Technology

Italian mobile point of sale company Jusp has launched a mobile chip-and-PIN card reader as a plug-in device, veering from the more common approach of using a separate Bluetooth device.

Three banks in France have launched Paylib, a PayPal-like online payment system — and they're betting that France is just different enough that they can succeed on their home turf with a strategy that has had mixed results in the U.S.

PayPal’s reported plans to acquire Braintree would give it more than just a payment processor that moves $10 billion a year. If this marriage takes place, it would signal a shift in how payments companies think about technology.

As Isis forges ahead with its nationwide launch — despite losing the active participation of two of its four issuer partners — it's becoming clearer that mobile may not displace credit cards as easily as it can displace prepaid and cash.

PayPal has launched PayPal Working Capital, a credit offering that merchants can apply for based on their PayPal transaction history instead of their credit history.

If mobile wallets represent the future of payments, a lot of Americans would prefer to keep living in the past.

Facebook is rolling out its “Autofill with Facebook” function with PayPal, Braintree and Stripe, eliminating the need for consumers to type their billing information on smartphone screens.

The U.S. payments system must continue its push to overcome the challenges inherent in creating a near real-time retail payment option, says Sandra Pianalto, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

The European bank UniCredit has picked First Data to develop its mobile-payments offerings for Europe.

Simplee, which provides a cloud-based patient payments system, received a $10 million investment led by Heritage Group, which represents the top hospital systems in the U.S.