VeriFone
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VeriFone is a company that makes point-of-sale equipment. They were founded and incorporated in Hawaii in 1981, and named themselves after their first product, the name standing for Verification telephone.
VeriFone, Inc. is a well-known brand in electronic payment solutions. Their principal product lines have included point of sale, merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payment systems for multiple industries, notably financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare markets.
VeriFone has sold numerous point-of-sale credit card reading products, one of the most notable being the Tranz 330 introduced in 1985. The company's most popular current products include the Omni 3700 Family, featuring the Omni 3730LE, Omni 3730, Omni 3740 and Omni 3750. In 2005, VeriFone introduced its newest line of products, Vx Solutions. These solutions focus on the needs of the ever-changing payment market and include the Vx 510LE and Vx 510, the Vx 570, which VeriFone claims supports four-second flash drive application downloads, the Vx 610, perfect for merchants who need a wireless payment solution, and the Vx 670, which provides payment ON THE SPOT—at the table, carside, or delivery environments.
On November 1, 2006 VeriFone completed its acquisition of Lipman and added NURIT solutions its growing portfolio.
