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per mobile subscriber is increasing by 60 percent year- Frontline analytics
over-year.
According to the Retail Systems Research report Retail
Safedome trumpets mobile security solution Analytics Moves to the Frontline: Benchmark Report 2014,
today's technology has enabled an explosion of new
Safedome unveiled an app and smart card combination data that reflects consumers' shopping habits and prefer-
that establishes a wireless Bluetooth connection between ences. The report focuses on harnessing this technology
the card and a smartphone. Safedome said the service to create business opportunities.
alerts a smartphone owner if a mobile device is lost or
stolen; alternatively, if a physical wallet is stolen, an alert Malware everywhere
is generated that notifies card issuers to block or cancel
the consumer's debit and credit cards before they can be An Osterman Research Inc. survey of security profes-
fraudulently exploited. sionals sponsored by Trustwave Holdings Inc. showed
little improvement in malware deterrence in 2013. In an
SecureBuy sues CardinalCommerce infographic titled Malware Everywhere, 74 percent of
participating organizations reported malware infiltra-
Online cardholder authentication provider SecureBuy tion through web surfing during the past 12 months, 64
LLC filed a declaratory judgment in the United States percent reported email malware infections and 14 per-
District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi cent had been infiltrated by malware entering networks
over a patent infringement dispute with its authentication through social applications.
rival CardinalCommerce Corp. SecureBuy asserted that
the legal action was provoked by CardinalCommerce.
POS landscape changers
Shift4 renews pro golfer sponsorship
A Yankee Group report, New Kids on the Block: Assessing
Las Vegas-based payment gateway provider Shift4 Corp. the Top Solutions Driving the POS Transformation, evalu-
said it is continuing its sponsorship of PGA Tour profes- ates the strengths and weaknesses of eight popular
sional Ryan Moore. The golfer, a two-time PGA tourna- cloud-based POS systems on the market. It evaluates
ment winner, has been associated with Shift4 since 2011. systems based on multiple criteria including business
management, customer engagement and integration
US BankCard Center opens funding arm capabilities, as well as flexibility and user friendliness.
Long Island-based ISO US BankCard Center launched
an alternative funding division designed to disburse PARTNERSHIPS
from $5,000 to $150,000 per merchant location. "[W]ith
the steady increase of merchants seeking quick alterna- ADP division aligns with CenPOS
tive cash sources to grow their business, it made sense
to create a division comprised of financing profession- ADP Dealer Services Inc., a division of ADP, entered
als specifically dedicated to meet this ever growing a strategic integration agreement with CenPOS Inc. to
demand," said USBC CEO Jon Levitt. launch a new product called ADP ePayments for ADP
Drive Dealer Management System clients. "CenPOS will
USAePay updates iPhone app provide ADP dealers with a multichannel payment solu-
UAePay released version 1.3.2 of its mobile payment app tion that can help accelerate payment processes, increase
designed for Apple Inc. iPhones. The Los Angeles-based customer enablement and reduce overall costs," said
payment gateway operator said the new version of the Justin Sprague, Vice President of Product Marketing at
app includes swipe technique animations, the option ADP Dealer Services.
to save the last connected device in the app to ensure Blackhawk partners with Coinstar
quick and easy initialization, and a customer e-mail pre-
population feature for saved customer lists. Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. entered an agree-
ment with Coinstar, part of the Outerwall Inc. family, to
RESEARCH offer Coinstar customers Blackhawk no-fee eGift cards
when coins are cashed in at any of Coinstar's 20,300 U.S.
coin-counting kiosk locations. Coinstar President Mike
ATM, prepaid viable couple Skinner said the partnership will allow the company to
A report sponsored by Better ATM Services explores the offer "customers new ways to conveniently transform
growing proliferation of prepaid card products and their loose change into real shopping potential at some of
potential role in ATM deployment. New Opportunities: their favorite retailers."
Prepaid Cards and ATMS addresses how traditional bank Hybris enlists OneView in omni-commerce
branch ATM are being replaced by ATM microcenters
with increased functionality, which includes offering Commerce platform provider hybris software, an
prepaid products. SAP company, entered a partnership with OneView
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per mobile subscriber is increasing by 60 percent year- Frontline analytics
over-year.
