Latest EMV Stories

ISTANBUL, January 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardtek USA, a division of Cardtek Group, a global leader in software for financial transactions, has added NFC mobile expertise to the company's technology support office in Des Plaines, Illinois to support the existing and future customers who are choosing many of the company's EMV products. Current customers doing EMV card migration, Instant EMV Card Issuance, EMV kernels for hardware devices and needing EMV training, are...

MONTREAL, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Freeport Capital Inc. (CNSX:FAS) (the "Company") a leader in Mobile EMV Credit and PIN Debit payment solutions, announces that its subsidiary company recently acquired Vault Acquiring Solutions LLC achieves 500 Merchants on Vgate(TM) its payment gateway. Vault Acquiring Solutions LLC today announced that the company has achieved over 500 merchants using Vault's vGate(TM) Payment Gateway. vGate(TM) enables merchants to manage their credit...

CINCINNATI, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, will present the fourth webinar of its Vantiv Insight Series, "Executive Thinking on Payments," on Nov. 28, 2012 from Noon to 1:00 pm Eastern Time (ET). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110628/CL27165LOGO ) Industry experts, Peter Kulik, vice president of product...

MONTREAL, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AnywhereCommerce, today announced the appointment of Dickson Chu to the company's Board of Advisory. Mr. Chu brings more than 25 years' experience in payments and technology, and is an active advisor to a number of emerging companies who are working to define the next generation of mobile commerce and advertising. Most recently Dickson was SVP Merchant Solutions at LivingSocial where he was charged with creating a new business unit to go...

Visa's contactless technology now available at participating Tim Hortons restaurants TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Visa Canada and Tim Hortons invite cardholders to 'wave and go' when making purchases using Visa payWave, now available for use at participating Tim Hortons restaurants across the country. Tim Hortons guests can now pay faster for their coffee and Timbits using Visa's contactless technology, bringing cardholders another level of convenience and providing built-in...

RIDGELAND, Miss., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Greg Wooten, SignatureLink CEO, states, "Mark Horwedel has worked exclusively in the payments industry for over three decades. He has extensive payments background and knowledge from both a merchant as well as a financial institution perspective. Mark's present-day leadership of the Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) positions him as someone who knows the issues merchants struggle with, and his input will help us make sure SecureBuy continues...

PARIS, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CARTES 2012 will be held at Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre during November 6-8, 2012. It is the world's largest exhibition for professional smart cards as well as for secure and identification solutions while also serving as the showcase platform for the leading smart card manufacturers and related service providers around the world. CENTERM, the leading electronic payment provider based in China, will showcase a number of its new...

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CreditCall, the market-leading provider of EMV software technology to the global payments industry, announced today that company Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Gumbley will outline the framework and benefits for EMV in the cloud at a special Cartes 2012 presentation on Thursday, November 8. Topic: EMV in the Cloud ­ Software as a Service (SaaS) When: November 8, 2012 at 4...

ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cartes 2012, Stand 3 C 041 - ICC Solutions Limited, the payment industry's source for EMV test tools and certification services, announced today that it has joined the new EMV Migration Forum, a collaborative body formed by the Smart Card Alliance to support the U.S. banking and payment industry's migration to EMV chip cards in the United States. The U.S. is the last of the G20 nations to move its banking and payments systems to the more secure...

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Payments technology leader CreditCall announced today that it has joined the EMV Migration Forum, a cross-industry collaborative body formed by U.S. trade group Smart Card Alliance to support the U.S. payment industry's transition to EMV chip cards in the United States. Currently the U.S. is the last of the G20 nations to move its banking and payments systems to the more secure EMV Chip and PIN and Chip and Signature debit and credit cards....