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ANNOUNCEMENTS and are now poised to make considerable market impact
in the future. The winner for Payment Innovation of the
Year was Visa's B2B Connect.
Bluefin introduces stand-alone
P2PE device management NAB offers instant merchant boarding
Bluefin, a payment security provider specializing in PCI- Award-winning payment solutions provider North
validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solutions for American Bancard Holdings launched a new, automat-
processors, payment gateways and ISVs, launched its ed merchant boarding process. This advancement is a
patented P2PE Manager as a 100 percent online, stand- simplified way for resellers to provide a client-focused,
alone P2PE device management, chain of custody and strategic differentiator to their merchants that allows
device attestation solution. The P2PE Manager is part them to be ready for payment acceptance faster than
of Bluefin's PCI P2PE solution package, allowing mer- ever before, NAB stated. The instant boarding process
chants and Bluefin partners to monitor the complete is evaluated in real time through queried compliance
device lifecycle that includes key injection, shipping, checks. Once an application is submitted, responses are
device state, custodians, transactions and much more, generated in minutes, NAB added.
Bluefin said.
Voci Technologies launches advanced
FeaturedCustomers recognizes voice-based biometrics
ClearSale as rising star
Voci Technologies, a speech analytics platform pro-
Fraud prevention and management firm ClearSale was vider, launched a solution designed to empower users
named a Rising Star in the Fraud Prevention Software to leverage voice biometric technology however they
category for the Fall 2018 Customer Success Report pub- choose – from passive verification to active authentica-
lished by FeaturedCustomers. The report is based on tion. "The solution, which features an open application
authenticated case studies, testimonials and reviews programming interface (API) for custom development,
from across the web, telling a complete story of vendors stands apart by making state-of-the art voice biometrics
in the fraud prevention software space through real cus- technology easy for companies to use, implement and
tomer experiences. Scores are determined by multiple integrate with their existing solutions," the company
factors, including number of total reviews, customer stated.
success content, social media presence and vendor
momentum. RESEARCH
Future Digital Awards winners revealed
Cardtronics reveals cash still popular
At its Future Digital Awards, Juniper Research honored
companies at the forefront of new developments in In its 2018 Health of Cash Study, Cardtronics concluded
payments, fraud prevention and retail. The awards are that in a digital-first world, the importance of cash with-
given to companies that Juniper believes have made sig- in the payments ecosystem remains strong, based on the
nificant progress in their sector during the previous year many unique features of the tried-and-true greenback.

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