{"id":2558,"date":"2015-07-30T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationaltransaction.com\/credit-card-merchant\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2015-07-30T14:57:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T18:57:02","slug":"converge-payment-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaltransaction.com\/credit-card-merchant\/converge-payment-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge Payment Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the next several weeks, we\u2019ll focus on a series of topics to hopefully provide a better understanding of the payment capabilities<\/p>\n

Converge can bring you customers. In this article, we\u2019ll zoom in on the card-present product enhancements of Converge first, including bringing EMV and mobile wallet capabilities to in-person payments, and ultimately VirtualMerchant Mobile later this year.<\/p>\n

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Ingenico iSC250 Signature-Capture PIN Pad<\/strong> – is a signature-capture PIN pad offering the ability to accept\u00a0PIN-based transactions, like debit card and Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), as well as EMV chip card and mobile wallet payments.<\/p>\n

The iSC250 will initially ship EMV-capable<\/strong> meaning it’s physically configured with a slot to accept an EMV chip card, but it does not yet have the EMV application to process a chip card transaction.<\/p>\n

A simple download process later in the year will allow customers to accept chip cards. The good news is customers can accept NFC contactless payments right away, including Apple Pay and Google Wallet.<\/p>\n

Key features of the Ingenico iSC250 include:<\/strong><\/p>\n