John Adams

Despite the heated competition in the mobile-wallet market, many consumers and merchants are still not convinced about the idea of using use a mobile device instead of a plastic card.

Online and mobile payment tech startup Stripe has expansion plans on both sides of the Atlantic, and will rely on being a "simple" play for payments startups as it faces crowded field of competitors.

Alicia Moore, head of ATM banking at Wells Fargo & Co., recently spoke with PaymentsSource about the new credit card management and payment features that are part of the company's larger ATM fleet overhaul.

The core banking tech vendor Fiserv is integrating its Popmoney person-to-person service with its Mobiliti mobile banking and payments technology.

PayOne's lawsuit against Home Depot over its use of PayPal's point of sale payments technology is not the first legal battle PayOne has pursued with an entity tied to PayPal — and, the company says, it may not be the last.

BancorpSouth will begin issuing payroll cards, an increasingly popular replacement for checks for both card issuers and consumers.

PayOne is filing a lawsuit against Home Depot, claiming Home Depot’s use of in-store checkout technology from PayPal infringes on PayOne patents.

As WePay battles Square and other companies to grab small-business payments share, it's focusing on a narrow slice of the marketplace with a different flavor of mobile technology.

PayPal and SoftBank Mobile are extending the PayPal Here mobile card reader to more than 2,700 SoftBank retail shops and small business sales networks across Japan.

First Data is providing the technology that underpins Foursquare's recent enhancements to its deals service, which allows credit and debit card holders to link their accounts to Foursquare's social network.

Spire Payments has purchased Thyron Payments Systems in a deal that will allow Spire to support chip-and-PIN and mobile payments alongside the new Spire payment terminals that are due to roll out in the second quarter.

Crowdfunding technology provider Indiegogo has hired Adyen to provide online payments processing for Indiegogo’s international customers starting with Europe and Canada.

This is the latest of multiple name changes for the company, which used to be called IdeaEdge Inc. IdeaEdge was already trying on a new name, Socialwise Inc., when it launched the BillMyParents alternative payment product in 2009. Then in 2011, the company renamed itself again, calling itself BillMyParents Inc.

Residential rent’s one of the few payment types where checks remain dominant. Property management company RealPage seeks to change that with a new automated phone payment service.

Stripe, the payments startup that helps other payments startups, has begun a test of its platform in the United Kingdom.

Merchant-funded rewards provider fisoc hopes the communal element of Facebook mixed with special card offers can drive repeat payments volume for small merchants focused on their local communities.

As ATM network operators add more complex payments functions, technology providers such as Fiserv and NCR are tweaking the underlying technology to better monitor the machines remotely.

Small businesses are often the toughest sell for payments automation, and WePay is attempting to boost its penetration into this market by offering a new native app for iOS that enables remote invoicing and credit-card charging.

Plastiq, a payments technology company, announced a $6 million round of Series A financing.

Affirm, the new mobile payments company that counts PayPal co-founder Max Levchin among its own founders, is already drawing buzz—and some head-scratching over certain aspects of its business model.