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It is our clear objective to always be at the cutting edge of developments in new payment solutions
Chris Lund-Hansen, Managing Director at Point Denmark
TS3 has a strong reputation as a trusted and innovative service provider in the UK market, with a management and operational team that brings additional capabilities and strengths to Point
Johan Tjärnberg, CEO, Point
This will bring Point to the forefront of our industry as the only true multi-channel player in Europe
Johan Tjärnberg, CEO of Point
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VeriFone to Acquire Point to Build out Alternative Payments Infrastructure

Accelerates Transformation to Managed Services Revenue ModelSAN JOSE – November 14, 2011 – VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Nordic Capital Fund V ("Nordic Capital") to acquire Point, Northern Europe's largest provider of payment and gateway services and solutions for retailers. VeriFone intends to extend the Point platform throughout the region and beyond, with the aim of creating the world's largest infrastructure for rapid deployment of alternative payments. VeriFone will pay approximately €600 million to acquire all of the

Point Joins Secure POS Vendor Alliance

SPVA adds 18th member, continues to accelerate security guidelines ATLANTA – November 3, 2011 – Point, a leading provider of electronic payment services in Europe, has joined the Secure POS Vendor Alliance (SPVA).Created by a group of leading payment service providers in April 2009, including VeriFone and Ingenico, SPVA fosters widespread compliance of existing security standards to protect cardholder information and defend merchants and acquirers against security breaches. Since its inception, the non-profit organization has united industry experts and attracted almost 20 leading

New Managing Director at Point

As of 1 November 2011, Chris Lund-Hansen has been appointed Managing Director of Point Transaction Systems A/S, one of Denmark’s leading suppliers of retail payment and credit and debit card terminals.COPENHAGEN 31 October 2011 – Point Transaction Systems, one of the market’s biggest suppliers of retail payment terminals, has just appointed Chris Lund-Hansen (46) as its new Managing Director. Chris Lund-Hansen comes from a position as CEO of PayEx. He holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration, and brings with him more than 20 years of experience from the IT sector, for example

Verisec Modernizes Key Management in Cooperation with Point

Verisec has developed a new key management system that electronically keeps track of all the processes that govern the generation, storage and distribution of cryptographic keys. The system is called Chiave and it will make it safer and easier for banks and payment processors to manage cryptographic keys in large volumes.Cryptographic keys are used to ensure the identity of credit card holders, secure ATM and POS transactions, and to protect information sent over the payment network. Based on requirements and specifications drawn up in dialogue with Point and other leaders in the payments

Point acquires TS3 Services Ltd.

Point, the leading European provider of electronic payment solutions strengthens its UK market position with the acquisition of TS3 Services Ltd, a leading UK provider of secure transaction services.London 1 July 2011 – Point and TS3 today announced that Point has acquired TS3 Services Ltd, a leading UK provider of secure transaction solutions.  Point is one of the leading providers of electronic payment solutions in europe with representation throughout the Nordic, Baltic, French and UK markets. TS3 is a leading provider of secure transaction solutions for electronic payment and other

Point acquires French company Paybox Services

European expansion continues as Point teams up with leading e-commerce provider. Point, one of Europe’s largest providers of electronic payment solutions continues to grow by acquiring Paybox - one of the leading service providers of payment solutions in the e-commerce and card present sectors in France.Paybox offers payment solutions for a wide range of physical and remote access systems such as merchant websites, electronic payment terminals, call centers, automatic terminals, mobile phones or PDA’s. Together, the two organisations now form the strongest provider of multi-channel

Commidea’s Ocius Sentinel solution wins ECAF Award 2011

Commidea’s Ocius Sentinel solution wins European Card Acquiring Award 2011 Award for HSBC Merchant Services HSBC Merchant Service wins ‘Merchant Award’ for its use of Commidea’s Ocius Sentinel solutionLONDON, 25 February 2011:  Commidea – the payment solution provider has today announced the second award win in a month for its Ocius Sentinel solution. The latest prize was awarded to HSBC Merchant Services in the prestigious ‘Merchant Award’ category at the European Card Acquiring (ECAF) Awards for their deployment of the solution to their UK customer base. The ECAF award ceremony was

Commidea and HSBC Merchant Services have won the prestigious ‘Best Security or Anti-Fraud Development’ Award

Ocius Sentinel wins 'Best Security or Anti-Fraud Development' category at The Card and Payment Awards 2011Ocius Sentinel wins 'Best Security or Anti-Fraud Development' category at The Card and Payment Awards 2011 London – February 15, 2011 – Commidea and HSBC Merchant Services have won the prestigious ‘Best Security or Anti-Fraud Development’ Award at the 2011 Card & Payments Awards. The awards, held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, brought together prominent executives to recognise customer service, excellence and innovation among its members in the card payments industry across the UK

Point acquires the largest distributor in Norway

Point acquires the largest distributor of payment terminals in Norway.Point Transaction Systems continues its growth by acquiring Adimo Norge AS, the largest distributor of payment terminals in Norway. As a result of its partnership with Adimo, Point will enhance its ability to serve large customers and partners. At the same time, Adimo will focus exclusively on sales of Point's products. Through its extensive sales organisation, Adimo is renowned for the outstanding service it provides to approximately 3,700 customers. “With the acquisition of Adimo, we have reinforced our offering

Point acquires Xileo and enters the French market

Point acquires Xileo and enters the French market The leading European provider of electronic payment solutions continues to expand by entering the French market.Point International (“Point”) and Xileo Transaction Systems today announced that Point has acquired Xileo, a specialist in electronic payment solutions in France. Point is one of the leading providers of electronic payment solutions in Europe, with local presence in the Nordic, Baltic and UK markets. The acquisition by Point ensures Xileo´s long-term stability and will strengthen Xileo´s growth and investment capabilities. The

Point Transaction Systems acquires CTcoin.dk

Point Transaction Systems acquires CTcoin.dk Point Transaction Systems A/S and CTcoin.dk A/S, two of Denmark’s leading suppliers of payment terminals, are merging with immediate effect. All of CTcoin.dk’s activities and product lines will continue under the name of Point, and the aim of the merger is to create one of the strongest players in the market.COPENHAGEN 1 November 2010 – Point Transaction Systems, one of the market’s biggest suppliers of payment terminals, is today announcing its takeover of the Danish company CTcoin.dk, which also sells and services payment terminals. The merger

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