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ANNOUNCEMENTS
AnywhereCommerce secures encryption Clearent contributes to talent development
patent Clayton, Mo.-based ISO Clearent LLC said it will
participate in LaunchCode, a program designed to nurture
AnywhereCommerce reported it was awarded a patent developer talent and keep it in the greater St. Louis area.
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Clearent said it has a "tremendous need for talented
encryption technology. The technology is used in the firm's developers" due to its growth as a company.
line-up of mobile POS devices. AnywhereCommerce said
it also has patents for audio-jack technology that turns FIS to build payments hub in Australia
smart mobile devices into POS terminals.
Fidelity Information Systems said it was selected to
Cardtek moves into new Chicago facility build a new payment hub in Australia for eftpos, the most
commonly used debit card system in Australia. FIS noted
Cardtek USA moved its headquarters to larger facilities that its global electronic funds transfer switching platform
in Chicago. The move was necessary due to increased will replace Australia's current bilateral networks. The
business from bank issuers needing the Europay/ new eftpos payments hub will be operational in 2014,
MasterCard/Visa (EMV) -based programs, Cardtek said.
according to FIS.
Charge Anywhere named to SCALA
Heartland invests $20 million in Leaf
Charge Anywhere LLC was elected to the Leadership Heartland Payment Systems Inc. invested $20 million
Council for the Latin America and Caribbean Regions in tablet POS hardware provider Leaf. Heartland said
(LAC) chapter of the Smart Card Alliance (SCALA). The the funds will be used to advance the manufacturing
growth of mobile payments and the EMV liability shifts capabilities for LeafPresenter, a proprietary, purpose-built
that have taken place across the LAC region "make our tablet computer, and to hire additional staff. Heartland
specialized and tenured hands-on knowledge on the also became a distribution partner for Leaf services and
subject particularly timely for us to become a part of such will build value-added applications on the Leaf platform,
a leading organization," said Oscar Muñoz, Executive including payroll, mobile and online ordering apps.
Vice President and Senior Vice President of International
Business Development at Charge Anywhere.
• According to the Recreation Vehicle Industry
Association, U.S. shipment of recreational vehicles rose 12.8
percent during the first six months of 2013. Total shipments are
expected to reach 309,800 units for the year, representing an
increase of 8.4 percent over 2012.
• With October designated as National Popcorn Popping Month,
the nonprofit The Popcorn Board estimated Americans pur-
chased 995,604,706 pounds of unpopped popcorn in 2012
– 16 billion quarts when popped, for an average of 51 quarts
per person.
• ShopperTrak predicted foot traffic at U.S. retail stores this
holiday season will rise 2.8 percent, building on the 3.0 percent
increase tracked in 2012, when shoppers had 31 shopping
days between Black Friday and Christmas, as opposed to this
year's 25 days.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
AnywhereCommerce secures encryption Clearent contributes to talent development
patent Clayton, Mo.-based ISO Clearent LLC said it will
participate in LaunchCode, a program designed to nurture
AnywhereCommerce reported it was awarded a patent developer talent and keep it in the greater St. Louis area.
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Clearent said it has a "tremendous need for talented
encryption technology. The technology is used in the firm's developers" due to its growth as a company.
line-up of mobile POS devices. AnywhereCommerce said
it also has patents for audio-jack technology that turns FIS to build payments hub in Australia
smart mobile devices into POS terminals.
Fidelity Information Systems said it was selected to
Cardtek moves into new Chicago facility build a new payment hub in Australia for eftpos, the most
commonly used debit card system in Australia. FIS noted
Cardtek USA moved its headquarters to larger facilities that its global electronic funds transfer switching platform
in Chicago. The move was necessary due to increased will replace Australia's current bilateral networks. The
business from bank issuers needing the Europay/ new eftpos payments hub will be operational in 2014,
MasterCard/Visa (EMV) -based programs, Cardtek said.
according to FIS.
Charge Anywhere named to SCALA
Heartland invests $20 million in Leaf
Charge Anywhere LLC was elected to the Leadership Heartland Payment Systems Inc. invested $20 million
Council for the Latin America and Caribbean Regions in tablet POS hardware provider Leaf. Heartland said
(LAC) chapter of the Smart Card Alliance (SCALA). The the funds will be used to advance the manufacturing
growth of mobile payments and the EMV liability shifts capabilities for LeafPresenter, a proprietary, purpose-built
that have taken place across the LAC region "make our tablet computer, and to hire additional staff. Heartland
specialized and tenured hands-on knowledge on the also became a distribution partner for Leaf services and
subject particularly timely for us to become a part of such will build value-added applications on the Leaf platform,
a leading organization," said Oscar Muñoz, Executive including payroll, mobile and online ordering apps.
Vice President and Senior Vice President of International
Business Development at Charge Anywhere.
• According to the Recreation Vehicle Industry
Association, U.S. shipment of recreational vehicles rose 12.8
percent during the first six months of 2013. Total shipments are
expected to reach 309,800 units for the year, representing an
increase of 8.4 percent over 2012.
• With October designated as National Popcorn Popping Month,
the nonprofit The Popcorn Board estimated Americans pur-
chased 995,604,706 pounds of unpopped popcorn in 2012
– 16 billion quarts when popped, for an average of 51 quarts
per person.
• ShopperTrak predicted foot traffic at U.S. retail stores this
holiday season will rise 2.8 percent, building on the 3.0 percent
increase tracked in 2012, when shoppers had 31 shopping
days between Black Friday and Christmas, as opposed to this
year's 25 days.
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