John Adams

The CardLinx Association is forming councils for Europe and Canada in an effort to facilitate standards for card-linked offers in those regions.

Square, which built its business on the simplicity of its plug-in payment device, is piling on services that should make banks and other companies take notice.

MeaWallet is prepping to launch in a number of countries, and it is starting in Sweden through the use of a nationalized authentication standard.

Square, which built its business on the simplicity of its plug-in payment device, is piling on services that should make banks and other companies take notice.

Square has launched Square Capital, a credit program for small business, joining a growing number of companies breaking into small-business lending.

AnywhereCommerce is approaching established retailers and merchant service providers with a toolkit for a quick upgrade.

Square has launched Square Capital, a credit program for small business, joining a growing number of companies breaking into small-business lending.

VeriFone and iPayment are partnering on a tablet-based point of sale system to provide small-business owners the types of services more commonly used by larger businesses.

Google Inc.'s YouTube is developing a feature that allows the video site's viewers to send funds to content creators.

BillingTree is giving consumers a test drive of its systems for handling car payments electronically.

As InComm takes the platform it developed for Rogers Communications' suretap mobile wallet to new regions, it's mindful that the system should adapt to the needs of each market.

About a half year after Target suffered a massive data breach, the retailer is still anticipating further financial hits.

eBay is asking all users to change their passwords following an attack on a database that contained encrypted passwords and other user data.

Card manufacturer CPI Card Group is bulking up to handle the anticipated demand for EMV-chip cards as issuers and merchants rush to meet the 2015 deadline set by the card networks.

Bank of America Corp. plans to allow new transaction types, such as corporate disbursements, to be made through the bank-led clearXchange person-to-person payments network.

Prepaid product and transaction services company InComm has launched a platform for mobile payments and commerce.

Payments company BlueSnap is adding tax tools in an attempt to make it easier for e-commerce merchants to expand to more countries.

WePay has increased its addressable market in the small-business sector by about 600,000 through a partnership with e-marketing and website design provider Constant Contact.

As consumers get more comfortable with biometrics, the technology could have more uses for payments and other financial transactions.

WePay's decision to halt a crowdfunding initiative for an adult film actress struck a nerve as payments companies are seen distancing themselves from people in the adult entertainment industry.