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Merchant Acquiring

• Ingenico Adds Suite Of Mobile-Commerce Applications

  PaymentsSource | March 8

  Ingenico SA has introduced a suite of mobile-commerce applications designed to work with most mobile devices merchants already own, thereby simplifying the sales process for independent sales organizations hoping to convince more merchants to accept payment cards, contends the France-based point-of-sale terminal maker. [FREE]

• Mobile Merchants Drawn To Lower PayWare Rates, Reseller Says

  PaymentsSource | March 8

  As one of the first resellers of VeriFone Holdings Inc.’s PayWare Mobile service, Merchant 360 Inc. says some mobile merchants like that the service includes a card reader that enables them to get card-present transaction rates. [FREE]

• Small Businesses Still Reeling From Economy: VeriFone

  PaymentsSource | March 5

  Lingering effects of a weakened U.S. economy continue to inhibit U.S. small businesses from making significant payment-systems upgrades, according to VeriFone Holdings Inc.

• ISOs Said To Gain Knowledge From Large Merchants’ PCI Compliance Tribulations

  PaymentsSource | March 5

  A recent study that focuses on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance among large merchants also is helpful for educating independent sales organizations and the smaller merchants with which they typically work, observers note.

• TSYS, Bank Form Merchant Acquiring Joint Venture

  ISO & Agent Weekly | March 4

  First National Bank of Omaha plans to relinquish controlling interest in its First National Merchant Solutions merchant-acquiring arm to Total System Services Inc. in a joint venture announced this week. [FREE]

• Monoprix Outsources Payment Services To Hypercom

  PaymentsSource | March 4

  Monoprix Group, a France-based retailer with more than 300 locations and approximately 4,000 point-of-sale devices, is using Hypercom Corp.’s Wynid payment server to process its transactions, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based terminal maker says.