JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Monday, April 12) – 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...
By Bill Pittman, Senior Vice President of Petro Solutions - 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...
November 25, 2020 - Originally published in Colorado Banker 2020 Issue 4 - By Andrew P. Russell, MAJ (Ret.) President, Sound Payments, Inc. Brian Rhonemus, CEO of Sanford Rose Associates Rhonemus Group With the recent chain of events across the country, there is a lot of...
By Andrew Russell, President of Sound Payments - Originally published on the American Bankers Association Industry Insight As we consider the impacts of COVID-19 on the financial industry, we are seeing even more of a focus placed on automation and finding ways to eliminate or reduce...
By Bill Pittman, Senior Vice President, Sound Payments Petro Solutions, 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...
Originally published in the GACS Today, Volume XXVII, No. 4, Page 22 & 23 - By Bill Pittman ...
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 significantly reduce station owners’ EMV compliance...
By Bill Pittman, Senior Vice President of Petro Solutions - 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...
By Bill Pittman, Senior Vice President, Petro Solutions - 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...
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 capabilities to fuel...
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, are partnering to bring a...
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 adoption of EMV at in-pump card readers among independent gas...
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 processing, announced a partnership today...
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 probably...
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 very best. It is...
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 outside of the banking industry to provide financial services or...
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 company is supporting economic recovery efforts...
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...
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 deadline is here to stay, which...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 3, 2020) – As part of Sound Payment’s efforts to support small businesses during this challenging time, the technology company is waiving Sound POS service fees for three months for existing merchants and new merchants that are added in April*. “We are working...
By Bill Pittman, Senior Vice President of Petro Solutions - 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...
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 Solutions, bringing EMV to gas pumps and...
By Bill Pittman, Senior Vice President Petro Solutions - 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...
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 credit- and debit-card hardware and software in...
2019 was a great year for Sound Payments! We look forward to even more in 2020! Thank you to all of our partners! [embed]https://youtu.be/wjq0IeHrWC8[/embed]...
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 payment card data from fuel dispenser merchant POS...
By Ray Prothero, VP Products & Programs, Petro - As we approach the end of 2019, we begin to look at goals and needs for the next year. The Petroleum Industry will have a busy year ahead. Approximately $2 million fueling points are not EMV compliant....
Branch Automation and Online and Mobile Banking Solutions Allow for Easy Integration JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 29, 2019) – Sound Payments Banking Technology Solutions (BTS), a provider of innovative technology solutions in the financial industry, announced today an expansion of its line of products that support branch automation, helping financial institutions position themselves for growth...
EMV Easy Pump is a Proven Solution that is Penetrating the Market JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 26, 2019) – Sound Payments Petro Solutions, the software and hardware provider of Sound Easy Pump™, will introduce additional solutions for C-stores and the petroleum industry with the Sound Vault™ and...
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 software and hardware, technical and customer service, training, cloud solutions, and advanced...
