As an industry we (acquirers, influential merchants, terminal vendors and Paymark) have committed at a strategic level to replace the current 5.1 and 5.2 fleet in order to manage varying levels of customer experience driven by terminal software deficiencies. Some of these as we know are issues around - 

- Card acceptance  
- PIN Bypass

Expediting this initiative ahead of 2011 helps prepare for the Rugby World Cup such that the 90,000 overseas visitors we expect can enjoy a singular card acceptance experience.

Continue reading ‘Last Deployment date for 5.2 terminals’

Since 2004 Paymark has managed a program to implement the EMV* standards and implement world-leading payment security measures across its network.

As part of this program, EFTPOS terminals carrying software versions no longer complying with the current standards are being phased out. Continue reading ‘5.1 terminals end of deployment’

Tech Trans is proud to announce the VefiFone Vx610 CDMA terminal is now Paymark 6.0 certified. It is the only CDMA 6.0 certified terminal in New Zealand.

The Paymark 6.0 software offers a set of enhanced features over 5.1 including:

      - Increased battery life through a new power save feature
      - Electronic Offline Vouchers plus all the new ETSL 6.0 features
      - New CDMA features including signal strength meter

 All Vx610 Terminals will now be shipped as standard with ETSL 6.0 software.

Cash is no longer king in New Zealand, according to the Retirement Commission’s report.

Continue reading ‘Kiwis moving closer to cashless society’

“Just thought I would let you know that the eftpos is working really well with approx 40%-50% of customers changing from cash to eftpos and the ones that still pay by cash saying they will do eftpos next time, yahoo!
Staff have come around too and have commented on how easy it is to use - you have no idea how much they were against it going in. It’s awesome and we hope to have 90% of transactions via eftpos by the end of winter.
Thank you to the team at Viaduct.”

Taylor Coal Ltd

At Viaduct we know that starting a business is a big investment, especially in these unsettled economic times, so we are standing right beside you and our products by introducing our new Viaduct New Business Assurance programme.

With the Viaduct New Business Assurance programme, you get the confidence and certainty that you can select the right payment solution for your business and if things change for the worse or the business doesn’t work out as expected you won’t have the worry of a debt you can’t afford.

You may never need it, but it’s good to know its there. Continue reading ‘Viaduct Releases New Business Assurance’

Here are the details for the modems that we supply so that you can set up a WIFI network for your wifi eftpos terminals.

The Verifone VX670 over wifi is the fastest standalone terminal on the New Zealand market.

This page contains the current list of EMV Approved EFTPOS Terminals certified to version 6.0, 5.2, and 5.1 of the Terminal Specification for connection to the Paymark EFTPOS Network.  

   Current terminal list on Paymark

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Leading electronic product distribution and payments processing provider SmartPay Ltd (NZX: SPY) announced today that the company had been appointed the exclusive New Zealand distributor of the PAX range of EFTPOS terminals. Continue reading ‘SmartPay to distribute Pax eftpos terminals’

Vandals who torched four telecommunications cabinets in Wanaka late last week have run up a bill with Telecom worth half a million dollars.

Telecom spokesperson Robin Kelly said more than 800 homes and businesses had their landlines knocked out in the Thursday and Friday night attacks but services were restored by about 3.30am yesterday. Continue reading ‘Eftpos out for 800 Wanaka businesses’