David Heun

Online payments provider Optimal Payments Ltd. established the foundation for expanding its payment gateways to U.S. merchants and prepaid business in Europe with separate deals announced this week.

Passengers on US Airways flights can now purchase food and beverages with a tap of their credit card.

Software developers at Korala Associates Limited figured they had a pretty solid pitch to banks: a machine they claim costs one-tenth of a traditional ATM, yet provides all of the banking services a customer would need while in a retail setting.

Retail ATM provider Cardtronics Inc. will allow customers of BBVA Compass free access to 178 Cardtronics-owned ATMs in Colorado as part of a new branding relationship with the Birmingham, Ala.-based bank.

Isis, mobile-pay venture formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile, has signed two deals that would allow consumers to use its Near Field Communication-based mobile wallet at vending machines that accept cashless payments.

Capitol Federal Savings Bank will upgrade its ATM network with new NCR SelfServ units that allow consumers to deposit cash and checks simultaneously through a single slot.

Banks have at times been urged to design their own wallets instead of working with third parties — but going it alone may not always be the best approach.

It appears Near Field Communication payment technology is on the verge of coming into its own — at least in terms of its availability, though not necessarily in consumer adoption.

JPMorgan Chase's approach to instantly issued debit cards today seems like that of many other banks — it helps checking customers get cards faster. But its future plans for the technology suggest a more ambitious goal.

NCR Corp. took on the mission of reinventing itself more than a year ago. Part of that reinvention had to do with transforming from a hardware company into a more diverse provider of software and maintenance services. The addition of Retalix allows NCR to fill the gaps in its offerings for retailers.

With each new mobile-payment function developers create for smartphones, a correlating new security risk arises. The riskiest aspect for merchants, issuers and consumers remains the initial phase — when consumers enroll for a product, says ValidSoft Ltd.

As if the emerging mobile payments market isn’t complicated enough, new research indicates banks and retailers are rarely on the same page as consumers in terms of how they view new payment technology.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council's participating organizations voted that third-party security assurance and best practices will be the two key areas for the PCI special interest groups to study in 2013.

A JPMorgan Chase branch on Chicago's North Side joins about 100 others that let customers use special kiosks as an alternative to waiting in line at the teller window.

CorFire, an Atlanta-based mobile payments technology provider, has opened a London office to provide support and customer service for mobile commerce developments throughout Europe.

Rich Rezek, director of global product management for Retail Decisions, talked with PaymentsSource about the complex world that data security has become in the ongoing conflict with organized crime and petty fraudsters.

Transact24 wants to get its various Visa prepaid card products into the hands of more businesses and consumers by expanding its reach with issuing banks in the United Kingdom through a partnership with CashFlows.

Visa is launching a new data security system, called the Visa Consumer Authentication Service, for issuers to use for online transactions.

PushCoin aims to give parents a better handle on their kids' spending habits with a payment system rooted in the use of an assortment of items including mobile phones, wristbands and Near Field Communication stickers.

Visa and Vodafone Australia are launching the SmartPass mobile wallet, which lets consumers with Near Field Communication-equipped phones make payments through a virtual Visa prepaid card.