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Upgrading Your Pump for EMV – it’s Not so Scary

Originally published in the WPMA Autumn 2020 Newsletter – There’s no doubt that we have faced some unusual months and the future as a result of impacts from COVID-19 is somewhat uncertain. We are hearing many talk of a “new normal” and that many changes are here...

Sound Payments in the Nilson Report

Originally published in the Nilson Report, August 2020 – Sound Payments will bring EMV-compliant card payments to gasoline pumps in the U.S. NRS offers a POS platform to gas stations, liquor stores, and tobacco shops. Sound Easy Pump adds EMV card acceptance...

Sound Payments Petro Solutions Partners with Freedom Electronics

Working to Enable EMV at the Pump for More Stations – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 1, 2020) – Sound Payments, a multi-channel technology company and Freedom Electronics, a provider of parts for fuel dispensers, point of sale systems and automatic tank gauges,...

Sound Payments and NRS Announce Partnership

PRESS RELEASE: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (August 6, 2020) – Sound Payments, a multi-channel technology company and National Retail Solutions (NRS), a subsidiary of publicly traded IDT Corporation and a leading provider of a Point of Sale network plus NRS PAY credit card...

Contactless Society – COVID 19 Long Lasting Effects

Published in The Arkansas Banker – by Cesar Rivas, National Sales Director, Sound Payments Banking Technology Solutions – It has been a few months since the initial impact of the virus on the world. One of the longest lasting impacts of this crisis will...

Leadership in the Financial Industry

Published by the American Bankers Association – By Andrew Russell, President of Sound Payments –  Leadership is many things to many people; however, the universal agreement is that Leadership is not about you, but how one could help others achieve their...

FinTech Innovation and AI

Published on the American Bankers Association Industry Insight – by Cesar Rivas, National Sales Director, Sound Payments Banking Technology Solutions – In recent years, FinTech has become a buzz word which refers to technology developed by companies...

Sound Payments Launches Sound POS 9-month Business Recovery Program

Fees Waived for Three Months, Discounted 50 Percent for the following 6 Months – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 30, 2020) –Sound Payments announced today the launch of a 9-month recovery program to support partners and businesses affected by COVID-19. The technology...

Options for EMV at the Pump

Originally posted in on digitaltransactions.net and Digital Transactions February Issue – The deadline for converting gas stations to EMV is fast approaching, and this time there won’t be an extension. What to do? EMV payments are coming to a pump near you, and...

The Petro Industry: A New Opportunity for VARs

Originally posted on RSPA Historically POS systems have been complex with different hardware and software that all had to be installed and configured correctly to all work together. But things have been changing lately. Cloud computing, touch screens, Android...

Another Way to Achieve EMV Compliance

By Ray Prothero, VP Products & Programs, Petro – The convenience-store industry is less than 10 months away from having to comply with the latest credit-card security standards at fuel pumps. By Oct. 1, 2020, gasoline retailers must integrate chip-enabled...

Report from VISA: Attached targeting the POS at the Pump

From VISA Security Alert November 2019 – In August and September 2019, Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) investigated two separate breaches at North American fuel dispenser merchants. The attacks involved the use of point-of-sale (POS) malware to harvest...

Delivering Convenience and Flexibility from The Green Sheet

Originally published on The Green Sheet –  Established in 2016, Sound Payments is a multichannel, diversified technology company that aims to create simplified, innovative solutions in the payments, healthcare and financial services industries. Products include...

Sound Payments to Launch Mobile POS at MWAA Conference

A Cost-effective, Mobile Payment Solution with Inventory and Business Management Features JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 11, 2019) – Sound Payments Inc. announced today that it is releasing its Mobile POS solution at the MidWest Acquirers Association (MWAA) Conference July...

Coming Full Circle and Seeing the Changes in the Financial Industry

By: Michelle Danisovszky, Vice President of Marketing at Sound Payments – Currently, I am the Vice President of Marketing for Sound Payments Inc., a diversified technology company that provides innovative solutions for the Payments, Healthcare, Financial...

An API to Rule Them All

By Melissa Wood, Senior Integration Specialist at Sound Payments – The gauntlet’s been thrown. A challenge has been waged upon you. A new API must be provided for the masses, which in this case are your company’s customers. To you, this API can only be “One API...

Some Thoughts on Selling on Value in a Price Conscious Market

By: Walter Allen, SVP and National Sales Manager at Sound Payments –    Having been involved in the payments industry for the past 30 years, from software programming to product management to sales (with some executive management thrown in at various...

7 Ways To Create Operational Excellence

By Christina Taylor, Director, Support & Operations, Commerce Solutions at Sound Payments –    I love Operations. Operations is the engine that makes a company run and ensures production. There are a lot of moving parts to any Operations team and...

Where EMV Spells Headache

By Peter Lucas (Digital Transactions) – With almost 18 months to go, the petroleum industry is having a hard time with a crucial EMV deadline. Not many gas stations are expected to make it. Here’s why. It’s halftime in the runup to the October 2020 deadline set...

Sound Payments Introduces Retrofit Payment Solution

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 6, 2019) – Sound Payments Inc. will introduce its multi-point, cloud-based retrofit payment solution for the petroleum industry at the Southeast Petro-Food Marketing Exposition today.   With the petroleum industry mandating the move to...