Latest Heartland Payment Systems News: Finextra Research

Global Payments in talks to buy Heartland Payments - Bloomberg

Shares in Heartland Payment Systems soared 12.7% on Thursday on media reports of a potential takeover by rival Global Payments.

10 December 2015

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Heartland buys mPOS outfit Leaf

Payment processing giant Heartland Payment Systems has acquired Leaf, a Boston-based mPOS start-up with its own purpose-built tablet. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

15 August 2014

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MPos start-up Leaf scores $20m investment from Heartland

Leaf, a Boston-based mPOS start-up with its own purpose-built tablet, has scored $20 million in funding from processing giant Heartland Payment Systems.

01 October 2013

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Court dismisses Heartland data breach claims

A US judge has dismissed most claims brought by a group of banks against Heartland Payment Systems over a massive data breach that exposed millions of credit card details in 2007.

14 December 2011

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Heartland pays $5 million settlement to Discover over data breach

Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay up to $5 million to Discover Financial Services in relation to the data breach that hit the processor in 2008, marking its final settlement with all leading card brands over the intrusion.

02 September 2010

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RBS WorldPay promises end-to-end encryption for US merchants

RBS WorldPay has struck a deal with Semtek for the provision of end-to-end security services for its US merchants.

18 August 2010

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Heartland reaches $41.4m MasterCard settlement over data breach

Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay up to $41.4 million to MasterCard issuers in relation to the data breach that hit the processor in 2008.

20 May 2010

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Heartland breach still hitting banks

A bank in Colorado has begun blocking point of sale purchases over concerns debit cards may have been compromised by the massive data breach that hit Heartland Payment Systems in 2008.

08 March 2010

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Heartland settlement with Visa prompts lawsuit against acquiring banks

In the wake of Heartland Payment Systems' data breach settlement with Visa, lawyers representing five financial institutions have filed a class action lawsuit against two acquiring banks, claiming they share responsibility for damages caused by the intrusion.

21 January 2010

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Heartland agrees $60m Visa settlement over data breach

Heartland Payment Systems will pay up to $60 million to issuers of Visa-branded credit and debit cards affected by the data breach suffered at the New Jersey-based payments processor in 2008.

08 January 2010

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Heartland hacker faces 17-year stretch

Computer hacker Albert Gonzalez faces a minimum 17-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a string of cyber-attacks on several firms - including Heartland Payment Systems - that resulted in the theft of tens of millions of payment card details.

04 January 2010

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Heartland to pay up to $2.4 million to settle cardholder class action suit

Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay up to $2.4 million to settle a consumer cardholder class action suit for losses suffered following the criminal breach of its processing systems last year.

21 December 2009

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