Hosting Reviews – ORLANDO, FL – First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today introduced mobile vouchers (mVoucher) for merchants looking to extend their brand and commerce services to their ever-more-mobile customers. First Data mVoucher enables merchants to deliver offers to consumers through e-mail or their mobile device. Sometimes referred to as coupons, mVouchers store a prepaid value funded by the merchant or consumer product goods company

Web Hosting News – London, UK – Managed hosting provider NetBenefit has attained PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliance following a detailed audit of its hosting environment by Qualified Security Assessor, CNS. The security standard, which was introduced by the major five card brands to combat fraud asks all merchants to secure their processes, systems, policies and procedures at every step of the payment card process to protect against the risk of cyber criminals accessing sensitive customer data, and requires rigorous compliance and assessment. For NetBenefit the PCI accreditation marks the end of a comprehensive project to attain high security in payment standards across its managed hosting facilities and enables it to provide merchants with a purpose built hosting environment that will meet the stringent requirements of the Standards Council

A screen shot of Hostasaurus news page announcing its acquisition by Miva Merchant (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Miva Merchant ( www.mivamerchant.com ) announced on Thursday it has acquired fellow hosting provider Hostasaurus ( www.hostasaurus.com ) for an undisclosed sum. The details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Internet marketers and online business owners who sell products from their websites should make sure that they have a good, secure site though an ecommerce web hosting provider.

A screenshot from a demo of SingleHop’s Tandem Reseller control panel (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web host SingleHop ( www.singlehop.com ) announced on Thursday that it has partnered with credit card processing firm Host Merchant Services ( www.hostmerchantservices.com ) to provide enhanced payment processing services to its customers. In December, Host Merchant Services formed a strategic partnership with hosting company imSMB. “Our agreement with Host Merchant Services is another step in our effort to offer a wide range of best-in-class services to our customers,” SingleHop CEO Zak Boca said in a statement.

The imEcommerce plan from imSMB that will use Host Merchant Services payment processing (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Credit card payment processing firm Host Merchant Services ( www.hostmerchantservices.com ) announced Monday it has formed a new strategic partnership with Web host imSMB ( www.imsmb.com ) to provide merchant accounts and related services to imSMB’s customers. The specific terms of the deal have not been released

SOURCE: Host Merchant Services NEWARK, DE–(Marketwire – December 13, 2010) – Credit card payment processing firm Host Merchant Services has announced a new strategic partnership with small business web hosting company imSMB to provide merchant accounts and related services to imSMB’s customers. Specific terms of the deal have not been made public, although Host Merchant Services is known for offering the lowest credit card processing rates available and has recently attracted a number of web hosting firms as clients. imSMB is a unique hosting provider which focuses on delivering turnkey web hosting packages custom website designs to the small and medium sized business (SMB) market.