Technology

PayPal will support the new Amazon Fire phone, which went on sale this week, in the latest move by the eBay subsidiary to make sure it has an app for any newly launched mobile device.

Zing is releasing an iPad app that leverages Web hosted technology to access a large selection of business functions through the point of sale.

Machine-learning fraud detection, which self-updates to adapt to fraud trends, is growing in popularity but hasn't rendered hands-on methods obsolete.

Visa will be counting on its bank partners to spread the message about its revamped Visa Checkout to consumers.

Mobile payments now account for over 15% of transactions in U.S. company-operated Starbucks stores, where the company accepts an average of six million mobile transactions every week. This is a sharp increase from a year ago.

Ion Bank has been using interactive teller machines, which let customers conduct video chats with tellers, for more than a year. The technology has helped some of its branches stay open for business 27 hours longer per week without overspending.

Visa, which just revamped its digital payment system, will introduce secure "tokens" in September to replace the 16-digit account number for online payments.

The payment processor Total System Services (TSYS) has upgraded the card management software that C. Hoare & Co. uses manage its Visa card portfolio.

PayPal has expanded its mobile payment options in the Netherlands by working with Rabobank's MyOrder.

Facebook, which hired PayPal president David Marcus to run its Messenger business last month, has shed some light on how Marcus' expertise will play a role.