David Heun

Accenture has launched a new mobile wallet that will include consumer analytics and data capabilities, allowing its clients to handle payments and create personalized offers.

BlueSnap has developed software designed to help online merchants cut down on checkout abandonment by allowing them to host numerous checkout pages designed for different markets.

French terminal maker Ingenico SA and electronics giant Samsung are combining their mobile payment products to offer merchants an integrated mobile payment system.

French secure-chip testing provider Fime says it has strengthened its technology for EMV and mobile payment certification through an agreement with Agilent Technologies.

A new red Square mobile card reader is available to merchants who want to encourage donations to the Global Fund to fight AIDS.

Bankinter plans to bring Near Field Communication mobile payments to its customers in Spain, using host card emulation (HCE) technology to support the mobile virtual card it developed last year.

The most loyal and engaged shoppers are the ones who still pick private label cards, a new study says.

The U.K. mobile commerce initiative Weve has added a digital "pouch" for consumers in the U.K. to store loyalty cards and offers as the telco-owned joint venture continues to develop its product.

MasterCard Inc. and Points International Ltd. will partner to deliver more options for cardholders to redeem, exchange or trade their rewards points.

Payment technology and service provider Mercury Payment Systems LLC has appointed Andrew Patterson to the position of chief technology officer.

Data security is becoming a higher priority in board meetings at corporations, but IT teams are feeling the stress of implementing new security technology in addition to its various other tasks, a new Trustwave study says.

A bank-owned payment organization in Hong Kong will use technology from Gemalto to help it create a Near Field Communications mobile payments service.

At first, Pedro Alarcon felt reluctant to help fund his restaurant by signing up for a merchant cash advance from a company that wasn't a bank. But he'd had so much difficulty getting a conventional loan that the pitch from a company called AdvanceMe sounded too good to be true.

Orange has launched its Orange Cash mobile contactless payments system this week in two French cities.

When the Fast IDentity Alliance was established in 2012 to develop stronger e-commerce security, founding member Nok Nok Labs was already building the foundation for its authentication standard.

The Merchant Customer Exchange, a retailer-driven mobile commerce initiative, announced a partnership that sheds some more light on how its mobile wallet will eventually look.

A popular Pan-Asian restaurant chain in the U.K. will begin accepting payments for online take-out orders through Visa's V.me digital wallet.

JetPay Card Services has started a soft launch of a general purpose reloadable prepaid card, the first venture under a new leader in its young prepaid division.

Whole Foods Market has agreed to use multiple versions of Square Inc.'s mobile payments technology.

MoneyGram plans to restructure its executive lineup and other aspects of its organization as it works to expand consumer-facing services and manage its investments in anti-fraud and compliance programs.