John Adams

President Obama's moves to rein in patent litigation should ease the squabbling over intellectual property that's hampered innovation in payments and should also reduce banks' legal costs.

President Obama's moves to rein in patent litigation should ease the squabbling over intellectual property that's hampered innovation in payments and should also reduce banks' legal costs.

As EMV-chip cards spread, with most U.S. merchants expected to accept the card by October 2015, there is still a major hurdle to overcome as consumers either resist the change or remain oblivious to it.

I-Free is offering a number of contactless payment services in Russia, including a mobile wallet that allows the remote issuance and download of mobile MasterCard PayPass cards, transportation fare services and geolocation-based coupons.

Citi Commercial Cards had introduced CitiManager Mobile, a smartphone-optimized version of CitiManager, the institution's desktop portal for corporate cardholders.

The youth payment company Virtual Piggy will integrate with the MWRC ExoVend electronic commerce platform to target a range of outdoor sports brands.

Payleven is allying with Wirecard to pool their offerings as Payleven expands internationally.

Prepaid Card Solutions (PCS) and Carta Worldwide are launching the Bread4Scrap prepaid corporate MasterCard for the British scrap metal industry.

BlueSnap is among a growing number of vendors offering to manage the complex programming needs of emerging payments systems on behalf of other companies.

Electronic invoicing provider Invoicera.com is integrating its technology with payments processor ACH Payments to add an additional gateway for Invoicera.com's clients to process card payments.

It's hard to build and maintain a false persona on social networks, and that's what makes sites like Facebook and Twitter such useful tools for controlling risk, says John Canfield, WePay's new vice president of risk management.

Airlines and payment companies have not traditionally targeted small businesses for travel rewards, but Chase Paymentech and United Airlines hope that by making business-related purchases easier to manage, small businesses will seek out airline miles programs.

The lack of a standard technology model for mobile point of sale payments is not only holding back consumer adoption, it's also affecting regulatory compliance, says Mphasis' Kumail Tyebjee.

John Canfield is the new vice president of risk management at small-business payment company WePay.

DataCash, a MasterCard payments processing subsidiary, and Redecard will partner to sell electronic commerce products to merchants in Brazil.

Wolfe LLC is changing the name of its Wolfe Rewards and Loyalty business to OmniCard, a move designed to reflect the operation's range of offerings.

Youth payment company Virtual Piggy is bolstering its international expansion plans via a joint marketing agreement with ClickandBuy, a global provider of online payment systems.

Clip, which sells mobile payments technology in Spanish-speaking markets, has developed a mobile card reader.

Mike Passilla, JPMorgan Chase's new merchant services boss, didn't take a sledge hammer to the digital payment startups that are chewing away at incumbent payments companies, but his message was clear—Chase is one of the biggest guys on the block, and it plans to use its data and technology heft to win in the merchant acquiring game.

Heartland Payment Systems has named Tony Capucille chief sales officer.