Technology

Video game reviewer Clint Basinger feels squeezed by YouTube policies that reduce his revenue from ads, so the founder of Lazy Game Reviews has begun using the crowdfunding payments provider Patreon to restore his cash flow.

Mobile carriers are becoming more heavily involved in the payments world. Many are spearheading tests and full deployments of mobile wallets throughout the world, and some like T-Mobile are launching prepaid cards as well.

Incipio's Cashwrap sleeve for Apple iPhones, announced a year ago as a companion to the Isis mobile wallet, will soon be available for purchase at AT&T company-owned stores.

Retailers are letting Congress know they support federal efforts to thwart cybercrime, while voicing their support of chip-based EMV smartcards combined with PIN authentication as a defense against future breaches.

Finnish bank OP-Pohjola has introduced a mobile point of sale system designed to help consumers take advantage of local tax breaks.

Nearly 10 million Starbucks customers use its mobile app to make payments, totaling close to 5 million mobile payments a week, the company reports.

Discover Financial Services rode credit card loan growth in the fourth quarter to earnings of $602 million, an increase of nearly 12% over the same period in 2012.

Paydiant has received a patent covering technology that allows consumers to withdraw cash out of ATMs with their smartphones, a feature that it says should appeal to banks.

Stripe has raised $80 million in a new round of funding and is reportedly working on a payments deal with Twitter.

Major bank and retail card issuers are lacking in key security areas, according to a new study from Javelin Strategy and Research.