Technology

Seamless' international expansion plans have gotten a boost via a deal with the Finnish sporting goods chain store Top-Sport.

Merchants are wary of the proprietary look and feel of the process by which the card networks and issuers are adopting new security standards.

Bindo wants to combine its cloud-based iPad point of sale product with an online marketplace, similar to how Square's iPad system links merchants to Square Marketplace. This hybrid approach is meant to make Bindo more appealing to local merchants.

Barclays has experimented with a number of mobile, wearable and online payment systems in its quest to bring its payment offerings into the modern age. Through its tests and live deployments of new technology around the world, the London-based issuer has learned how to entice consumers to move beyond plastic cards.

Capital One has snatched a designer from Google's touted advanced technology and projects team to help boost the bank's mobile commerce and payments technology development.

CaixaBank has started offering a wristband that can make contactless Visa payments at more than 300,000 businesses across Spain.

Yapital, a payment technology company based in Luxembourg, is testing a feature that will allow consumers to authorize payments with their fingerprints. The technology is aimed replacing PINs that consumers use to authorize purchases though the Yapital app.

Facebook has expanded its relationship with payments provider Braintree, which is part of eBay's PayPal, to power a program for mobile application developers.

SCVNGR's LevelUp mobile wallet has updated its Android app to support Android Wear, making LevelUp one of the first payment companies to support Google's smartwatch platform.

Virtual credit cards, which have struggled with adoption in other regions, are picking up steam in India as a means to combat online fraud.