Agilysys Integrates With Merchant Link's Tokenization Solution, TransactionVault And EMV Solution, TransactionLink

Merchant Link to provide payment security solutions to Agilysys customer base SILVER SPRING, MD

Merchant Link, a leading payment gateway offering cloud-based cardholder data security solutions, announced recently, rGuest Pay v1.6 is approved as a certified interface on the Merchant Link Payment Gateway, integrated to their EMV solution, TransactionLink and tokenization solution, TransactionVault. This certification tested Retail and Restaurant TransNet XML messages being transmitted from the rGuest Pay v1.6 interface to TransactionLink Model 220 Mini hardware device, using Ingenico PIN pads with ANSI 3DES DUKPT encryption.

“We chose to integrate to Merchant Link’s Secure EMV Payment Gateway due to the added security for customer credit card data. In doing so, we gain a competitive advantage and an additional layer of security, and confidence in our suite of PMS products to market to new dealers and potential merchants,” shared Robt Sadeckas, Director, Product Management of Agilysys.

“Merchant Link has the ability and product confidence to reach out and attract additional ISV’s and create a larger market share. Subsequently, we are driving a level of security throughout the hospitality industry and our clients. Agilysys has a large portfolio of customers. By partnering with Merchant Link, it is clear they have trust and perceived value in our products.”

“In achieving this partnership, we increase our customer base in the hotel arena and continue to build the ISV initiative” commented Laura Meck, EVP, Sales & Marketing.

Integration and Certification is complete.

About Agilysys
Agilysys is a leading technology company that provides innovative software and services for point-of-sale (POS), property management (PMS), reservation and table management, inventory and procurement, workforce management, analytics, document management, and mobile and wireless solutions exclusively to the hospitality industry. Our products and services allow operators to streamline operations, improve efficiency and understand customer needs across their properties to deliver a superior overall guest experience. The result is improved guest loyalty, growth in wallet share and increased revenue as they connect and transact with their guests based upon a single integrated view of individual preferences and interactions. We serve four major market sectors: Gaming, both corporate and tribal; Hotels, Resorts and Cruise; Corporate Foodservice Management; and Restaurants, Universities, Stadia and Healthcare.

Agilysys operates across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and India with headquarters located in Alpharetta, GA. For more information, visit www.agilysys.com.

About Merchant Link
Merchant Link is a leading provider of cloud-based payment gateway and data security solutions, removing the risk and hassle of payments for more than 500,000 restaurant, hotel and retail locations. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, Merchant Link currently enables more than 6 billion transactions annually for some of the world's best-known merchants, providing connectivity to the major U.S. payment card processors. TransactionVault, our tokenization solution, TransactionShield, our point-to-point encryption solution, and TransactionLink, our EMV solution, mitigate the risk of a data compromise while lowering the cost and effort of PCI compliance. For more information, visit www.merchantlink.com.