay mPOS apps in 2010. Mobile POS device-developer AnywhereCommerce is supplying the readers for the Global Payments deal, Apriva says.
