VeriFone Holdings (NYSE: PAY) today announced that it has installed one of the largest and most complex card payment systems in the UK for retail giant Argos.
VeriFone's PAYware Merchant system has been rolled out to more than 600 Argos stores in the UK, allowing Argos to process 50 transactions per second - more than 100 million transactions every year.
Argos - part of the Home Retail Group which also owns Homebase - has implemented the PAYware Merchant system nationwide as part of its move to EMV Chip and PIN, enabling secure authorization of payments in seconds and providing sophisticated management and reporting capabilities, including a comprehensive audit trail.
PAYware Merchant is ideal for medium- and large-size retailers who need a secure, reliable, and easy-to-implement credit and debit card authorization and settlement solution that supports EMV Chip and PIN. This fully scalable, bank-certified solution provides rapid payment processing that is tightly integrated with any front-end environment and is proven to increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.
Benefits at a glance
"We saw the move to Chip and PIN as an opportunity to review our existing EFT system," said Jacqui Glenn, head of Argos IT. "As a business-critical system, we were looking for a card payment solution that offered security, speed and reliability. We chose PAYware because of its proven success with other retailers, and the smooth implementation and fast 'go live' confirmed that we made the right decision."
Nigel Bidmead, managing director for VeriFone EMEA added, "The PAYware Merchant system deserves its excellent reputation as a robust and reliable solution for high-volume environments. We are very pleased to add Argos to the list of major UK retail customers who are gaining tangible business benefits from VeriFone's card payment systems."
PAYware Merchant accepts all major cards and supports the latest fraud prevention initiatives, including EMV and 3D Secure for Internet payments. Designed with industry best practices for data security, it enables retailers to become compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). All of this guards against fraud and helps protect brand reputation and consumer confidence.
Seamlessly integrated with point-of-sale and back office business systems, a single PAYware Merchant server is capable of authorizing thousands of transactions per minute. This advanced solution supports high availability and resilience to ensure business continuity as well as timely and reliable settlement of collected funds. A sophisticated management console GUI provides secure access to powerful reporting, transaction search, data entry, system configuration and user management capabilities.