Technology

MasterCard, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica Deutschland, Vodafone and Trevica are partnering on a mobile payments initiative in Germany, where interoperability issues have long hampered the mobile commerce market.

PayPal will support mobile fingerprint authentication on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone, enabling Samsung customers to use their fingers to log in to shop at merchants who accept PayPal.

Broadcom is making a move into mobile payments with a line of Near Field Communication chips for less expensive smartphones and wearable devices.

Accenture has launched a new mobile wallet that will include consumer analytics and data capabilities, allowing its clients to handle payments and create personalized offers.

Activist investor Carl Icahn, who last month proposed that eBay Inc. spin off its PayPal unit and nominated two employees to the board, criticized the online marketplace for "lapses" in corporate governance and asked shareholders to vote in favor of the split.

Forbes Media signed a licensing agreement with Lotaris that will allow the Swiss technology company the rights to the name Forbes Digital Commerce.

Mobile payments have transitioned from "concept to adoption," according to the MasterCard and Prime Research's second annual mobile payments study.

Wells Fargo Bank is lowering the bar for some government-backed mortgages in hopes of boosting homeownership among people with credit scores harmed by the recession.

The regulatory pressures on JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) consumer debt collections operation continue to squeeze its recoveries.

PayPal will allow users of Samsung's newly announced smartwatches to check in at PayPal merchants and execute transactions at their stores.