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MICROS
and Elavon Deliver Secure Payment Technology
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Integrated
Approach Can Put Businesses on the Fast-Track to Data Security
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Columbia,
MD – June 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / MICROS
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology
solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, and Elavon,
a leading global payments provider, have integrated their respective gateway
and security products to deliver encryption and tokenization for the hotel
and food and beverage industries, facilitating a secure environment throughout
the entire payment transaction cycle. With the integration work already
completed for the MICROS OPERA hotel property management system (PMS) and
the primary MICROS food and beverage point-of-sale (POS) platforms, MICROS
clients can take immediate advantage of a seamless, secure end-to-end process
that combines the existing cost-effective and cutting-edge payment card
processing solutions from MICROS with built-in security features like encryption
and tokenization from Elavon, providing clients with these benefits:
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Opportunity
to streamline PCI compliance process and reduce time and effort associated
with maintaining compliance
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Ability
to consolidate multiple interfaces and certifications for electronic payment
processing
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Ease of
implementation, service and support
“MICROS’
innovations in payment processing are allowing us to add value to our clients,
and expanding our capabilities with Elavon typifies our approach,” said
Kevin King, Vice President of eCommerce and Payments. “Our integrated approach
provides business owners with direct access to a simple-to-implement solution
that puts businesses on the fast-track to data security.”
Powered
by the MICROS Payment Gateway™ and Elavon’s Fusebox™ gateway solution,
this next generation payment environment is built upon decades of proven
PMS and payment processing expertise. Robust scalability offers a great
fit for businesses of any size with any number of workstations – from a
single location business to multi-national brands.
“At
Elavon, we are highly focused on providing opportunities that help our
clients grow,” said Ian Drysdale, EVP and Head of Business Development
for Elavon, North America. “Offering an integrated payments approach with
MICROS resolves a pain point for hoteliers, retailers and clients who face
the complexities of managing a secure end-to-end payments process. We can
eliminate the headache so they can focus on delivering great client experiences.”
About
MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS
Systems, Inc. provides enterprise-wide applications, services and hardware
for the hospitality and retail industries. Serving an extensive portfolio
of clients worldwide, MICROS solutions are utilized in hotels, casinos,
table and quick service restaurants, retail, leisure and entertainment,
fuel and convenience, cruise, and travel operations in more than 180 countries,
and on all seven continents. MICROS combines its industry knowledge and
expertise to provide cloud-based, mobile and on premise solutions that
allow its clients to streamline operations and successfully engage their
customers.
MICROS
applications include point of sale, property management, central systems,
business intelligence, eCommerce, loyalty, CRM, loss prevention, distributed
order management, labor management, inventory management, and merchandise
planning solutions. MICROS services include hosting and SaaS, platform
implementation and integration, strategic business consulting, interactive
marketing, design services including creative and user experience, and
managed services. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol
MCRS.
For
more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions
for the hospitality and retail industries, please contact Louise Casamento,
Vice President of Marketing at 443-285-8144 or 866-287-4736. You can also
visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com
or send an email to info@micros.com.
Follow MICROS on Facebook,
LinkedIn,
YouTube,
and the MICROS Blog.
Contact:
Louise
J. Casamento
Vice
President of Marketing
Phone:
443-285-8144
About
Elavon
Elavon
(www.elavon.com) is wholly owned by
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and provides end-to-end payment processing solutions
and services to more than 1.3 million customers in the United States, Europe,
Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico. As the #1 provider for airlines
and a top five provider for hospitality, healthcare, retail, and public
sector/education, Elavon’s innovative payment solutions are designed to
solve pain points for businesses from small to enterprise-sized.
Contact:
Hallema
Sharif
Director
of Public Relations
678-731-5149 |