John Adams

Lamassu has received more than 120 orders for its Bitcoin ATMs in the first four months after launch, and has set up a map of locations.

Mobile financial services technology company Monitise says it has signed several recent deals with clients across Europe and Asia.

As mobile wallets mature, so will attempts to use the technology to marry payments and marketing, according to one industry expert.

Moscow-based cross channel payments provider Qiwi announced it has acquired 100% of Blestgroup Enterprises Limited.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a warning on the risks of virtual currencies, and the country's largest Bitcoin trading platform has shut down.

Debit spending increased 12% on the shopping days following Thanksgiving, according to payments processor The Members Group.

The Minneapolis-based bank has been using mobile and digital watermark technology internally at board meetings to add multimedia elements to what would otherwise be static reports. It is now extending that technology to shopping and payments.

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.