Zimbabwe-based Edgetech Solutions is set to launch an m-payment service that uses sound-based communication technology in smartphones. The technology was developed by Brazil-based NearBytes and generates a unique code for each transaction. Details of the payment are transmitted to the user’s smartphone who confirms the transaction and...
We admit it – we thought that just bringing you the monthly updates on mPOS was getting a little long of tooth. So, we decided to get a little “jiggy” with the mPOS Tracker. Starting this month, we’ll be going well beyond tracking only the...
Taking yet another bite at Amazon’s empire of quick package deliveries, Google is extending its Google Express shipping service to include next-day delivery services. At this time the range of that service is extremely limited—it extends from Fresno to the Oregon border. Limited in scale, for...
Ingenico announced yesterday that it has taken on a rebranding and launch of a new visual identity, according to a company release. Transitioning from a payments terminal provider to a seamless payment services provider, Ingenico will now be called “Ingenico Group” and will use the...
EMV chip card adoption is designed to increase card transaction security and decrease card-based fraud. Two companies are working together to create a solution that hopes to move the U.S. closer to nationwide EMV chip card adoption. The banking and technology company FIS announced yesterday that...
For months there has been speculation that Amazon is about to drop their take on the smart phone – a mostly hush, hush new product that will reportedly feature “eye-tracking” and 3D functionality. That the speculation is about to come to an end, since Amazon’s...
ePort Connect, a cashless payment and M2M telemetry service by USA Technologies, Inc., crossed over 250,000 connections during its fourth fiscal quarter, which ends June 30, 2014, according to a USAT press release. “In the last three years, we have doubled the number of connections...
Electronic invoicing continues to make news, especially on an international level. More countries are beginning to implement the digital option in an effort to eliminate paper and create a more streamlined business process. But what exactly are the benefits, and which countries are making the...
According to a recent RAPSI article, Pavel Vrublevsky, the co-founder and owner of ChronoPay – one of Russia’s largest e-payment providers – was released on parole this week. Last summer, Vrublevsky was convicted of masterminding a DDoS attack on Aeroflot’s website in 2010 and sentenced...
