Bling Nation Taps Merchant360 to Support Rapid Growth

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Merchant360 delivers VeriFone Vx810 Contactless Application, Merchant Help Desk, and Micros Integration for Bling Nation

MEDFORD, Ore., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Merchant360, Inc. announced today an agreement to support the rapid growth of Bling Nation's mobile technology platform that enables unique tap-and-connect capabilities at checkout, providing businesses with rich social media connectivity, powerful viral loyalty programs with actionable analytics, and cost-effective mobile payments. The Bling Nation platform closes the loop between the online and offline customer experience at checkout to let businesses tap into the power of social networking to grow their customer base.

Merchant360 will support Bling Nation with a broad range of services including the VeriFone Vx810 Duet contactless application, Micros integration with NFC/contactless reader enabled by OneInterface™ from Global Blue A.B., and integration with Merchant360's Mobitranz gateway for switching transactions. Merchant360's Integration of the OneInterface solution provides Bling Nation businesses with a growing number of checkout options including RetailPRO, and Cegid. In addition, Merchant360 will deploy, install and provide help desk support for Bling Nation's BlingBox starter kit.

"Bling Nation's focused strategy, clear business model and passion for the right fit solution are what make them a leader in the race to capture mobile payments and CRM," said Steve McRae, Merchant360's founder and CEO. "We are excited to be a part of their growth strategy."

"We selected M360 because of their vast experience and advanced capabilities to integrate mobile contactless with point of sale systems," said Meyer Malka, founder and co-CEO of Bling Nation. "At checkout, consumers can not only pay for purchases with their mobile phone, but they can automatically check-in, redeem rewards and share with friends through their social network. As we move to expand our capabilities into new areas across the country, Merchant360 will help us to expand quickly to a variety of merchants seamlessly."  

With Bling Nation, businesses can engage with customers, acquire Facebook fans and reward them at checkout and support mobile payments. By tapping Bling Nation's proprietary BlingTag® microchip, which can be attached to the back of mobile phones, at checkout, consumers can opt-in to "like" a business, post select rewards to their Facebook page, and redeem discounts and promotions targeted toward them.

About Merchant360

Merchant360, Inc. is an integration and delivery leader in Point of Sale (POS) payment, loyalty, and ticketing solutions. Merchant360 specializes in mobile contactless and Near Field Communications (NFC) solutions including POS integration, active smart posters, transaction switching, 24/7 first line help desk and product deployment. Visit http://www.Merchant360.netor follow us at http://www.twitter.com/mobifyer  

About Bling Nation

Bling Nation is a mobile platform that enables unique tap-and-connect capabilities at checkout to provide businesses with rich social media connectivity, powerful viral loyalty programs with actionable analytics, and cost-effective mobile payments. Bling Nation helps businesses turn their best customers into Fans by inviting them to tap to earn and redeem rewards instantly at checkout and share them automatically with friends on Facebook. For additional information, visit http://www.blingnation.com or follow us at http://www.twitter.com/blingnation. Join the tap-and-connect world of Bling Nation!

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BigHoller Takes Steps to Make It Easier for POS Companies to Integrate Online Ordering

PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- BigHoller introduces BigHollerPOSConnect™ to both local and international clients. This will give POS companies reliability and reduce POS integration costs for restaurant owners. BigHollerPOSConnect™ is a standardized way of exporting restaurant menus and orders in a simple and easy-to-read XML file for Point of Sales companies. By doing this and standardizing order outputs, POS companies need only build one module that any online ordering company can export to. This greatly simplifies the process.

Currently, each online ordering company has to build its own proprietary integration module, spending months in development, and even longer in testing. This equates to lost sales for a restaurant waiting to exploit the Internet market. Because the online ordering companies are generally not as accustomed to the POS software as the POS companies themselves, testing becomes a long and resource-draining process on both sides. All of this is reflected in the final cost being thousands of dollars more pasted onto the restaurant clients.

