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tification, training, and audit requirements, Fortinet stated. "We its U.S. customers using Worldpay. As part
trust Fortinet because it always delivers security, scalability, and of the integration, Novera said it will provide
reliability through its firewall technology, allowing Netsurion to the management of the program for onePOS
support a wide range of customers, regardless of size, situation resellers who are interested in using the new
and industry," said Kevin Watson, CEO of Netsurion. integration and earning residuals generated on
merchant accounts.
Omnivore, NorthStar integrate
Visa teams with Girl Starter
Omnivore integrated its platform with Custom Business Solutions
Inc.'s NorthStar Order Entry POS software. The partnership was In celebration of International Women's
formed to create a set of POS and customer service measurement Day, Visa Inc. recognized its third annual
tools, allowing operators to deploy the latest app technologies Everywhere Initiative with a focus on female
and maximize revenue opportunities by increasing customer entrepreneurship and a sponsorship of Girl
engagement. By integrating with Omnivore, CBS NorthStar users Starter. Girl Starter is a technology company
will have access to a rapidly expanding marketplace of apps providing platforms to amplify girls in entre-
designed to drive better insight into operations and more efficient preneurship and business leadership. "The
customer service, the companies stated. sponsorship of Girl Starter continues to move
the needle on our commitment to empowering
onePOS, Novera join technologies women in the workplace," said Lynne Biggar,
Chief Marketing Officer at Visa.
onePOS partnered with Novera Payment Solutions LLC to
board U.S. merchants via Worldpay. The integration is expected
to allow onePOS users to securely process EMV (Europay, ACQUISITIONS
Mastercard and Visa) credit card payments through onePOS for
JPMorgan Chase to acquire
MCX technology
JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to acquire MCX's
payments technology to help expand Chase
Pay, the mobile and digital wallet for Chase
customers. MCX's members were already con-
nected to MCX payment technology, which is
expected to facilitate a seamless connection to
Chase Pay. Chase executives stated they want-
ed to acquire the technology in lieu of building
separate parallel technology to serve non-MCX
members. The transaction is expected to close
in the coming weeks.
Payment Data Systems
acquires Singular Payments
Payment Data Systems entered into a non-
binding Letter of Intent to acquire Singular
Payments LLC. According to Louis Hoch,
President and CEO of Payment Data Systems,
the acquisition is important for quickly accel-
erating the growth potential of Payment Data
Systems and broadening its revenue streams.
"We believe this transaction is in alignment
with our growth strategy and should provide
enhanced value to our shareholders," Hoch
said.
Vista to merge D+H with Misys

Vista Equity Partners signed a definitive agree-
ment to acquire Canadian-based D+H Corp.,
indicating it intends to merge the entity with
global financial services software provid-

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