Technology

Visa Inc. posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit that matched analysts’ estimates as U.S. retail spending strengthened.

PayPal is offering to waive $50,000 in processing fees for startups designing mobile or Web-based services through the eBay unit's Startup Blueprint Program.

In an earnings call, FIS CEO Gary Norcross articulated a trend we’ve been following for several months: banks are charging for certain mobile banking services and getting away with it.

Heartland Payment Systems is making investments in tablet technology to attract merchant clients while combatting mobile payments startups.

WorldPay has received American Express' EMV payment processing certification, which means the processor is compliant with Amex's requirements for handling chip-card payments.

About 40% of Domino Pizza Inc.'s customers use digital methods of ordering, with about one-third of those customers choosing the mobile app.

Consumers are using retailer discounts linked to their payment cards, but banks and merchants have to simplify the deals and make sure their customers are aware of them.

Isis and Google have been very publicly testing their mobile wallets, exposing the developing technology to harsh scrutiny, and both companies say their hardships are about to pay off.

The Merchant Customer Exchange has signed many of the biggest names in retail, but it has yet to release its mobile wallet — and it asks merchants not to act hastily as they see other options clutter the market.

First Data's acquisition of marketing specialist Perka not only ups First Data's game in the loyalty space, it's also another sign that processors are willing to open their own wallets to ad digital expertise to woo merchants.