Merchant Link has announced that it has partnered with AJB Software Design, a provider of electronic payment authorization and data delivery solutions, to integrate Merchant Link’s TransactionVault, a tokenization technology to remove customer credit card data at the point of sale. According to the two companies, "Merchant Link clients who use AJB’s payment solution will have an added layer of transaction security without disrupting their current payment infrastructure." READ MORE »

Merchant Link has announced that it will offer later this year its TranactionVault hosted credit card security product and service to users of the latest version of the MICROS OPERA Property Management System (PMS). READ MORE »

Merchant Link and MSI Solutions have announced a partnership that will allow MSI Solutions to offer Merchant Link's credit card gateway and security products and services as add-on interfaces to MSI Solutions' property management systems, including WinPM, NovaPlus, and EnterprisePM. READ MORE »

Merchant Link has announced that it has seen a significant increase in the adoption of its credit card payments security product, TransactionVault, by quick service, casual and table service restaurant organizations nationwide, including Perkin's, Zaxby's, Famous Dave's, La Madeline, and Ruth's Chris Steak House. READ MORE »

Merchant Link has announced results of a survey on credit card security and PCI compliance among attendees of the recently completed 2008 Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC 2008) finding that "corporate reputation and customer concerns regarding the security of their data are the primary worries in the hospitality industry in terms of credit card use among restaurants of all sizes and styles." READ MORE »

Heartland Payment Systems has announced it has "filed an antitrust action against MICROS Systems, Inc.; Merchant Link, LLC; and Chase Paymentech, owner of Merchant Link. The suit, filed in United States District Court in New Jersey, alleges the three companies have caused increased processing prices for table-service restaurants through an anti-competitive tying arrangement which violates the Sherman Antitrust Act and New Jersey's unfair competition laws." The text of Heartland's complaint is available online.