e-Nabler Corporation, a cloud-based SaaS developer for mobile solutions, has certified Ingenico’s iSMP mobile payments sled for iPod and iPhone. The product’s mobile POS app eMobilePOS enables merchants to process EMV chip & PIN payment transactions in the U.S. Now that it incorporates Ingenico’s iSMP device, eMobilePOS can scan bar codes, read credit cards, process […]

Since March, alternative payment specialist Net1 has shipped more than 2.5 million biometric enabled Debit MasterCards for the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). Net1- with its Universal Electronic Payment System (UEPS)- partners with SASSA and Grindrod Bank to provide the cards, which seek to improve security and accessibility associated with the dispersal of social […]

Company hopes to hold on to software biz As Mark Twain once said, “the reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated.” So too says ViVOtech. Reports late last week that the point-of-sale manufacturer and software company was ceasing operations may be reality but the company posted on the homepage of its Website that it’s “restructuring.” […]

Charles Walton, formerly general manager and executive vice president of INSIDE Secure, , has been named chief executive officer of SecureKey Technologies, a Canadian developer of secure authentication solutions. Walton, a 30-year veteran of the security technology industry related to authentication, smart card ID systems, NFC/mobile data systems and the bank card payments ecosystem, will […]

In their report entitled “Global Card Market Statistics,” the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) found that the global card market touched $17 billion in 2011− a 14% jump from 2010. The report notes a significant spike in chip-based cards used in mobile phones and electronic transactions. The report also revealed that more than 30 billion […]

A Black Hat presentation on payment terminals and their vulnerabilities was given by a German security researcher known only as “Nils,” and his colleague Rafael Dominguez Vega, both of MWR InfoSecurity in the U.K., A PCWorld article detailed. The presentation targeted three of the most popular point-of-sale (POS) terminals currently in service. The exact models […]

With the London 2012 Games upon us, YESpay announced it has equipped 250 locations of the North Greenwich Arena (The O2 Arena) for accepting contactless payments. EMV secured contactless payment technology will enable customers to pay for items by simply waving their card at the point-of-sale for items worth £20 and under. Customers can enjoy […]