Will Hernandez

Paysafecard Group has brought its prepaid voucher product to the U.S. online gaming market.

Visa Inc. has begun to build its debit portfolio in Canada, a sign of its confidence in the state of the country's payments regulatory environment.

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will be the first financial institution in Canada to issue Visa-branded debit cards.

Cities are turning to PXT Payments' smart debit card program not only for its intended use with parking payments, but also to attract money to their local economies.

PayPal Inc.'s latest addition to its mobile application, a remote deposit capture function, is leading some to view its behavior as more like a bank's.

U.S. Bancorp is teaming with Monitise PLC to offer mobile-banking services to the bank's Visa-branded AccelaPay relodable prepaid payroll card.

PayPal Inc. is acting more like a bank these days and the addition of a mobile remote-deposit capture feature to its Apple Inc. iPhone application is helping solidify that view, according to one industry observer.

A payment-authentication company has developed an application that verifies online PIN-debit transactions by phone.

An online incentive company says it is hoping Facebook Inc.'s virtual currency system can become a more effective and less expensive way for Internet retailers to boost customer loyalty.

First Data Corp. is using dual-interface contactless card chips from Inside Contactless in a pilot test for a debit card fraud-protection product.

A new payment-authentication company has developed technology that uses any phone to help verify Internet PIN-debit transactions conducted at participating merchant websites.

First Data Corp.'s partnership with a South Korean technology company will help strengthen the transaction processor's ability to support contactless payments initiated with mobile phones, according to an executive.

A Netherlands-based group consisting of banks and mobile operators has agreed to form a joint-venture company to support Near Field Communication mobile payments at the point of sale in 2012.

Apriva, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based wireless-payments company, on Sept. 8 announced the release of its AprivaPay wireless point-of-sale application for Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

Consumers are willing to purchase high-ticket items such as concert tickets through mobile-payment services, although many are dissatisfied with the process, according to a survey Netsize NA released this month.

A San Francisco startup is offering a mobile phone payment system based on bar codes, on the assumption that wireless carriers and merchants will continue to resist near-field communication technology.

Target Corp. is offering consumers prepaid Target gift cards in exchange for used electronics, as part of a campaign to encourage recycling.

The Chicago Transit Authority may be getting closer to implementing an open-network fare-collection system that would accept contactless card and mobile payments.

Blackhawk Network has rebranded its reloadable prepaid debit products and cut many of its fees in an effort to increase market share.

First Data Corp. has developed a debit card antifraud system that uses contactless chips to produce unique, one-time card numbers for use at the point of sale.