IHL, which tracks retail payment trends, has slammed EMV in a recent report, calling it “a colossal waste of time, effort and capital to the retail industry.” Source: www.paymentssource.com Major holdup for EMV is that the banks are going to charge more per transaction to do EMV. That’s a break in tradition where usually the more secure transaction… Read More »
U.S.-based payment processor Total System Services (TSYS) has launched a service called Chip Card on Demand that provides issuers the option to add EMV chips to compatible magstripe cards during the production process. Source: www.paymentssource.com
Lawmakers have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would expand the types of eligible professionals and eligible hospitals that can receive meaningful use incentive payments to include behavioral health and substance misuse treatment… Source: www.ihealthbeat.org
Our social media photo kiosk is a easy and interactive brand ambassador! Give your visitors a fun easy way to interact with your brand and drive awareness! Source: www.pacificdigitalsigns.com
Seattle-based Carena announced today a new $13.3 million round of funding to expand its Virtual Clinic service, which uses webcams and phone calls to help hospitals deal with expanding patient needs. Source: www.geekwire.com
The kiosks segment would exhibit the highest growth during the forecast period. Asia-Pacific and LAMEA are forecasted as lucrative markets for kiosks. With the maximum number of installations, vending machines contributed nearly 57% to the overall revenue of self-service technology market in 2014. This segment is expected to grow at a steady pace, accounting for more than 50% of the… Read More »
In the latest round of Bay Area medical group-hospital consolidation, one of the nation’s largest hospital companies has bolstered its already significant foothold in the South Bay. Source: www.bizjournals.com
Bill jams are commonplace when your kiosk accepts cash payments. No matter how advanced the bill acceptor, there’s always that guy that inserts a bill covered in mud, or something worse, and gums up the device. Source: blog.kiosksimple.com Dual devices provide redundancy that comes in very handy, especially when collecting money. Nice writeup Andrew!
When someone hacked a neighbor’s Wi-Fi router to engage in nefarious activities, the only effective defense was to plug a widespread WPS vulnerability Source: www.infoworld.com
In two days, thousands of developers, tech enthusiasts, journalists will converge for Google’s annual I/O developer conference. This event is where everyone’s Source: www.pymnts.com Android Pay will allow businesses to add mobile payments as an option to their apps, to which users can upload credit card or debit card information with the goal of making transactions single-tap affairs.… Read More »
