Technology

American Express Co. reached a deal that will allow customers of car-service firm Uber Technologies Inc. to book rides using rewards points.

Apple's plan to introduce a new Lightning connector for headphones, potentially replacing the standard 3.5mm jack, could give mobile payment companies a major hardware headache.

Amazon.com Inc. will enable scheduled payments of fixed or variable amounts in attempt to attract businesses that rely on subscription-based or recurring transactions.

Payoneer, a cross-border payments company, has received an investment from Ping An, a Chinese financial services company, to expand its business in Asia.

WASHINGTON — Payday lenders are raising the stakes in their pushback on Operation Choke Point with a lawsuit against banking regulators, alleging that "back-room pressure of banks" to dissolve longstanding relationships with payday shops and others is unfairly harming the industry.

Clients of EFT Source have issued more than 524,000 debit cards in a year through its Card@Once Instant Issuance Printers.

Mobile commerce provider Spindle has named a new vice president for its affiliate marketing program.

Mobile payments and ticketing promise a smoother process than waiting in line to purchase a paper ticket, but often, the reality is that a mobile ticket is only as good as the mobile phone's signal.

Financial institutions remain positioned well to forge deep relationships with business clients seeking help in navigating the challenges of emerging payments technology and risks, says Capital One's Jim Gifas.

Wearable payments will be one of the ways bank customers do transactions in the future.