To accept PayPal payment cards.
TransFirst, a provider of transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, has announced that at the point of sale, it can now accept PayPal payment cards.
TransFirst will now enable card-present merchants to accept PayPal payment cards through their point of sale solutions. Discover payments infrastructure will now facilitate the point of sale acceptance.
“Our association with PayPal is a valuable strategic alliance for TransFirst,” says John Shlonsky, president and CEO of TransFirst. “This relationship provides us with new opportunities to create additional payment options to benefit our merchants and their customers by bringing new technology to the point of sale.”
“In a competitive, multi-channel payment market place, TransFirst is joining an elite group of merchant acquirers that are providing innovative solutions, convenience and choice to their merchants,” said Diane Offereins, president of Discover Payment Services.
“As consumers continue to use technology to shop in new ways, PayPal is excited to work with TransFirst,” said Don Kingsborough, V.P. Retail, PayPal. “This collaboration will help to bring the future of shopping to consumers and retailers today
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