Technology

In the truck business, speed matters. And nothing slows down a payment like a paper check.

Fiserv, which owns the Accel debit network, has signed a license agreement with Visa for its common application identifier (AID), following a similar agreement last week between Fiserv and MasterCard.

Virtual Piggy, the provider of Oink payments, will provide its alternative payment system to the European Games Group, which has roughly 16 million players worldwide.

Deutsche Telekom and mopay are extending their carrier billing partnership, which allows consumers to make purchases by adding them to their phone bill.

Western Union Co. and mobile payment provider Paga are offering a mobile fund transfer service to residents of Nigeria.

PayPal's John Lunn doesn't mince words when talking about the work that needed to be done to repair PayPal's developer programs. "Just go back a bit in time, toward the end of 2012 and early 2013, we were losing touch with developers."

London-based Flypay Ltd. plans to end what it refers to as the "10-minute restaurant bill chase" at the end of a meal by offering a mobile application that speeds up payment while providing more customer data to restaurant owners.

These 20 women have reached impressive heights in a traditionally male dominated industry and have played a vital role in helping their organizations stay ahead of the curve.

Google Wallet will require Android users to run KitKat, the latest version of the Android operating system, to use the wallet's contactless payments feature as of April 14, according to a post on the Google Wallet support site.

Digicash Payments, a Luxembourg-based mobile payments provider, is testing a system that uses a beacon at the point of sale to accept payments using Bluetooth, Near Field Communication and QR codes.