John Adams

U.S. Bank has launched a travel payments engine that provides unique identifiers for each transaction instead of a centralized billing umbrella.

The payment processor Planet Payment has named Carl Williams as its president.

Heartland Payment Systems will be a distributor of American Express Merchant Financing, a program that allows small businesses to obtain credit based on annual card processing volume.

Former First Data CFO Cheryl King will assume the same position at PaySpan, a health care payment automation company.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has purchased technology from ACI Worldwide to support integrated mobile, Web, interactive voice response, call center and electronic lockbox payment options.

Chip-testing provider Fime has developed an infrastructure and laboratory for Discover's contactless D-Payment Application (D-PAS) products.

Citibank Hong Kong and wireless carrier 3 Hong Kong are jointly launching the 3 Citi Wallet, which was designed for Hong Kong, but establishes a technology Citi can export to other regions.

BROOKFIELD, Wis.—Sixty percent of consumers make at least one payment per month with a laptop or desktop computer, according to a survey commissioned by Fiserv.

LOS ANGELES—CU Wallet has added 10 new credit union partners since the initiative's September unveiling, for a total of 25 credit unions representing 3 million members across 17 states.

As Wex extends its suite of travel and fleet payments products, the company is addressing the challenges that accompany certain markets.

CyberSource, a Visa e-commerce subsidiary, has partnered with Banque Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao (BCEL), Laos' largest commercial bank, to provide online payment services to merchants.

Despite the surge of emerging payment technologies, consumer behavior is slow to change —giving banks time to adjust.

MasterCard, echoing remarks made 16 hours earlier by Visa, is placing security at the heart of its emerging payments strategy.

Signature Card Services is bringing a dose of e-commerce to the U.S. migration to EMV-chip cards.

Visa, which reports its fraud rate is at a historic low of 6 cents for every hundred dollars processed, is positioning itself as a safe haven for payments services.

Starbucks Corp. reports that it receives 11% of its U.S. and Canadian sales through its mobile app, continuing its momentum in enticing customers to pay with the mobile version of its closed-loop Starbucks Card.

Heartland Payment Systems is making investments in tablet technology to attract merchant clients while combatting mobile payments startups.

WorldPay has received American Express' EMV payment processing certification, which means the processor is compliant with Amex's requirements for handling chip-card payments.

First Data's acquisition of marketing specialist Perka not only ups First Data's game in the loyalty space, it's also another sign that processors are willing to open their own wallets to ad digital expertise to woo merchants.

ACI Worldwide has extended its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of electronic bill payment provider Official Payments Holdings (OPay).