David Heun

By adding Popmoney person-to-person payments to its primary mobile banking application, PNC Bank is putting the feature where its most tech-savvy customers expect to see it.

As more financial institutions and other companies turn to cloud-based services to maintain customer contact centers, Echopass Corp. says it has strengthened its position to assure data handled in those centers remains secure.

MasterCard Inc. and a major wireless carrier in the Netherlands will join three Dutch banks in reviving a Near Field Communication-based mobile payment test that was nearly three years in the making.

Many mobile commerce systems are built on the premise that we need something simpler than typing a complex password on a small screen. With the iPhone 5S, Apple unveiled its own solution: a fingerprint scanner.

U.S. District Judge John Gleeson has an opportunity this week to put an end to an antitrust complaint against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. that dates back to 2005. But the courtroom battle may continue past the Sept. 12 fairness hearing.

EVO Payments International has chosen a name to invoke the effect its perpetual software license from IP Commerce Inc. will have for the company — EVO Snap.

Today's the day Apple unveils the successor to the iPhone 5. Here's a look at the leaks, patent applications and other rumors that shed light on the company's mobile payment plans.

Giesecke & Devrient says it has given Near Field Communication payments a significant boost by developing a SIM card on which several NFC applications can operate simultaneously.

Telefónica Czech Republic, operating under its 02 brand, will pilot a mobile payment program to allow merchants to accept payments on their smartphones or tablets from consumers using Near Field Communication-enabled stickers or smartphones.

Seven card-issuing banks can sue Heartland Payment Systems Inc. for negligence stemming from the processor’s 2008 data breach, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week.

Total System Services has signed a long-term acquiring agreement with Irving, Texas-based Anovia Payments.

With all the various payment methods now available to consumers shopping online, more than 80% still prefer to use cash for online purchases of £10 (U.S. $15.55) or less, according to a survey by a U.K.-based online cash payments provider.

It appears Google may not be satisfied with the prospects of consumers only wearing its Glass headsets and using its mobile wallet on Android-powered smartphones.

Citibank has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a complaint by the Connecticut attorney general that the bank was aware of a security flaw in its online banking service that resulted in hackers obtaining payment card data and stealing about $2.7 million.

Cloud payment processor and mobile commerce vendor i2c Inc. is providing the technology for Boom Financial's entry into Haiti with its text-messaging money transfer service.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will have a Near Field Communication chip in it, according to reports. But only time will tell if Samsung plans to use the chip for payments.

U.S. merchants are in for a rude awakening if they do not prepare for the spike in e-commerce fraud that will likely follow the shift to EMV-chip cards at the point of sale.

A European EMV migration technology provider plans to make itself known to more U.S. payments companies.

The St. Louis-based grocery chain Schnucks Markets Inc. continues to face legal woes, four months after disclosing that up to 2.4 million credit and debit card numbers were exposed in a data breach initiated last December.

PreCash Inc. has launched Evolve Money, a consumer-facing online and mobile application that allows cash-paying users a way to pay and track their bills.