Now with BigHollerPOSConnect™, one module built by those who know the POS software best can handle any online ordering system in a standardized and reliable way. Less time can be dedicated to development and thus, less development cost passed down the clients! Restaurant clients also are no longer locked to only one online ordering system anymore because with a BigHollerPOSConnect™ module, any online ordering service can work with their POS system.  

About BigHoller

BigHoller is an industry leader in online food ordering solutions utilized by single locations to international restaurant clients such as Pita Pit, Buckhorn Grill, Planet Pizza, OrderSubway.com and Hooters Casino Hotel Las Vegas (hooterscasinowings2go.com). BigHoller touts user-friendly customer interfaces, robust back-end menu databases, popular online ordering features and unsurpassed customer service. For more information, contact G.R. Homa at (888) Big-Holler (244-4655) or visit http://www.BigHoller.com.

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World EFT POS Terminals Market - Frost and Sullivan

Accent on Security Standards to Drive Reterminalization and Growth of the World Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale Terminals Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The world electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFT POS) terminals market grew at a rate of 10.3 percent in unit shipment in 2008 over 2007. Security concerns are the major factors driving EFT POS terminal uptake globally. The alarming increase in payment fraud worldwide has led to renewed interest in establishing security standards that include end-to-end encryption of data and compliance with directions from the major card issuers. The switch toward Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) and payment card industry-pin entry device (PCI-PED) has upped terminal sales growth, particularly in Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

When everyone realizes what Kapersky knows

millions will need PCI PED's.  The version above is

for the USA.  We also have an EMV Version pictured below 

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.kiosks.frost.com), World EFT POS Terminals Market, finds that the market earned revenues of over $2 billion in 2008, and estimates this to exceed $3.4 billion in 2014.

If you are interested in a virtual brochure on this study, please send an e-mail to Sarah Saatzer, Corporate Communications, at sarah.saatzer@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company e-mail address, company website, city, state and country.

"The EMV guidelines require all magnetic stripe cards be replaced by chip-based ones as per the deadlines set for each geographic region, failing which the liability of fraud would shift from card issuers to banks and financial institutions," saysFrost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Aravindh Vanchesan. "As a result, legacy terminals that are incapable of handling smart cards are being replaced by newer systems on a large scale in countries such as the UK, France, Brazil, China, etc."

Vendors in this domain are continuing to innovate and offer greater functionality at the point of sale, encouraging retailers to upgrade their legacy systems.

The current economic crisis, which started in late 2007, has resulted in prolonged recession in some of the major POS markets in the United States, Western Europe, and parts of Asia and Latin America. As the eventual recovery cycle is unpredictable, all participants in the POS industry will continue to be negatively affected by the disruption in credit markets and macro-economies in the short term.

Global credit markets have also been affected by declining consumer confidence and spending worldwide. Hundreds of retail chains and several high-profile financial institutions have filed for bankruptcy in recent times. Many promising projects have been either shelved or delayed due to the lack of access to credit or capital. Apart from lower sales volumes, the steep discounts offered by manufacturers to tide through this crisis erode profit margins further.

With growing awareness on the latest technologies and multi-application capabilities of the new generation of terminals, the focus on price is expected to diminish and result in significant investments.

"Merchants need to take advantage of the new state-of-the-art payment terminals that go beyond the basic secure credit/debit functions by enhancing the customer experience and generating new revenue streams," says Aravindh. "Vendors should be pushing it as the key value proposition – transforming the payment terminal into a customer relationship management (CRM) device that is critical to the merchant's business."

At present, EFT terminals are capable of running a range of concurrent applications such as money transfer, bill payment, age verification, mobile top-up, couponing, and so on. Loyalty programs and gift cards applications are the most popular worldwide. This allows merchants to identify the profiles of potential customers and segment them according to their lifestyle and buying behavior. Moreover, it also enhances the overall shopping experience for consumers.

