David Heun

Intuit says it is addressing a major concern of small businesses in offering a product to enable faster online payments by automating invoices generation and data entry.

Dublin-based gateway provider Realex Payments is working to make personal and business banking less expensive by offering payments-only banking services.

Visa is making its common application identifier available for Discover's Pulse debit network, marking the latest in a string of agreements that pave the way for EMV debit card acceptance in the U.S.

Elavon's clients now have the option to add a customer loyalty program directly into their payment transaction systems, enabling shoppers to redeem rewards any time they make a payment.

ID Analytics, anticipating an influx of fraud attempts on the Web, has upgraded its anti-fraud software to incorporate more information about online purchasing behavior.

Merchants who in recent years viewed mobile payments as experimental now say they consider the technology vital in e-commerce, even though many remain concerned about fraud.

Commuters in New York City may still use magnetic-stripe MetroCards to pay fares for five years to come, but transportation officials say they are considering some more modern options.

Global payments provider Payoneer will handle Google's "insurance" payments to consumers as part of the Google Trusted Stores program.

EMV technology provider TAS Group has launched its card management software in the U.S., making an initial deal to integrate with Green Dot's reloadable prepaid card network.

JetPay Corp. is providing employees in its payroll services department with a money-access prepaid Visa card as the first phase of a planned national rollout of the new card.

Riders on Chicago Transit Authority buses and elevated trains will make all payments with the Ventra transportation card starting July 1, the CTA announced this week.

Most banks and payment processors are in no hurry to help marijuana sellers accept credit card payments where the substance can be legally sold, despite a clear opportunity to modernize what is largely a cash-based market.

Fiserv, which owns the Accel debit network, has signed a license agreement with Visa for its common application identifier (AID), following a similar agreement last week between Fiserv and MasterCard.

London-based Flypay Ltd. plans to end what it refers to as the "10-minute restaurant bill chase" at the end of a meal by offering a mobile application that speeds up payment while providing more customer data to restaurant owners.

Visa's Elizabeth Buse has been kept busy by the many advancements in payments technology happening around the world.

One of the biggest challenges Ann Cairns faced over the past year was working to spread MasterCard's financial inclusion mission into more countries where consumers lack banking networks and rely mostly on cash.

Annmarie "Mimi" D. Hart, president and CEO of MagTek Inc., must have had a crystal ball at work in predicting for years that consumers would eventually demand a "Dick Tracy style" wristwatch computer for tasks such as payments.

Diane Offereins spends much of her time as Discover's executive vice president for payments services working to unite the company's three payment networks — Discover Network, Diners Club International and the Pulse ATM Network — into one global payments business.

Sandra Pianalto encourages women entering the payments industry to "embrace uncertainty, and take charge of your career by raising your hand for the tough assignments."

Susan Sobbott realizes consumer technologies and back-office payment structures are on a collision course.