John Adams

MoneyGram will extend its agreement to provide services in more than 600 Albertsons locations in the U.S.

As mobile wallets mature, so will attempts to use the technology to marry payments and marketing, says Fiserv's Matt Wilcox.

The Walt Disney Co.'s board of directors has elected Twitter and Square co-founder Jack Dorsey as an independent director.

JPMorgan Chase and other banks are restricting debit card use by consumers potentially exposed to the retailer's recent data breach, according to reports.

Lisa Shipley, president of Transaction Network Services (TNS), will lead the board of directors and service as president of the Women's Network in Electronic Transactions (W.net), an organization that provides networking, mentoring, career development and education programming for women in the payments industry.

The Armory Bitcoin Wallet, a security and payments application, has changed its technology to require less computer memory – but it's still a product for power users

Loop Commerce is attempting to stake its position in e-commerce by offering payments technology that provides a gift's recipient some control over what is being purchased.

PayPal's corporate parent eBay has completed its $800 million acquisition of Braintree.

Ellen Richey has become the new chief legal officer at Visa, where she will be responsible for legal functions as well as oversight of the card network's compliance and audit teams.

MasterCard, eServGlobal and Bics have formed HomeSend, a joint venture that allows consumers to send money to and from mobile money accounts, cards, bank accounts or cash outlets.

Oink, which was previously called Virtual Piggy, is ready to expand its youth-oriented online payments business to include merchants with a physical presence.

Jerome Cle has stepped down as CEO of SCCP Group. He will remain active as a board member and strategic advisor to the mobile payment technology provider.

German smart card testing company Comprion will use a robotic arm to simulate use cases of Near Field Communication technology, which is used in some contactless and mobile payment schemes.

Swedish payment company Klarna has agreed to purchase German payment provider Sofort from Reimann Investors, Sofort's majority shareholder.

Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteksgruppen will launch SEQR, Seamless' mobile wallet.

MasterCard is tightening the screws around the use of prepaid cards as a way to pay employees. Some issuers will find its demands are straightforward and achievable; others may consider discontinuing the product.

VeriFone reported a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, but beat its internal guidance, and is touting new mobile payments initiatives as a way to improve performance in the future.

As payment companies add more mobile applications to accept transactions and speed processing, authentication will become more complex, says Todd Wilkinson, CEO of Datacard, which plans to bolster its identity technology for government and financial services clients via its acquisition of Entrust.

Amazon has purchased GoPago, a company that enables consumers to use mobile apps to prepay for goods before picking them up at a store, according to reports.

Prepaid payment network Blackhawk is offering a selection of electronic gift codes at Coinstar's coin-counting kiosks.