David Heun

Only two weeks after launching its SEQR mobile payment app in the U.S., Seamless is bringing the wallet service to the U.K.

Online payment processor Allied Wallet has joined the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace, allowing it to immediately accept and settle payments globally in multiple currencies at a lower cost.

Trustwave researchers have discovered a vulnerability in RubyGems, a software distribution programming language that's used for many payment processes.

Business-to-business payment provider Traxpay Inc. has hired a former PayPal and MasterCard executive as its chief operating officer.

The U.S. likely didn't need an extra shove to adopt an international payment messaging standard vital to a faster payments network but, just in case, the U.K.'s Payments Council is making it easier to do so.

Realex Payments, a division of Global Payments, has signed a three-year deal to process e-commerce and call-center transactions for insurance provider Aviva.

Following up on First Data's launch of the Clover Mini mobile point of sale device, TruBeacon has placed software in the Clover App Market that will link data from the payment terminal over a network of multiple retail locations.

The Dinube digital payments network plans to bypass legacy card networks while providing merchants and consumers in Europe's Single Euro Payments Area a real-time payment system without interchange pricing.

U.S. ATM operators still in the process of upgrading to EMV-chip card acceptance must also be ready to accept debit cards with common application identifier coding.

Forget about Bitcoin or other digital currencies. Consumers already have an alternative to cash – reward points – and the fast development of mobile wallets will enable them to spend these points widely.

Payment processor Elavon has signed a multi-year agreement to provide payment gateway and security technology to Wyndham Hotel Group.

Starbucks says it will offer its mobile order-and-pay application to customers at stores in 21 more states in the southern and central U.S.

Ecobank Transnational Inc. and MasterCard have agreed to promote electronic payments throughout Central and West Africa, accelerating use of payment cards for consumers and mobile card readers for merchants.

First Data likens its new Clover Mini payment terminal to Apple's product line: it's a device made to fill a niche that everyone else thought was already being served.

Uber is a successful but sharply divisive brand. To Capital One, Uber is also an ideal partner for reaching a millennial customer base that would rather pay for everything through an app.

The mega-banks' P2P venture, clearXchange LLC, has developed technology that could give it a key role in any implementation of faster payments in the U.S.

BBVA has not been afraid to grasp new payments technology and run with it, especially with its BBVA Wallet.

The mega-banks' P2P venture, clearXchange LLC, has developed technology that could give it a key role in any implementation of faster payments in the U.S.

The mega-banks' P2P venture, clearXchange LLC, has developed technology that could give it a key role in any implementation of faster payments in the U.S.

Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region no longer view the MasterPass wallet as an option only for big-ticket purchases.