Bailey Reutzel

The city of Indianapolis has seen a significant jump in parking revenue after adopting technology from Xerox, replacing antiquated meters with new ones that accept debit, credit and mobile payments.

The explosion of startups developing payment tools hasn't ceased, and simple consumer mobile wallets are starting to make way for products suitable for large corporations.

Longtime friends and business partners Alex Charfen and Price Givens have formally launched BitcoinWallet.com, which they plan to market as a social, consumer-friendly and transparent digital currency wallet.

Zipmark Inc. is taking its application programming interface for accepting digital checks and adapting it as a mass payment option to its business clients.

The payments technology company Stripe and other vendors say they get the best feedback from prospective clients by simply opening up their technology.

SRS Acquiom has launched an online component to its administration service for M&A closing and post-closing payments, providing an alternative to paper-based payments.

While mobile wallet providers try to simplify the payment process by taking physical plastic cards out of the equation, others are looking further into the future to an era where all things are connected.

Bitcoin ATM provider Robocoin is touting its ATMs as bank branches after launching an online banking platform, Robocoin Bank.

Bitcoin ATM provider Robocoin is touting its ATMs as bank branches after launching an online banking platform, Robocoin Bank.

When mainstream banks reacted to Target's holiday-season breach by reissuing cards, their biggest worry was active accounts. But for a prepaid card issuer like Green Dot, the inactive cards on retailers' shelves were also a significant concern.

New York state is cracking down on online lenders that, it says, are using debit card transactions to skirt payday lending laws.

Revel Systems is offering a new accessibility bundle for its tablet-based point of sale system.

EBay Inc. is looking at ways it can bring Venmo's mobile person-to-person payment method and the Venmo Touch mobile purchasing system into PayPal's ecosystem, eBay executives said in a conference call to discuss first-quarter earnings.

Square has launched an order-ahead feature and other services to boost its appeal to brick-and-mortar merchants, but history has shown that merchants can be fickle about which features they'll pay more to use.

Viableware has added the ability for full-service restaurants to accept EMV-chip cards with its handheld card reader, Rail.

Consumer travel is a growing opportunity for prepaid, although it is growing more rapidly overseas than in the United States, according to Bertrand Sosa, president of Rev Worldwide, a payment provider focusing on the underserved market.

Work/life balance, and the payments world itself, have something in common — they are undergoing radical change, according to women executives in the industry who shared tales about leading both efforts.

Mobile imaging is vital to Green Dot's GoBank account, which relies on the mobile device for nearly all customer interaction.

Being influential in the payments industry isn't just about positions or titles; it's about driving the course of business while also setting an example for others to follow in their careers and personal lives.

JPMorgan Chase will build on its developments in tokenization for a digital wallet that it plans to roll out by the end of the year.