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Sage Payment Solutions

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Sage Payment Solutions payment processing and business services are currently being provided to more than 140,000 companies to accept multiple forms of payment, including credit and debit cards, electronic checks, gift cards, and automatic recurring payments.

Sage Payment Solutions allows merchants to accept multiple forms of payment, from card present and mail order/telephone order (MO/TO) to Internet and payments integrated with Sage and other third party software.

Sage Payment Solutions provides a wide range of merchant services including: merchant accounts, equipment, processing solutions for retail, MO/TO and Internet businesses, and valuable customer retention tools like loyalty cards, online reporting and financial resources that ensure business growth.

Sage Payment Solutions, a division of Sage, has harnessed the products of Verus Card Services and Network 1 Financial’s proprietary payment processing gateway.

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Boku Provides Mobile Payment Solutions in France and Korea

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Boku, a London-based mobile payments platform that allows customers to make payments via their mobile phones, has inked deals in France and Korea. The French deal will reach nearly all 55 million mobile customers in the country. According to mocoNews:

“In France, it’s inked a deal with the French Association of Mobile Multimedia (AFMM) and the three big French mobile operators that lead it, Bouygues Telecom, Orange France and SFR. The AFMM, founded in 2005, counts as members several smaller mobile operators in the country such as Auchan Telecom, Debitel, NRJ Mobile, Omer Telecom, as well as publishers and other service providers, so this agreement will essentially cover almost all of France’s 55 million mobile users. In Korea, Boku has signed a deal with Mobilians, which works with various content providers to enable mobile payments on their sites, to be enable a service for people to use their mobile telephone numbers to make the payments.”

via mocoNews.

Transactis Raises $7 Million

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Transactis, a Charlotte, NC provider of electronic billing, payment, and marketing solutions has raised $7 million in Series B financing in a round led by New York-based StarVest Partners, with previous investors and management participating.

The capital will be used to drive adoption of the company’s BillMail, BillerExpress and (recently acquired) OfferIQ and LoyaltyIQ software-as-a-service platforms.

via Electronic Billing And Payment Solutions Provider Transactis Lands $7 Million.

PayPal Reports 310% Increase in Mobile Shopping on Black Friday

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As iPhone, Android phones, and other smartphone sales take off, online shopping is showing a commensurate move to the mobile platform.

PayPal has released figures for Black Friday shopping sales, showing about 27% increase in overall Black Friday 2010 sales volume versus 2009 figures.

Even more notable, the company reported over 300% increase in mobile shopping for the same period versus the previous year.

Other data of interest:

  • The company reports that figures show the shopping season began on Monday, November 15, 2010.
  • Most popular Black Friday shopping time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PST.
  • Black Friday 2010 total payment volume was 21% higher than Thanksgiving 2010 volume.

The PayPal numbers are a good indicator of overall trends, as PayPal processes 16.5% percent of U.S. eCommerce and 15 percent of global eCommerce.

Source: Business Wire

Polar Mobile chosen one of Canada’s select “Companies-to-Watch” in the 2010 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Awards

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Polar Mobile has won a spot on the 2010 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 “Companies-to-Watch” Awards, one of four separate awards categories that make up the 2010 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards.

The company provides a platform for an end-to-end solution that enables Publishers to rapidly launch mobile Apps that work across all major smartphones (iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, etc.). With a key focus on the News and Sports media verticals.

The Companies-to-Watch Award honours early-stage technology companies in business less than five years. These companies exemplify many of the winning characteristics of Deloitte Technology Fast 50  ranked companies, which are judged using a longer track record.

“Companies-to-Watch award winners frequently go on to score high rankings in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 once they have a five-year track record,” said John Ruffolo, National Leader, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Group, Deloitte. “Polar Mobile has quickly distinguished itself for its innovative technology and entrepreneurship and this award recognizes its potential as a future leader in the Canadian technology industry.”

“We are honoured to be included in this year’s ranking among other very accomplished companies”, says Kunal Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Polar Mobile. “The Polar Mobile team is to credit for their tremendous efforts and dedication into building this into a world-class company in less than three years. We are excited for the next three years!”

