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Visa is putting some of its most sophisticated commercial card features within reach of small and mid-sized businesses that use credit cards to cover expenses.

Google's most recent update to its mobile wallet's online pricing seems to stray from the product's focus at the point of sale. It's the latest in a series of twists and turns in Google's payments strategy.

To hear Dan Wagner tell it, one would think the CEO of London-based mPowa was ready to enter the ring for a prizefight against all comers in the world of mobile card-based payments.

The CEO of m-Via has spent the past four years developing a low-cost mobile payments system called Boom and telling people around the world about it.

Almost a year ago, the telecommunications companies backing the Isis mobile wallet venture were clear that they would rely on Near Field Communication. But as technology advances, there may be wisdom in adopting an alternative.

Merchants may feel overwhelmed at the abundance of new payment technologies, and they are understandably worried about investing in the wrong one. Terminal vendors are hoping to address those fears.

The reloadable debit card PayPal introduced early this year has finally hit the streets.

Despite constant calls to action, U.S. credit card issuers may still be too complacent about card fraud — even as the fallout from massive data breaches snowballs.

Shopkick now works with both Visa and MasterCard to offer targeted rewards using transaction data gathered at the point of sale.

Green Dot said June 28 that, roughly six months after completing its purchase of Bonneville Bancorp, it has finished integrating it and begun issuing cards.