John Adams

Corporate payment provider Wex is already laying the groundwork for 2015, when it plans to use the ExxonMobil fleet payments program to jump-start its efforts in the large network of European countries that comes with the new product.

United Nations Federal Credit Union, the first U.S. financial institution to offer EMV-chip cards to U.S. residents in the country's recent migration efforts, will tap Gemalto's global issuance service to add more locations were the credit union's members can obtain chip cards.

Payroll cards have gotten a lot of bad press over the past year, but the product is nevertheless a bright opportunity, says Rick Savard, CEO of UniRush, the company behind the RushCard prepaid cards.

Payline Data wants to add smaller businesses to its roster of merchant services clients, and figures "no swipe" mobile payments is good way to get in the door.

Visa will leverage SAP's hosted transaction technology to encourage more automated corporate payments, which are still more paper-based compared to consumer payments.

Mint, a personal financial management tool from Intuit, will let users view digital Bitcoin transactions processed by Coinbase along with their spending and saving in traditional bank accounts.

The recent spate of retailer data breaches demonstrates the need to embrace security methods such as EMV-chip cards and tokenization to protect transactions, Visa CEO Charlie Scharf told investors on Jan. 30.

PayPal says it did not divulge credit card information from a customer who contends PayPal exploited in a scheme to force him to give up his Twitter handle, "@N."

Ribbon is extending its payments services beyond merchant acceptance to include person-to-person payments.

Electronic payment and banking technology provider ACI Worldwide is working with Integrated Research to develop new performance management software.

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with electronic payment processor ElectraCard Services (ECS) and the University Students Community Organization (UNISCOO) to offer MasterCard prepaid cards to its customers in Kenya.

Fiserv's new release of its CheckFree RXP bill payment product borrows from electronic gaming and social networks in an effort to get more people interested in paying their bills online.

Total System Services CEO Phil Tomlinson took time out from discussing record revenue during the payments processor's Jan. 28th earnings call to proclaim his company safe from the slate of recent data breaches that have afflicted Target and other retailers.

Total System Services CEO Phil Tomlinson took time out from discussing record revenue during the payments processor's Jan. 28th earnings call to proclaim his company safe from the slate of recent data breaches that have afflicted Target and other retailers.

Prepaid and electronic wallet provider Global Payout will enable clients to transfer funds to China UnionPay cardholders.

Mike Liberatore has become the new chief financial officer at the payments startup Clinkle.

Mobile app developer Photopon is launching technology that lets merchants customize its photo-based offer system.

NVoicePay has expanded its hosted business payments technology to a number of new industries, betting there will be an increasing appetite for outsourced payments automation.

Apple sees a big opportunity in mobile payments, CEO Tim Cook said in a conference call to discuss the company's fiscal first-quarter earnings.

Michaels is investigating a possible data security attack, CEO Chuck Rubin said in a letter to customers.