John Adams

Mobile marketing technology provider Mobivity Holdings Corp. and electronic check company CheckAlt are partnering to develop mobile check acceptance for merchants, as well as other mobile payments technology.

Pencils and paper aren't normally associated with digital payments innovation—yet those tools may inspire a big project with FreedomPay and Barclays.

Fresh off expanding its e-commerce-focused tablet to multiple payments processors, Leaf has established an app store to sell tech components to merchants.

One of the first successful adopters of in-store mobile payments and digital rewards, Starbucks plans to launch new initiatives that will expand the company’s loyalty and payment programs across channels.

Heartland Payment Systems and SCVNGR's LevelUp are taking their merchant services and payments bundle, which they earlier tested in a handful of cities, nationwide.

Leaf, a company that offers a payments-specific tablet, is opening to more processors in an effort to lure merchants away from Square and other point of sale acceptance companies.

Visa CEO Charlie Scharf says a card network changing its pricing and rules for digital wallet providers is "totally appropriate to do" as rival payment companies evolve.

A pending MasterCard "staged wallet" fee, set to take effect in June, is setting a new tone for the emerging payments landscape.

Western Union on March 20 launched a new top-up program and technology to improve the ease of use of its stored-value services.

More large incumbents are establishing in-house teams that mimic the culture — and, they hope, the success — of the increasingly prominent startups they compete with.

Planet Payment’s financial performance declined in the past year due in part to investments in new technology, which the company expects will improve acquirers’ ability to add services directly to point of sale systems, says CEO Philip Beck.

While the federal government's in a cost-cutting mood, electronic payment providers are actively promoting their wares to the agencies and companies affected by the new constraints.

MasterCard is working with SelectCore to issue prepaid cards for World MasterCard Fashion Week, scheduled for this week in Toronto.

Communication Federal Credit Union is deploying Tyfone’s mobile banking software. Tyfone’s suite enables mobile banking via mobile app, mobile web or SMS.

Planet Payment will allow electronic commerce merchants in the U.S. and Canada to accept UnionPay cards, one of the largest card brands in the world, with more than 3.5 billion cards issued internationally.

Twitter and Square co-founder Jack Dorsey told "60 Minutes" he would like to move to New York and run for mayor.

Article One Partners occupies a distinct niche—it uses crowdsourcing to combat patent trolls—an international mission that's a payments challenge.

Payair's technology supports many mobile-payment methods, but the Swedish company is promoting only the most straightforward forms through its integration with Cash IT.

Visa will work with Planet Payment to extend payment processing in international markets such as Myanmar.

Fleet card provider FleetCor Technologies has acquired Telenav, which sells technology that tracks the location of truck drivers and mobile workers who buy gas and make other work-related purchases while on the job.