VeriFone Systems, Inc. designs, markets, and services electronic payment solutions that enable secure electronic payments among consumers, merchants, and financial institutions worldwide. The company provides countertop electronic payment systems that accept magnetic, smart card, and contactless/radio frequency identification cards; and support credit, debit, check, electronic benefits transfer, and various pre-paid products, as well as offers wireless system solutions. The company also provides products for the point of sale applications, which include displays, user-friendly interfaces, electronic cash registers (ECR) interfaces, durable key pads, and signature capture functionality; and contactless/near field communication (NFC) payment solutions for consumer-activated transactions using contactless cards, tokens, or NFC enabled mobile phones. In addition, it offers various products for petroleum companies, such as integrated electronic payment systems that combine card processing, fuel dispensing, and ECR functions, as well as secure payment systems for integration with petroleum pump controllers and systems. Further, the company provides server-based transaction products; secure payment hardware and software integration modules; and VeriShield Protect, a solution that encrypts and protects consumer card data. Additionally, it offers client services, including payment system consulting, deployment, on-site and telephone-based installation and training, help desk support, repairs, replacement of impaired system solutions, asset tracking, and reporting; and project management services. The company serves financial institutions, payment processors, petroleum companies, retailers, government organizations, and healthcare companies, as well as independent sales organizations. The company was formerly known as VeriFone Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to VeriFone Systems, Inc. in May 2010. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California
