John Adams

Core banking provider Computer Services Inc. (CSI) has introduced the Social Payments Instant Network, or SPIN, which supports person-to-person payments through mobile and online banking.

Punchey's tossing its hat into the mobile payments ring with a mix of mobile card acceptance, social network-driven marketing and other services designed for merchants that handle larger payments.

For digital payments to flourish, they must get bigger — and bigger payments require stronger authentication.

Tristan O'Tierney, one of Square's team of co-founders is leaving the mobile payments company after four years.

McDonald's and Kuwait International Bank are partnering with Seamless to pilot Seamless' SEQR mobile payment system in Kuwait.

Self-serve digital payments company USA Technologies will be the service provider for Setomatic Systems, a company that provides payment systems to the laundry industry.

Corporate cardholders have complex needs, Citi Commercial Cards has learned in developing its mobile corporate card portal.

Prepaid card program manager Praxell is partnering with card marketer and producer Arroweye Solutions and identity provider ABnote to produce a card that combines municipal identification and payments.

Electronic commerce services provider Billeo has purchased Swag.io, an e-commerce platform provider that allows companies to place purchase links directly into social media posts.

ShopKeep POS is adding credit card acceptance through PayPal at a 2.7% per-transaction fee, which it says is competitive with other processing options.

Corduro has added technology to its PayMobile app to locate and attract nearby customers when a merchant's business is slow.

ZenPayroll has launched a contractor payments service that includes direct deposit and tax reporting.

Western Union Business Solutions has partnered with IndusInd Bank to offer payments technology to small and medium-sized businesses in India.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, is working to get its members on board with faster processing to accommodate the growth of mobile and other electronic payments, though this would require a change to the association's rules.

Gravity Payments now allows PayPal card acceptance at about 10,000 merchants in Washington State.

PayAnywhere will provide mobile credit card processing to Camp Masters, the popcorn brand sold by the Boy Scouts of America for fundraising.

Toopher and miiCard have partnered to provide faster authentication by tying location to user identity.

The National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program has sparked a major outcry over phone monitoring, but the less-publicized government accumulation of credit card and other payments data can provide far more granular intelligence, according to payments experts.

MasterCard will make the card network's Expert Monitoring Fraud Scoring for Merchants available to Kount's merchant clients.

Wex Inc. and Alegeus Technologies are offering an electronic settlement method for healthcare claim payments that’s designed to be an alternative to automated clearing house (ACH) transactions.