Technology

The long-awaited rebound in credit card loans has arrived, fueled by looser credit standards and a larger appetite for debt among U.S. households.

Revel has added a dashboard for Yelp and Foursquare to its point of sale tablet, giving businesses a way to respond immediately to any complaints or praise posted to social media.

Businesses cling to the paper check even as technology moves more payments into the mobile channel. Deluxe Corp. is bridging these two trends with an app starts a payment on a mobile device and ends it with a printed check.

PayPal has at least temporarily shut off two-factor authentication for the PayPal mobile app after a security researcher found a way to bypass that second factor.

Ibotta, a twist on a mobile couponing app, is driving traffic to merchants by making consumers perform tasks to earn cash-back offers.

SCVNGR's LevelUp, which is not content to listen only to its merchant clients, is once again giving consumers a voice in evaluating its mobile payments experience.

PayPal Inc. is continuing its wearable payments push with the introduction of an app for the new Android Wear smartwatch line.

McDonald's is testing a payments-capable variant of its McD App in some restaurants in Georgia.

Consumers will be making payments with a tap of their wristwatch as Google Inc. launches its Android Wear platform for wearable devices.

David Sear will be leaving his post as chief executive of Weve Ltd. as soon as the London-based mobile commerce transitions to his successor, the company says.