Feb 23, 2022
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2022) – Sound Payments is pleased to announce that Garth Brandwein is the vice president of sales for Sound Easy Pump in the Eastern Region. Sound Easy Pump™ is a semi-integrated secure solution that can easily and cost-effectively...
Jan 27, 2022
Installation at 14 Sinclair Locations, Rebates and Promotion Offered for all Sinclair Station Owners Sound Payments is proud to announce that Sound Easy Pump is now approved by Sinclair Oil and has started installations, making it simple for thousands of stations to...
Jan 24, 2022
By Chad Ellis, VP of Sales – Western Region, Sound Payments Petro Solutions – Originally published on Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association Fuel Monitor The EMV liability shift has been in place for nine months now, and stations that missed the April 2021...
Jan 12, 2022
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 12, 2022) – Sound Payments announced a new promotion today to help encourage independent stations to upgrade their pumps to accept EMV/chip cards and prevent fraudulent activity. The promotion also works in conjunction with station marketers,...
Nov 16, 2021
Sound Payments and Gas Pump Exchange announced a partnership today that will allow stations to choose Sound Easy Pump, a cost-effective EMV option, when purchasing a refurbished pump from Gas Pump Exchange or as a stand-alone product for their existing pump. “We are...
Nov 3, 2021
By Andrew Russell, President of Sound Payments – Originally published in the EMA Journal, Fall 2021 One of the biggest reasons why owners are hesitant to upgrade their pumps for EMV is cost. As the majority of the people in the petroleum industry know, the...
Oct 13, 2021
– JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — Sound Payments welcomed two additional industry experts to the petroleum team to accommodate continued growth and its plans to offer more technology solutions in the petroleum industry beyond EMV at the pump. Additionally, Sound...
Sep 17, 2021
By Andrew Russell, President of Sound Payments – There is no doubt that station owners are busy. They are multi-taskers and often spend long hours working. Updating their pumps for EMV is not an attractive venture for them. They see it as investing in something...
Sep 3, 2021
By: Andrew Russell, CEO of Sound Payments – Originally published on New York Association of Convenience Stores STOREfronts Online – As many know, gas stations have been asked to adhere to a federal mandate to enable EMV payments at the pump or the stations...
Sep 3, 2021
By: Mike White, VP of Petro Sales at Sound Payments – Originally posted on CFCA – There is no doubt that stations across California have faced unusual times and hardships the past year or so. COVID-19 presented many challenges for owners, and it seems that...
Jul 22, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 22, 2021) – Sound Payments, a technology company in the petroleum and payments industries, welcomed Mike White as its Vice President of Sales for the Petroleum Channel. Mike will lead and grow a team of professionals that will support...
Jun 30, 2021
Most people in this industry are aware that after several postponements, the deadline for the liability shift happened on April 17th, 2021. Station owners are now fully liable for any chargeback transactions made at outdoor payment terminals that do not support the...
Jun 11, 2021
Originally published on Fuel Market News – The EMV liability shift deadline is April 16–17, 2021. What does this mean for gas stations? Barring a last-minute extension by the credit card companies, station owners will be responsible for the financial burden if there...
May 12, 2021
Sound Payments Petro Solutions partner Freedom Electronics is now providing Easy Pump kits utilizing the Sound Easy Pump™ technology, making EMV at the pump even more simple to achieve. The Freedom Easy Pump kits, powered by Sound Payments, has UL1238 approved...
Apr 1, 2021
Originally published on Pennsylvania Petroleum Association News – Stations in Pennsylvania will have a busy period ahead of them as the EMV quickly approaches this month. According to the Conexxus survey results, only 15 percent of fuel retailers have updated their...
Dec 17, 2020
Originally published on CSP Daily News – As we get closer to the EMV liability shift deadline of April 2021, I wanted to provide some guidance and education around the top concerns from station owners. These are some points from surveys, webinars and inquiries...
Nov 20, 2020
Originally published on California Fuels & Convenience Alliance With numerous industry surveys released last year and this year, it is clear that stations are hesitant to upgrade their pump to support EMV. Conexxus survey results indicated only 15 percent of fuel...
Oct 29, 2020
Originally published in the GACS Today, Volume XXVII, No. 4, Page 22 & 23
Oct 28, 2020
Originally published on Digital Transactions – By Peter Lucas – National Retail Solutions, a POS platform provider for independent convenience stores, is reselling an EMV at the pump retrofit kit from Sound Payments Inc. under its own brand that can...
Oct 5, 2020
Originally posted in the Summer 2020 PMAA Journal – The EMV liability mandate for pay at the pump has been extended six months to April 2021. This is the third extension and more than likely the last. So, now that there is a little breathing room with the...
Sep 29, 2020
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...
Sep 9, 2020
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...
Sep 1, 2020
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,...
Aug 8, 2020
Originally posted on Digital Transactions – Sound Payments Inc., a multichannel technology provider that offers point-of-sale solutions for the petroleum industry, expects its partnership with National Retail Solutions, a subsidiary of IDT Corp., to accelerate...
Aug 6, 2020
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...
Apr 18, 2020
PAX Technology and Sound Payments are proud to announce they were honored with a 2020 Visa U.S. Qualified Tap to Pay Point of Sale Program Award for offering an optimal tap to pay point of sale experience. Their combined Tap to Pay Solution provides customers with the...
Apr 14, 2020
Published in FPMA’s Fueling Florida’s Future e-News – By Raymond Prothero, Vice President, Products and Programs, Sound Payments Petro Solutions – The deadline to enable EMV at the pump is only months away. Just recently, Visa reiterated that the October...
Feb 4, 2020
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...
Jan 29, 2020
Community and Industry Leaders Celebrate Sound Easy Pump and Job Creation – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2020) – Sound Payments, a multi-channel technology company, opened an office in St. Petersburg, Florida that will support sales and operations for Petro...
Jan 17, 2020
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...