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Solink Corporation, a leading cloud-based security solution for video recording, loss prevention, and investigations, announced today that it has closed $5 million in new funding, led by Generation Ventures, with participation from ScaleUp Ventures, BDC IT Venture Fund and Valor Equity Partners. “We are pleased to have secured the confidence, commitment and ongoing support of […]

Avanti Commerce, the company behind Subway Restaurant’s impressive, global entry into mobile ordering have announced the launch of their software as a cloud-based platform, making mobile ordering and payment possible for any restaurant chain. Consumer demand for mobile ordering and payment continues to soar. Major brands such as Starbucks, Subway and Panera Bread have firmly […]

Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. provided further information regarding the previously disclosed payment card security incident involving certain U.S. restaurants. Upon learning of the incident, ARG immediately notified law enforcement and a thorough investigation was commenced. ARG learned of, and quickly took measures to contain and eradicate, malware that was present on the point-of-sale (POS) systems […]

Potentially more than 355,000 Arby’s customer’s debit and credit cards could have been compromised in a data breach that occurred at hundreds of locations, the brand confirmed to KrebsonSecurity. The hackers used malware on the chain’s payment systems of corporate stores nationwide. KrebsonSecurity reports that Arby’s learned of the breach in mid-January and took action, […]

TouchBistro has been granted a patent for a feature that enables restaurants to easily and quickly split bills between customers. The United States patent number 9514427—entitled “Graphical Interface and Input Method for Allocating an Invoice Amongst a Plurality of Accounts”—was issued on December 6. The patented feature provides restaurant staff with a powerful tool to […]

The Wendy’s Company announced that additional malicious cyber activity has recently been discovered in some franchise-operated restaurants. The company has disabled the malware where it has been detected. This latest action is the result of the Company’s continuing investigation into unusual credit card activity at some Wendy’s restaurants. Reports indicate that payment cards used legitimately at […]

Alert POS, a leader in Windows tablet/terminal point-of-sale (POS) solutions for restaurants and retailers, announced its new Active Intelligence security feature, a first in the POS industry. With today’s security threats on the rise, Alert POS has taken the lead to directly link its hyper-cloud POS solution to law enforcement and the 911 emergency phone […]