Technology

Jusp, an Italian maker of mobile payment systems, is offering its technology on Nokia's Windows-based Lumia smartphones.

If Apple isn't quite ready to enter the mobile payments field in the U.S., it might be leaning toward China as its initial proving ground.

First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha, is partnering with the deals delivery company Swagbucks to implement a rewards program for its credit and secured credit card programs.

E-commerce has led to a rapid expansion of the options and methods of executing payments.

Bima plans to use its latest funding to get more people in emerging markets to obtain insurance by making it possible to pay their insurance premiums on mobile phones.

The city of Indianapolis has seen a significant jump in parking revenue after adopting technology from Xerox, replacing antiquated meters with new ones that accept debit, credit and mobile payments.

The payment processor Vantiv has agreed to buy Mercury Payment Systems LLC for $1.65 billion to expand its services for cloud-based payments integrated into other technology, says Vantiv president and CEO Charles Drucker.

Virtual Piggy, which developed the youth payments service Oink, has added commerce solutions provider Gorilla Group is now a member of its channel partner program.

Spindle Inc. has agreed to make its will merchant approval platform available to U.S.-based clients of iConnect, a Colorado-based provider of point of sale technology.

Vantiv Inc., a provider of payment-processing services to retailers and financial institutions, is near a deal to acquire Mercury Payment Systems Inc. for about $1.65 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.