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agents that leverage Pineapple's services, and mer-
chants, the individuals that use Pineapple's platform
and value-added tools. A range of new content was
also introduced, including a focus on strategic part-
nerships, payment products, company background
and dynamic video content. Accompanying that are
new merchant pages dedicated to the specific indus-
tries Pineapple specializes in.
PRFC launches
The Payments Risk and Fraud Consortium launched
in October 2019. This followed a year of "focused,
ANNOUNCEMENTS behind-the-scenes planning and development with
founding members Advantage Payments Services,
BHMI Joins U.S. FPC ENACOMM, Central Payments, FSV Payment Sys-
tems, Payment Solutions Consultants, and Womble
To collaborate with other industry stakeholders to Bond Dickinson," the organization said.
further the adoption of faster payments at a national
level, BHMI, a provider of enterprise software ap- The PRFC's stated goals are to openly and trans-
plications, joined the U.S. Faster Payments Council. parently share data, analysis and insights related to
As a new member of the FPC, BHMI said it supports fraud; create key risk indicators to measure preven-
the organization's goals to create a payments environ- tion, mitigation and recovery effectiveness; decrease
ment that is fair, flexible and transparent for all and overall costs associated with fraud detection, inter-
looks forward to working with other leading industry vention and recovery; leverage collective knowledge
organizations to confront and overcome the obstacles base to gain additional perspective, analytics and
to faster payments adoption. considerations; and provide community perspec-
Chargebacks911 comes to Idaho tive and act as a sounding board for members' fraud
reduction initiatives
Chargebacks911 reported it opened new offices in
Boise, Idaho, to better-serve its growing client-base, ProfitStars adds mRDC to ICBA platform
which consists of merchants, e-stores and businesses ProfitStars, a division of Jack Henry & Associ-
in 87 countries worldwide. "[A]s our dependency of ates, added JHA SmartPay mRDC (Mobile Remote
ecommerce continues to grow, so does the necessity Deposit Complete) to the Independent Community
for smart, proactive cyber safety and enhanced finan- Banks of America Preferred Service Provider pro-
cial security," said Monica Eaton-Cardone, co-found- gram. JHA SmartPay mRDC is a mobile remote
er and COO of Chargebacks911. The new offices will deposit capture solution built exclusively for busi-
enable the company to provide "even more resources nesses, enabling them to conveniently deposit checks
to protect our clients, eliminate chargebacks and anytime, anywhere using camera-enabled smart-
recover all the revenue they've rightfully earned," she phones and tablets, ProfitStars stated.
added.
Pineapple Payments unveils redesigned website RESEARCH
Pineapple Payments, a payments technology com- Blackhawk forecasts increased
pany, launched a newly designed website, pineap- holiday gift card spend
plepayments.com. The revamped site offers a re-
freshed look, intuitive navigation and tailoring to its Global branded payments provider Blackhawk Net-
two customer types: partners, the ISOs, ISVs, and work released its 2019 BrandedPay Holiday Shop-
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