Will Hernandez

The mobile payment venture Isis, still almost a year away from launching its application, is partnering with an industry heavyweight to serve as the security guard for its wallet.

Phishing scams typically target bank customers. One scam in North Dakota focuses instead on users of the prepaid card marketer Green Dot's MoneyPak.

Cardtronics has agreed to replace the ATMs deployed at National Lumber & Hardware locations in Puerto Rico.

Fiserv has inked an agreement with Sunrise Community Banks to provide processing services for general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit and gift cards.

Despite Verizon Wireless' talk of security concerns with Google's mobile wallet, its decision to deny the payment app a place on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone may have more to do with money.

Consumers receiving unemployment benefits on a Bank of America Corp. prepaid debit card in California are alerting state officials about a telephone phishing scam intended to elicit personal information.

Although it sports fees high enough to make Bank of America blush, this is no Kardashian Kard, the sponsor says.

Microsoft insists the online gaming service associated with the Xbox 360 did not experience a security breach despite some U.K. consumers who say they fell victim to a phishing scam tied to the video game system.

The authority expects to activate the system in late 2012 or early 2013.

The disappointment caused by the NFC-less iPhone 4S should be made up for in future releases.

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says Square "is an incredible technology that inspires and empowers everyone to be an entrepreneur."

The mobile wallet providers Google Inc. and Isis continue to position their products as more than just payments vehicles to replace plastic cards.

NCR's acquisition and pension costs contributed to a decrease in third-quarter profits. But the chief executive of the ATM and kiosk maker expects two recent purchases, combined with continued demand worldwide, to generate strong long-term growth.

Acquisition and pension costs decreased NCR’s third-quarter net income by 82%, to $15 million from $85 million a year earlier.

Diebold Inc. experienced drops in third-quarter revenue and profitability, but the ATM maker's chief executive highlighted gains it made in North America

Merchants will dictate which mobile payment models become mainstream, attendees at a mobile commerce conference this week said.

While the world waits for the iPhone to support NFC, RIM quietly slips into the contactless payment arena as the world awaits iPhone support for contactless payments.

To get its new payment system moving, Google Inc. is working with New Jersey Transit Agency to allow Google Wallet users to purchase tickets at some vending machines and ticket windows and to pay fares on seven bus routes.

Attacks on European ATMs were 69% in the first half of this year, compared to last year. On the bright side, card skimming is on the wane.

Dickson Chu, global head of digital networks and mobile for Citi, promoted an anti-ISIS, pro-Google Wallet attitude at the BAI Retail Delivery Show this week.