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Ingenico Releases Tablet-Based ECR and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/18

  • Point-of-sale terminal maker PAX Technology said processor Worldpay Inc. now supports its handheld A920 POS terminal.
  • Ingenico Group released the Moby/C150 electronic cash register, an EMV-compatible tablet point-of-sale system.
  • VeriFone Systems Inc. said it is using AES DUKPT, a security key management standard, in its encryption service VeriShield Total Protect, in its Engage line of devices, and in its Carbon 8 and 10 POS terminals.
  • In related news, VeriFone announced POS Portal, a payment-equipment services company, is the first certified Verifone Connect distributor partner. Verifone Connect is a service that manages apps and other software used in POS terminals.
  • Sionic Mobile, a cloud-based commerce provider, said it formed a strategic alliance with payments provider Payscout.
  • Facebook Inc. deleted nearly 120 private discussion groups just hours after being alerted by the KrebsOnSecurity news site that the groups, with a total of 300,000 members, promoted sales of stolen credit and debit card data, account takeovers, tax refund scams, and other illicit activities. The average tenure of the groups was two years, but some had been on Facebook for as long as nine years, Krebs said.

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