The majority of Companies-to-Watch winners are global leaders in technology sectors that did not exist five years ago. To win the award, companies must display the kind of management expertise and superior technology that mark a successful early-stage company poised for continued growth. To qualify for the Companies-to-Watch Award, candidates must have been operating less than five years. They must also be headquartered in Canada and devote a significant portion of their operating revenues to creating proprietary technology and/or intellectual property.

Source: Polar Mobile

HID Gobal Announces New Contactless Payment Stickers

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HID Gobal announced today, the addition of a mobile sticker format to its family of contactless payment and identification cards.

HID Global provides solutions for the delivery of secure identity. The new stickers make it easier to add closed-loop payment and loyalty systems to existing automatic fare collection or retail systems, or to augment campus identification systems with new access control capabilities. They also can be affixed to mobile phones as a bridge to coming NFC mobile payment services.

“We continue to offer more ways to deliver secure access and conduct cashless transactions, whether with traditional cards or easy-to-use contactless stickers, and each of our credential form factors plays an important role as consumers seek more reliable and convenient secure identity solutions.”

Unlike other stickers, HID’s sturdy, adhesive-backed stickers include an internal ferrite layer that shields electronics from interference even when attached to items containing metal, such as mobile phones.

They come in a breakout ID-1 card format and can be printed with customer information including serial numbers, activation codes, messages, brand elements and/or promotional text and artwork.

HID Global offers print customization in low quantities, providing companies with an economical way to extend their brand presence. To meet existing customer environments, HID’s contactless payment and identification stickers are available with DESFire, MIFARE and iCLASS technologies.

“Contactless payment stickers enable users to experience the convenience and reliability of next-generation NFC-enabled mobile payment, now, by simply attaching them to mobile phones, MP3 players or other frequently carried items,” said David Nichols, Product Marketing Director, Credentials, with HID Global. “We continue to offer more ways to deliver secure access and conduct cashless transactions, whether with traditional cards or easy-to-use contactless stickers, and each of our credential form factors plays an important role as consumers seek more reliable and convenient secure identity solutions.”

HID Global’s contactless payment and identification stickers are available in both volume and sample quantities. HID’s sticker customization program allows customers to choose from a variety of printing, laser engraving, programming, artwork and contactless chip technology options, upon request. In the field, stickers may be printed with brand elements, custom designs or other information using desktop card printers such as the Fargo line of financial card printers with patented High Definition Printing (HDP™) technology. The single-use part can be discarded by the end-user after receipt.

Source: Business Wire

Ringo Inc. Acquires iControl Mobile Systems

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RingGo, Inc., a leader in pay-by-phone parking in the UK, has acquired the assets of Rockville Maryland based iControl Mobile Payment Solutions for an undisclosed amount of cash. iControl Mobile entered the pay for phone parking market in early 2010 and gained a foothold through its strength in marketing, branding and the technology expertise of its parent company, iControl Systems USA.

Phone parking is a software-based solution to on-street, off-street, garaged and a variety of other paid parking scenarios. Phone parking allows customers to pay for parking with the use of only a cell phone and credit or debit card. It eliminates the need for walking to pay stations, counting coins for meters and returning to the street to renew time. It is an entirely green technology, and can be implemented by parking operators with virtually no capital investment, no new equipment, and no installation of any infrastructure.

RingGo, Inc. is backed in large part by Cobalt Telephone Technologies ltd, provider of RingGo cashless payment solutions for parking. The acquisition of iControl Mobile puts Cobalt in a position to introduce RingGo pay by phone technology to the United States market. RingGo has 73% of the pay-by-phone parking market in the UK, with approximately 2 million registered users.

RingGo, Inc. will trade under the iControl Mobile name briefly, and will transition to the RingGo, Inc. brand within the coming months. iControl Mobile’s executive management will remain unchanged.

iControl Mobile Managing Director, Amie Devero, says, “This is a terrific development for both iControl Mobile and Cobalt. We are incredibly proud to bring RingGo to the US market, and delighted to offer such a wide range of benefits to our customers.”

iControl Mobile’s product offerings will be strengthened by the addition of Cobalt’s catalog of additional parking technologies.

iControl Mobile Payments Technologies, LLC was formed in 2009 by iControl Systems. iControl Systems is a privately held scan-based trading company providing services to most major retailers in the US, including Barnes and Noble, Kroger and CVS. According to its most recent data, iControl Systems is expected to exceed $200m in gross revenue in 2010. Information about iControl Systems can be found at www.iControlUSA.com.

