Atos Worldline, Heartland Payment Systems, Moneris Solutions, Radiant Systems, Inc. and Witham Laboratories join SPVA
ATLANTA, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Five electronic payment companies have joined the non-profit Secure POS Vendor Alliance (SPVA), created by Hypercom (NYSE: HYC), Ingenico S.A. (EURONEXT: ING) and VeriFone (NYSE: PAY) to foster widespread compliance of existing security standards to protect cardholder information and defend merchants and acquirers against security breaches.
"Membership in the SPVA reinforces our commitment to advancing security within our industry, enables us to gain first-hand knowledge of current security threats and proactively shape future security guidelines," said Antoine van Diem, general manager technologies & products, Atos Worldline.
"The SPVA's expertise includes education and a focus on best practices," said Steven Elefant, executive director of end-to-end encryption at Heartland Payment Systems(R). "It is vital that we as stakeholders continue to innovate so that ultimately, we enhance the security of our industry as it grows."
SPVA members provide the key security elements among consumers, merchants and transaction acquirers and issuers. Members of the SPVA deliver a unique experience with security guidelines, ensure best practice implementation and continue to evolve security enhancements and interoperability required to reduce fraud and lower risk for all participants in card payment transactions. Membership is open to all vendors that develop secure POS payment systems or have products or solutions that interact with secure POS payment devices such as retailers, acquirers and banks.
New members that have signed up with the SPVA since May 2009 include:
Joining as a General Member, Atos Worldline is the European leader in electronic payments and transactions delivering innovative solutions to advance its clients' businesses. It specialises in end-to end payment services (issuing, acquiring, payment solutions and card processing), services for financial markets as well as CRM and eServices (Internet, voice and mobile solutions). Every year Atos Worldline wins prestigious market awards in recognition of its continuous commitment to research and development of leading edge solutions. Awarded solutions cover expertise in areas such as mobile payments, secure IPTV, online CRM, ticketless solutions. A 100% subsidiary of Atos Origin, Atos Worldline generates annual revenues of around euro 800 million and employs over 4,800 people in Europe. www.atosworldline.com
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., a NYSE company trading under the symbol HPY, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. Heartland is the founding supporter of The Merchant Bill of Rights, a public advocacy initiative that educates merchants about fair credit and debit card processing practices. www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com
Moneris Solutions, one of North America's largest providers of payment solutions.
