John Adams

U.S. Bank is developing a mobile app that can provide physical stores with the sort of data that is typically only available to online and mobile shopping sites.

Citigroup is developing a mobile wallet that uses Near Field Communication technology for contactless payments.

U.S. Bank and Monitise are partnering to develop mobile shopping technology, including product selection and instant checkout.

DataCash, a MasterCard subsidiary, will add Swiff's mobile point of sale technology to DataCash's range of processing and risk management services.

ShopKeep POS has hired Drew Schwartz as vice president of product management and David Herzog as director of business development for the company's channel business.

CU Wallet has partnered with Paydiant, DoubleBeam and CheckAlt to power components of its credit union-focused mobile wallet.

MasterCard and CB Bank will offer prepaid travel cards to Myanmar residents for international travel.

MasterCard has added Lulu Hypermarket and Auchan Italy to fundraising efforts tied to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

PayPal is developing a new checkout process for its mobile app, allowing users to scan a QR code or type a PIN at the point of sale to authenticate purchases made with its cloud-based mobile payment app.

Wired is deploying MasterCard technology that is designed to allow readers to purchase items directly from advertising and editorial content.

Card processor Pivotal Payments and data analytics vendor Womply are partnering to offer Pivotal Merchant Insights, which provides small businesses a way to analyze payments trends alongside their online and social media reputations.

To adapt to changes in the payments industry, Ceridian, a Minneapolis-based human resources, payroll and payment card company, has split its payments business from its human capital management unit.

The mobile payments market is overrun with companies offering clip-on card readers in a variety of shapes and sizes. Tantrum Street is betting that it can offer the same service without any add-on hardware at all.

The mobile carrier Sprint is launching Pinsight Touch, a national, open platform for securely storing and accessing credentials on a mobile device.

MasterCard is working with Parkeon, a parking management company, to enable merchants to deliver offers and loyalty programs to motorists while they are parking their cars.

Visa and @UKplc, a U.K.-based electronic commerce services provider, will jointly develop a software-based electronic procurement system that combines business management with payments.

MasterCard is adapting its rewards technology to better suit a world that's swimming in smartphones and abundant in app developers.

PayPal is now a payment option for Samsung Apps and Samsung Hub, and a payout option for Samsung Apps developers.

Maria Rueda, Heartland Payment Systems' chief financial officer, submitted her resignation on Sept. 25, according to an 8-K filing on Oct. 1.

Total System Services plans to deploy FICO fraud prevention technology to protect 1.8 million cardholders in Brazil.