Payment Alliance International Teams up With CardFlight for EMV-Ready Mobile POS

Electronic payment processing solutions provider Payment Alliance International (PAI) has partnered with CardFlight, a leading mobile point of sale (POS) technology provider, to offer easy, affordable EMV-ready payment acceptance solutions to its market partner distribution network and merchant customers nationwide.

Under the partnership, CardFlight’s flagship SwipeSimple mPOS platform will be offered as PAImobile Plus.

The multi-faceted co-branded solution will become PAI’s preferred mPOS solution for those who want to accept mobile payments and manage their businesses through smartphones and tablets.

“CardFlight’s solution is a perfect fit for PAI and our clients,” said John J. Leehy III, president and chief executive officer at PAI. “Mobile payments are an exciting part of how today’s retailing gets done, and having an EMV-capable solution gives PAI customers a real advantage. Our partnership with CardFlight facilitates anytime, anywhere payment acceptance and back-office business functions that will greatly benefit our merchant customers.”

PAImobile Plus will offer encrypted EMV-ready mobile card readers that connect to Android and iOS devices through the audio jack.

This solution also features payment acceptance applications, a reseller portal for easy on-boarding and portfolio management and real-time reporting and an administrative dashboard.

PAI will process transactions through CardFlight’s Payment Card Industry (PCI) Level 1 compliant payment gateway.

“PAI is a leader in the payments industry with a successful track record of partnering with distributors, independent sales organizations and financial institutions to serve tens of thousands of merchants,” said Derek Webster, founder and chief executive officer for CardFlight. “We’re excited to be working with PAI to enable merchants to accept payments and perform a multitude of back-office functions on mobile devices.”