Technology

Square has purchased BookFresh, a company that sells booking and appointment management technology to merchants.

Square is developing an app that allows people to place orders in advance of visits to Square merchants.

Visa Inc. and First Data's Star Network will share Visa's technology for routing debit transactions initiated through EMV chip-based cards.

After every major Samsung product unveiling this week, PayPal was quick to say: we have an app for that.

CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski wants his company, Klarna AB, to be the Apple of European payments. That is to say, he is trying to earn a reputation for being "better than the rest in every small detail… of technology and innovation."

For years, the U.S. has been divided on whether EMV-chip cards should be deployed as chip-and-PIN cards or the simpler chip-and-signature. After the Target data breach drew attention to the threat of data theft, the PIN debate seems to have lost its edge but it hasn't gone away.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will issue chip-and-PIN credit cards this year, a deviation from the company's earlier plans to issue only chip-and-signature cards.

JPMorgan Chase plans to develop a one-click checkout option for its customers when shopping online or through mobile devices.

PayPal has entered into an agreement that will allow Deutsche Telekom subscribers to make purchases and have them billed to their mobile phone account.

Swedish bank Handelsbanken plans to resell a VeriFone-built chip-and-PIN mobile card reader to enable the country's micro merchants to accept card payments through smartphones and tablets.