Merchant

Italian mobile point of sale company Jusp has launched a mobile chip-and-PIN card reader as a plug-in device, veering from the more common approach of using a separate Bluetooth device.

U.S. banks and merchants face many obstacles in preparing for EMV chip-based cards at the point of sale — and the Web is no less reluctant to change.

Payment terminal maker VeriFone has appointed Paul Galant, previously a Citigroup payments executive, to be its chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors, effective Oct 1.

A New Jersey woman has sued two collection companies in a class-action case alleging consumer fraud over allegations they misled Victoria's Secret cardholders about interest on debts.

With demand for autos reaching a nearly six-year high, consumer spending was expected to rise in August for a fourth consecutive month, economists said before reports this week.

Richard Lyon is the new commercial director for Northern Europe at Spire Payments, a payments technology company.

MasterCard is actively building payments capabilities for Google Glass, Google's wearable computing device.

Google made two drastic changes to its mobile wallet when it released an NFC-free version for Android phones and then, two days later, unveiled a version for the iPhone. What does the new Google Wallet look like on each device?

United Merchant Services Inc., a vendor of payment processing and point of sale systems, has received funding from The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to expand globally and to enhance its technology platform, client service and sales effort.

The Isis Mobile Wallet initiative has suffered a setback with Capital One and Barclays pulling out of current testing, but the Isis venture has just as many issuers staying on to fuel its upcoming nationwide launch.