John Adams

Facebook has deployed a feature called Donate that allows people to contribute directly to nonprofits through the social networking site.

Card identity and personalization company Datacard has agreed to acquire Entrust, a company that sells digital identity technology.

Mitek, having successfully promoted its imaging technology as a way to deposit checks and pay bills with a smartphone's camera, is now taking aim at retail payments.

VoiP provider Rebtel has debuted Sendly, an app that allows users to send money to prepaid mobile subscribers in more than 50 countries.

Mobile point of sale services provider I Love Velvet has purchased WeXpay, an electronic wallet company.

Mobile commerce provider Spindle and mobile payment company iPayMobil have partnered to enable merchants to offer credit.

Flint is adding a number of new features to its software-based mobile acceptance app, including invoicing, Apple Passbook support and multi-item transactions.

BillTrust will provide access to Open Scan Technologies' Order to Cash (O2C) services in an effort to increase visibility into business payments processing.

Vodafone Germany has debuted a new mobile wallet including the Vodafone SmartPass Visa payment application.

MasterCard released new standards that require companies that use payroll cards to provide educational resources, increased fee transparency and allow free access account information.

Capital One and PushPoint are planning to launch a system that matches payments activity with other elements of the shopping process, such as a consumer's location in a store, in real time.

Planet Payment and PT Bank Central Asia (BCA) have launched a service that allows consumers to make international payments in their own currency.

MasterCard will enable cardholders at Commonwealth Bank of Australia to load and store payment account credentials on some Samsung handsets, starting with the Galaxy S4.

Square has purchased Evenly, a company that provides services for person-to-person payments. The move heightens Square's competition with PayPal and bolsters its own Square Cash product.

Global Payments and mobile operator 1O1O have launched a mobile point of sale service in Hong Kong.

PayPal has invested in Loop Commerce, which offers a software-based gifting service for retailers.

Payments servicing provider Nortridge is integrating with PayNearMe's electronic cash transaction network to enable borrowers to make payments at 7-Eleven and ACE Cash Express stores, thus reducing the risk lenders would face in in accepting cash payments at their own locations.

Square's updated mobile card reader adds a lot of new technology, but its omissions speak volumes about the company's strategy.

DB Networks has joined the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council.

The Merchant Customer Exchange has added Exxon Mobil, Rite Aid, Kum & Go and Giant Eagle as participating merchants in its mobile wallet.