Cobalt Telephone Technologies, ltd. is a UK-based telephone payment transaction company, providing multiple services to the transit sector, including RingGo pay by phone for parking. RingGo service is available in over 3000 unique parking locations in England, Scotland and Wales, in support of 53 municipalities and 14 rail operators. For more information on Cobalt, please visit www.ctt.co.uk.


ROAM Data Launches New Credit Card Reader for Blackberry Devices

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ROAM Data has launched its audio coupled card reader for BlackBerry devices, which hold  approximately 30% of the smart phone market in the US.

ROAM enables the millions of merchants with BlackBerry devices to securely swipe customers’ payment cards with ROAMpay Swipe by plugging-in ROAM’s  reader into the audio jack.

“Our goal is to bring the most convenient and secure ways for merchants to transact with their customers on virtually any computing devices,” says Will Graylin, Founder and CEO of ROAM Data. “Our team of mobile and payment experts has consistently overcome major challenges to simplify complex problems for the market, making a secure audio reader work with BlackBerry is the latest achievement we are proud of.”

Supported Models Carriers Include:
Curve 2 8520 AT&T
Bold 9000 AT&T
Bold 2 9700 AT&T
Torch 9800 AT&T
Curve 2 8530 Sprint
Tour 9630 Sprint
Bold 9650 Sprint
Curve 2 8520 T-Mobile
Bold 2 9700 T-Mobile
Curve 2 8530 Verizon
Storm 2 9550 Verizon
Tour 9630 Verizon
Bold 9650 Verizon

ROAM Data won the 2010 Electronic Transactions Association’s Technology Innovation Award earlier this year for its device agnostic mCommerce platform, and continues to be a clear frontrunner in bringing secure, affordable and convenient transactions to mobile merchants and consumers. ROAM has created a patented mCommerce Application Platform called ROAM Rails that enable mobile apps to be written once and run on virtually any device – from smart phones, feature phones, tablets, PCs, MACs, and even traditional POS devices. ROAM Rails solves the fundamental device complexity and fragmentation problem that has plagued the mobile app industry and is setting the standard for scalable mCommerce application delivery.

One such scalable mCommerce app that runs on ROAM Rails is ROAMpay, a mobile merchants payment card acceptance app with unprecedented device coverage, transaction cost savings and security. ROAMpay Swipe is the universal reader peripheral that plugs into the 3.5mm audio jack of most mobile devices and has built-in encryption, avoiding the serious security risks of skimming associated with similar looking competitive swipers that have no encryption. ROAM supports more devices for its apps and peripherals than any other provider in the industry, enabling support for many more end-users. Even before offering support for nearly 80% of the BlackBerry devices currently being sold in the market, ROAMpay Swipe had the most extensive device coverage of any reader on the market – including Apple products (iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4; iPad, iPod Touch), a wide variety of Android powered devices, PCs, Macs and netbooks.

“ROAM’s continued commitment to bringing mobile payments, both keyed-entry and now card-present, to a growing segment of merchants, who traditionally have been underserved, shows how in-tune they are with the market and the trends in mobile payments,” commented Chris Justice, president of Ingenico North America, “I’m really excited to see ROAM Data take the leadership position in setting a new industry standard for mobile payments that will bring tremendous benefits to all levels of merchants, across all industries. ROAM Data is Ingenico’s strategic business partner in the States for m-commerce and mobile payment solutions.”

ROAM has proven its Rails with its own apps, and has now started to enable others to build their apps with ROAM’s platform and peripherals.

Source: PR Newswire

Pay Anywhere

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Powered by North American Bancard, Pay Anywhere is a payment solution that allows mercahnts to accept credit card payments anytime and anywhere. The Pay Anywhere app and card reader accessory were developed to offer a range of payment options for non-profit organizations, businesses and more.

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