World EFT POS Terminals Market is part of the Kiosks & Retail Systems Growth Partnership Services program, which also includes research in the following markets: Payment Systems in the Petroleum Market, World Self-Checkout Systems Market, World ATM Market, World Retail Software Market, and World Retail Printers Market. All research services included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visithttp://www.frost.com.

World EFT POS Terminals Market
N6BD
Contact:
Sarah Saatzer
Corporate Communications – North America
P: 210.477.8427
E: sarah.saatzer@frost.com
http://www.frost.com

SOURCE Frost & Sullivan

World EFT POS Terminals Market - Frost and Sullivan

Accent on Security Standards to Drive Reterminalization and Growth of the World Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale Terminals Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The world electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFT POS) terminals market grew at a rate of 10.3 percent in unit shipment in 2008 over 2007. Security concerns are the major factors driving EFT POS terminal uptake globally. The alarming increase in payment fraud worldwide has led to renewed interest in establishing security standards that include end-to-end encryption of data and compliance with directions from the major card issuers. The switch toward Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) and payment card industry-pin entry device (PCI-PED) has upped terminal sales growth, particularly in Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

When everyone realizes what Kapersky knows

millions will need PCI PED's.  The version above is

for the USA.  We also have an EMV Version pictured below 

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.kiosks.frost.com), World EFT POS Terminals Market, finds that the market earned revenues of over $2 billion in 2008, and estimates this to exceed $3.4 billion in 2014.

If you are interested in a virtual brochure on this study, please send an e-mail to Sarah Saatzer, Corporate Communications, at sarah.saatzer@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company e-mail address, company website, city, state and country.

"The EMV guidelines require all magnetic stripe cards be replaced by chip-based ones as per the deadlines set for each geographic region, failing which the liability of fraud would shift from card issuers to banks and financial institutions," saysFrost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Aravindh Vanchesan. "As a result, legacy terminals that are incapable of handling smart cards are being replaced by newer systems on a large scale in countries such as the UK, France, Brazil, China, etc."

Vendors in this domain are continuing to innovate and offer greater functionality at the point of sale, encouraging retailers to upgrade their legacy systems.

The current economic crisis, which started in late 2007, has resulted in prolonged recession in some of the major POS markets in the United States, Western Europe, and parts of Asia and Latin America. As the eventual recovery cycle is unpredictable, all participants in the POS industry will continue to be negatively affected by the disruption in credit markets and macro-economies in the short term.

Global credit markets have also been affected by declining consumer confidence and spending worldwide. Hundreds of retail chains and several high-profile financial institutions have filed for bankruptcy in recent times. Many promising projects have been either shelved or delayed due to the lack of access to credit or capital. Apart from lower sales volumes, the steep discounts offered by manufacturers to tide through this crisis erode profit margins further.

With growing awareness on the latest technologies and multi-application capabilities of the new generation of terminals, the focus on price is expected to diminish and result in significant investments.

"Merchants need to take advantage of the new state-of-the-art payment terminals that go beyond the basic secure credit/debit functions by enhancing the customer experience and generating new revenue streams," says Aravindh. "Vendors should be pushing it as the key value proposition – transforming the payment terminal into a customer relationship management (CRM) device that is critical to the merchant's business."

At present, EFT terminals are capable of running a range of concurrent applications such as money transfer, bill payment, age verification, mobile top-up, couponing, and so on. Loyalty programs and gift cards applications are the most popular worldwide. This allows merchants to identify the profiles of potential customers and segment them according to their lifestyle and buying behavior. Moreover, it also enhances the overall shopping experience for consumers.

World EFT POS Terminals Market is part of the Kiosks & Retail Systems Growth Partnership Services program, which also includes research in the following markets: Payment Systems in the Petroleum Market, World Self-Checkout Systems Market, World ATM Market, World Retail Software Market, and World Retail Printers Market. All research services included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visithttp://www.frost.com.

World EFT POS Terminals Market
N6BD
Contact:
Sarah Saatzer
Corporate Communications – North America
P: 210.477.8427
E: sarah.saatzer@frost.com
http://www.frost.com

SOURCE Frost & Sullivan