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industry should be regulated in the United States at the TSYS, ECL team up
federal level and that there is insufficient understanding
of how existing regulation of financial markets or ser- According to TSYS, over 8,000 ophthalmologists and
vices might apply to their sphere. optometrists now have access to its integrated payment
solutions through a partnership with Eye Care Leaders,
NAPCP, Accenture find p-card, epayable usage up which provides performance-based management solu-
tions to eye care practices. The partnership will enable
A new report from NAPCP and Accenture revealed a ECL's network of U.S. optometry and ophthalmology
steady increase in supplier acceptance of card payments clients to utilize TSYS' secure processing solutions and
since 2009 across spend categories, with significant services, TSYS added.
growth since 2013 in major categories, such as profes-
sional services and utilities. According to the joint report, Shift4, Megasys partner for hospitality
Supplier Acceptance of P-Card and ePayables Payments and
Related Topics, driving this growth is the ongoing educa- Shift4 Payments LLC and Megasys Hospitality Solutions
tion of suppliers by end-user organizations with card jointly released an EMV-certified payment solution for
payment programs. full-service, multiproperty hotels, resorts, conference
and retreat centers; as well as park lodges, cabins and
ACQUISITIONS campgrounds. "Shift4's secure payment gateway inte-
grates with Megasys' Portfolio HMS to deliver a flexible,
cost-effective and highly secure hospitality property
SensThys gains Digame management and payment solution, including full mer-
chant services," the partners stated.
SensThys Inc., a designer and manufacturer of networked
RFID solutions, acquired Dígame Systems, which spe- APPOINTMENTS
cializes in IoT systems that help companies rapidly cre-
ate business-critical solutions. Dígame employs smart
sensors, mobile technology and cloud technologies to Hernandez joins Payveris board
deliver real-time visibility into the physical world. John
Price, CEO of Dígame, said, "Combining our software Payveris, creator of the cloud-based MoveMoney
tools and expertise with the innovative SensThys plat- Platform, appointed Louis Hernandez Jr. to its board of
form will provide customers with a level of software and directors. Hernandez is the founder, managing direc-
hardware integration that has never been achieved in a tor and CEO of private equity fund Black Dragon
cost-effective way in the RFID world." Capital LLC. He has founded and advised technology
organizations ranging from startups to large publicly
TouchSuite acquires Alpine traded companies, and served as chairman and CEO
for 14 years at Open Solutions, a startup company that
TouchSuite acquired the assets of IQ Payment Systems, achieved revenues above $400 million, Payveris noted.
dba Alpine Payment Systems, through a newly formed
subsidiary. Vancouver, Wash.-based Alpine, a merchant Nigul joins Elastic Path
acquirer serving the restaurant, hospitality and retail
verticals, has built an integrated payments business Elastic Path, a provider of enterprise API commerce
with a highly scalable distribution platform. Utilizing solutions, hired former IBM digital commerce develop-
TouchSuite's collection of technology products, strong ment lead and master inventor Leho Nigul as its new
capital base and expertise in advising ISOs, Alpine vice president of product development. Harry Chemko,
expects to expand rapidly over the next year. CEO of Elastic Path, stated that Nigul's depth of com-
merce industry knowledge, product architecture and
PARTNERSHIPS development experience will be instrumental to advanc-
ing the company's product vision.
Bluefin, NCR join forces Novak hired by BillGO

Bluefin Payment Systems LLC and NCR Corp. collabo- BillGO Inc., developer of a bill payments engine that
rated to provide Bluefin's PCI-validated point-to-point integrates with existing payment systems, appointed
encryption security solution to merchants and retailers Jim Novak as vice president of business development.
utilizing NCR's Counterpoint Retail Solution to process Novak brings extensive leadership experience, having
payments through NCR Secure Pay. The joint offering established hundreds of bill connections for Intuit's
will enable NCR clients to offer a higher level of security Mint. As vice president of sales at First Billing Services,
to their customers, Bluefin said. The NCR Secure Pay he helped accelerate the company's revenue growth and
payment gateway service allows clients to process credit, business development programs, BillGO noted.
debit, and gift cards over the Internet through a variety
of supported processors.

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