Payment Terminals news and trends

RS2 To Acquire Germany’s Kalicom Digital Payments System
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 22, 2020

Global payments provider RS2 announced its acquisition of Kalicom Liebers Zahlungssysteme KG on Wednesday (Jan. 22), which will be a boost for its goals in the field of payments processing, according to reports. Kalicom specializes in commercial network operations for digital card payment systems. By...

For Merchants, Why Real-Time Payments Are Not Ready For Prime Time
Faster Payments // October 15, 2019

The year 2020 is nearly upon us. The shift to real-time payments has yet to keep up with the anticipation — with a notable lack of traction among merchants. Sarah Adams, vice president of global product at First American Payment Systems, tells PYMNTS that new technologies,...

Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
Payment Methods // January 24, 2019

Contactless has yet to catch on in the United States, despite years of promotional efforts and the success of the payment method in the U.K., Australia and Canada. However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers —...

AEVI CEO: 2018 Was The Year Of Changing
Commentary // December 28, 2018

Mike Camerling, CEO of AEVI, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. We cannot call 2018 a Year of Change, for that would imply that we completed a journey. Rather, we are changing — and are still in the early stages...

Interviews & Exclusives
For Merchants, Why Real-Time Payments Are Not Ready For Prime Time

October 15, 2019
The year 2020 is nearly upon us. The shift to real-time payments has yet to keep up with the anticipation — with a notable lack of traction among merchants. Sarah Adams, vice president of global product at First American Payment Systems, tells PYMNTS that new technologies, such as biometrics, can open the door to greater acceptance of faster payments. Here’s why — and the roadmap ahead.

Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

January 24, 2019
Contactless has yet to catch on in the United States, despite years of promotional efforts and the success of the payment method in the U.K., Australia and Canada. However, there...

Mobeewave Founders On Igniting Contactless Payments In 2019

November 26, 2018
It has been written that “to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.” Seven years ago, when Mobeewave Co-founders Benjamin du Haÿs and Maxime de Nanclas hatched...

Chase Card Services President On Why It’s Time For Cards To Tap And Go

November 15, 2018
How to speed the checkout process? To echo an old Dustin Hoffman film, the answer may lie with one word: plastic. To that end, Chase, the largest card issuer in...

Quick Reads
Payments Solutions Firm Cardknox Integrates With Verifone Terminals

August 16, 2022
Payment solutions provider for developers Cardknox is integrating with end-to-end payment solution firm Verifone to enable merchants to keep up with the latest consumer payment preferences for card-present transactions.  Cardknox strives to offer support for the broadest range of terminal options, and its integration with Verifone’s payment terminals M400 and the e285 helps meet the […]

RS2 To Acquire Germany’s Kalicom Digital Payments System

January 22, 2020
Global payments provider RS2 announced its acquisition of Kalicom Liebers Zahlungssysteme KG on Wednesday (Jan. 22), which will be a boost for its goals in the field of payments processing,...

Tencent Partners With LINE For Mobile Payments In Japan

November 26, 2018
Tencent, an internet-based technology company based in China, and LINE, a hugely popular messaging app in Japan, have teamed up to provide payment services for Japanese businesses that want to...

myPOS Launches New Store In Milan

September 17, 2018
myPOS announced that it will open a store in Milan, Italy this week, its fourth brick-and-mortar location in Europe. This will be the company’s first location in Italy as it...