According to the Retail Systems Research report Retail
Safedome trumpets mobile security solution Analytics Moves to the Frontline: Benchmark Report 2014,
today's technology has enabled an explosion of new
Safedome unveiled an app and smart card combination data that reflects consumers' shopping habits and prefer-
that establishes a wireless Bluetooth connection between ences. The report focuses on harnessing this technology
the card and a smartphone. Safedome said the service to create business opportunities.
alerts a smartphone owner if a mobile device is lost or
stolen; alternatively, if a physical wallet is stolen, an alert Malware everywhere
is generated that notifies card issuers to block or cancel
the consumer's debit and credit cards before they can be An Osterman Research Inc. survey of security profes-
fraudulently exploited. sionals sponsored by Trustwave Holdings Inc. showed
little improvement in malware deterrence in 2013. In an
SecureBuy sues CardinalCommerce infographic titled Malware Everywhere, 74 percent of
participating organizations reported malware infiltra-
Online cardholder authentication provider SecureBuy tion through web surfing during the past 12 months, 64
LLC filed a declaratory judgment in the United States percent reported email malware infections and 14 per-
District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi cent had been infiltrated by malware entering networks
over a patent infringement dispute with its authentication through social applications.
rival CardinalCommerce Corp. SecureBuy asserted that
the legal action was provoked by CardinalCommerce.
POS landscape changers
Shift4 renews pro golfer sponsorship
A Yankee Group report, New Kids on the Block: Assessing
Las Vegas-based payment gateway provider Shift4 Corp. the Top Solutions Driving the POS Transformation, evalu-
said it is continuing its sponsorship of PGA Tour profes- ates the strengths and weaknesses of eight popular
sional Ryan Moore. The golfer, a two-time PGA tourna- cloud-based POS systems on the market. It evaluates
ment winner, has been associated with Shift4 since 2011. systems based on multiple criteria including business
management, customer engagement and integration
US BankCard Center opens funding arm capabilities, as well as flexibility and user friendliness.
Long Island-based ISO US BankCard Center launched
an alternative funding division designed to disburse PARTNERSHIPS
from $5,000 to $150,000 per merchant location. "[W]ith
the steady increase of merchants seeking quick alterna- ADP division aligns with CenPOS
tive cash sources to grow their business, it made sense
to create a division comprised of financing profession- ADP Dealer Services Inc., a division of ADP, entered
als specifically dedicated to meet this ever growing a strategic integration agreement with CenPOS Inc. to
demand," said USBC CEO Jon Levitt. launch a new product called ADP ePayments for ADP
Drive Dealer Management System clients. "CenPOS will
USAePay updates iPhone app provide ADP dealers with a multichannel payment solu-
UAePay released version 1.3.2 of its mobile payment app tion that can help accelerate payment processes, increase
designed for Apple Inc. iPhones. The Los Angeles-based customer enablement and reduce overall costs," said
payment gateway operator said the new version of the Justin Sprague, Vice President of Product Marketing at
app includes swipe technique animations, the option ADP Dealer Services.
to save the last connected device in the app to ensure Blackhawk partners with Coinstar
quick and easy initialization, and a customer e-mail pre-
population feature for saved customer lists. Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. entered an agree-
ment with Coinstar, part of the Outerwall Inc. family, to
RESEARCH offer Coinstar customers Blackhawk no-fee eGift cards
when coins are cashed in at any of Coinstar's 20,300 U.S.
coin-counting kiosk locations. Coinstar President Mike
ATM, prepaid viable couple Skinner said the partnership will allow the company to
A report sponsored by Better ATM Services explores the offer "customers new ways to conveniently transform
growing proliferation of prepaid card products and their loose change into real shopping potential at some of
potential role in ATM deployment. New Opportunities: their favorite retailers."
Prepaid Cards and ATMS addresses how traditional bank Hybris enlists OneView in omni-commerce
branch ATM are being replaced by ATM microcenters
with increased functionality, which includes offering Commerce platform provider hybris software, an
prepaid products. SAP company, entered a partnership with OneView
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