Technology

Corethree Ltd. has added Barclays' Pingit mobile checkout option to its mobile wallet for transportation services.

Afrocoin Mobile Money is launching a service that allows mobile phone users to send money to family members in Africa.

Toronto-Presto, a mass transit project that integrates payments for about ten systems in Ontario, is planning to add more card payment options and mobile technology over the next couple of years.

SecureKey is developing new payments technology that will allow consumers to use their mobile devices to enable fast authentication at the point of sale.

WorldPay US has entered an agreement to purchase Century Payments, building on a four-year partnership between the two payments companies.

PayPal's $800 million deal to buy the payments processor Braintree fuels a fast-paced acquisition streak that has granted PayPal some of most disruptive technology — and people — in the payments industry.

PayPal’s parent company eBay has entered into an agreement to buy online payment processor Braintree for $800 million in cash, a deal that’s expected to close in the fourth quarter pending regulatory approvals.

Square Inc. sent a notice to customers today warning that updating their iPhones and iPads to the latest version of the iOS operating system could prevent Square’s card reader from working properly.

As the U.S. payments industry advances in its migration to EMV-chip cards, some merchants perceive the EMV push as "a giant head-fake" to establish a foundation for mobile payments based on Near Field Communication technology.

As Rogers Communications' David Robinson paced a stage in the company's corporate offices, he balanced two seemingly contradictory business decisions: its new role as an issuer of plastic credit cards and its long-term bet on mobile wallets.