Bailey Reutzel

TD Bank Group and President’s Choice Financial are launching the Near Field Communication-based Ugo mobile wallet in Canada.

More independent sales organizations are using fees to force merchants to take Payment Card Industry security standard compliance seriously.

On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) plans to ship 40,000 Near Field Communication payment readers to North America by the end of the year.

Total Systems Services (TSYS) and Womply, a big-data startup, are nearing their goal of providing Womply's Insights platform to 10,000 of TSYS' clients by the end of the year.

MasterCard Inc. has partnered with the apparel seller J. Crew to target "digital mom" shoppers with the MasterPass digital wallet.

EVO Payments International LLC has finalized its acquisition of a controlling interest in Banco Popular merchant acquiring business in Spain that was disclosed last December as part of EVO's push to become an established global payments processor.

On the first day RoboCoin's Bitcoin ATM was deployed, one third of its users were new to the digital currency.

With the launch of "KitKat," the newest version of Google's Android mobile operating system, Android smartphones get Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities that may break down many of the barriers to hardware-based mobile payments.

Visa Inc. has partnered with Blue Label Mexico to bring electronic payments to hundreds of thousands of small merchants.

Microsoft is attracting interest in multiple countries for its collaboration with FreedomPay, which enables banks and large businesses to use consumer purchasing data for targeted offers.

PayPal is offering to waive $50,000 in processing fees for startups designing mobile or Web-based services through the eBay unit's Startup Blueprint Program.

About 40% of Domino Pizza Inc.'s customers use digital methods of ordering, with about one-third of those customers choosing the mobile app.

Square Inc. has added American Express and JCB credit card acceptance in Canada, expanding its payment options a year after launching in the country.

PayPal, having long ago charted the state-by-state regulatory waters for U.S. payments companies, is urging a reform to the rules in an effort that could ultimately help other players in its market.

Intuit is experimenting with payments applications for Google Glass, smartwatches and fitness bands.

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- If ISOs aren’t willing to transform their business models, they’ll become extinct in a payments industry bustling with aggressive, agile startups, a consultant says.

Utility companies are hungry for a mobile bill payment feature to reach customers more effectively, according a survey conducted by Check, a mobile finance management and bill payment company.

In a move to get into the approximately $40 billion corporate prepaid market, Blackhawk Network is purchasing InteliSpend Prepaid Solutions.

Revel Systems has integrated its iPad-based point of sale system with the Adyen Shuttle mobile card reader to provide more European merchants with an option for reading EMV-chip cards.

The alternative payment provider Dwolla has launched a credit-based instant payments capability, built on partnerships with banks and credit unions.