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Signature Card Services is bringing a dose of e-commerce to the U.S. migration to EMV-chip cards.

Retailers that have long criticized the card networks' plan for them to accept EMV-chip cards are starting to view the smart-card migration as a reason to adopt mobile payments.

Visa Inc. posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit that matched analysts’ estimates as U.S. retail spending strengthened.

PayPal is offering to waive $50,000 in processing fees for startups designing mobile or Web-based services through the eBay unit's Startup Blueprint Program.

Heartland Payment Systems is making investments in tablet technology to attract merchant clients while combatting mobile payments startups.

WorldPay has received American Express' EMV payment processing certification, which means the processor is compliant with Amex's requirements for handling chip-card payments.

Isis and Google have been very publicly testing their mobile wallets, exposing the developing technology to harsh scrutiny, and both companies say their hardships are about to pay off.

First Data's acquisition of marketing specialist Perka not only ups First Data's game in the loyalty space, it's also another sign that processors are willing to open their own wallets to ad digital expertise to woo merchants.

Samsung is broadening its mobile wallet through new partnerships with companies in transportation, coupons and hospitality.

Optimal Payments Plc, which is based in Isle of Man, has registered with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to provide services to Internet gambling businesses licensed by New Jersey.