Bailey Reutzel

Xapo says its Bitcoin debit card will start rolling out by the end of June, and it will be accepted anywhere by using the rails of a card network, interchange fees included.

About 25,000 people around the world are being paid in Bitcoin on a regular basis by posting content on Women's Annex, a blogging platform predominantly focused on Afghanistan, and its parent site Film Annex.

Xapo says its Bitcoin debit card will start rolling out by the end of June, and it will be accepted anywhere by using the rails of a card network, interchange fees included.

Visa Inc. has announced a new specification for reloadable prepaid providers focused on simplifying fees and disclosures.

Kiind, a business-to-business gifting startup, has launched a reloadable account and added new funding methods to its platform to meet the demands of its business clients for payment flexibility.

CrowdCurity is applying the core principle of Bitcoin—decentralization—to security by offering a crowdsourced marketplace of global security testers.

Dwolla is expanding its next-day payments network to all business customers after launching it initially for government agencies and large corporations.

Payoneer, a cross-border payment provider, is exceeding its 40% predicted growth rate with nearly 100,000 applications coming in every month.

The Nebraska State Treasurer's office has partnered with PayNearMe to allow residents who prefer cash a way to make online payments.

The payments industry is great at collecting data. The challenge now? Parsing it, capitalizing on it and letting customers put parameters on it. Bailey Reutzel reports from Card Forum.

Avalara Inc. has launched a Bitcoin module for its AvaTax compliance engine to help merchants who accept Bitcoin manage their taxes.

McDonald's Austria has launched a mobile ordering and payment app, Quick Mac, which allows customers to pay with the most common cashless payment options in the country.

Merchants are fighting fraud with machine-learning systems, a self-updating alternative to rules-based fraud detection methods.

Russia's Sberbank, the third largest bank in Europe, will use Host Card Emulation technology for its mobile payments initiatives as a way to eliminate players and cut the costs of deployment.

Jumio Inc. has formed the Bitcoin Identity Security Open Network (Bison) to enable its clients to share fraud trend data.

Jumio is working with the European Bitcoin exchange Safello to provide faster verification of customers.

Square's latest flurry of features came just in time for Souvla, a new Greek sandwich shop and wine bar in San Francisco.

Swipely, which combines a data analytics platform with payment processing, is expanding the feature set to appeal to larger merchants.

Live Gamer, a digital commerce provider, will offer its new Pay+ and Elements global payment platforms for the education industry.

First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha, is partnering with the deals delivery company Swagbucks to implement a rewards program for its credit and secured credit card programs.