John Adams

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.

MasterCard has agreed to purchase Opus Software's electronic payment and card technology subsidiary ElectraCard Services.

Host Card Emulation technology, which allows mobile devices to emulate a secure Near Field Communication transaction, is catching on fast so fast that it would be unwise for any company to ignore it, says ABNote CEO Steven Singer.

U.S. banks and other companies may already be closer to EMV compliance than they realize, says Mansour Karimzadeh, managing director and chief technology officer of payment consultant and technology company SCIL.

Loyalty programs can be a challenge because in Brazil's anti-coupon culture. Pizza Hut is overcoming this hurdle with a combined loyalty and prepaid card.

Italian payments technology company TAS Group is approaching U.S. issuers with a product called e-Mission that takes aim at two growing payment trends in the country: EMV-chip cards and instant issuance.

When Ben Milne was running a manufacturing company in Iowa, "you could not get around credit card fees," he recalls.

Zipremit is planning a service that will enable merchants to accept payments and extend credit to consumers who don't want to use a credit card account.