Anti-fraud tech firm expands in area, expects to create 20 high-wage jobs

ST. PETERSBURG — Jacksonville-based Sound Payments, a tech firm that fights fraud at gas pumps and other points of sale, has opened an office in St. Petersburg.

The new location, according to a press release, will support the firm’s Petro Solutions division, which focuses on the elimination of scams and fraud schemes at gas stations via payment card technology known as EMV Easy Pump. Sound Payments expects the new office to create 20 high-wage jobs and help the company grow by 50% in 2020.