Technology

Braintree, a six-year-old payment processor, says it now handles $10 billion in annual transactions. The milestone comes as the company is steadily growing its international customer base, most recently with the addition of Mojang, the Sweden-based maker of games like Minecraft and Scrolls.

Amazon.com Inc. and 7-Eleven Inc. sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. over card fees after rejecting a multibillion-dollar settlement in an antitrust case.

LevelUp will integrate its loyalty and mobile payment technology into the pcAmerica Restaurant Pro Express and Cash Register Express point of sale systems.

Coinstar Inc. is changing its name to reflect the growing number of services that its ubiquitous kiosks provide — a move that in many ways mirrors how the company's flagship coin counters have evolved to become a diversified payments player.

The FTC's move to hold payment processors responsible for the deeds of unscrupulous merchants could result in higher prices or fewer choices for small businesses and consumers.

By entering a partnership to develop new mobile money platforms with global wireless carrier Telefónica, Monitise Plc is expanding the reach of its mobile payments and banking technology beyond financial institutions and traditional payments companies.

Wintrust Financial, a community bank holding company in Illinois, is piloting an app that lets customers pre-order cash at ATMs.

The "nuclear football" allows the president to order a nuclear missile attack from any location, and ZenithSecure took its idea for a new data security vault straight from the playbook for protecting those launch codes.

Users of the currency exchange Ripple Network can now make payments in any currency directly to all Bitcoin users, including 8,500 Bitcoin merchants, through a partnership with BitStamp.net.BitStamp.net allows the Ripple Network to convert currencies into bitcoins by accepting payments in any currency and paying merchants in bitcoins. The offering, called Bitcoin Bridge, was announced at the Bitcoin London conference July 2.

Advertising industry payments have become challenging to manage, as expanding media outlets create diverse cash flows between clients, ad agencies and media outlets.That complexity is driving a partnership between AnchorOps, a company that partners with advertising and media agencies to provide electronic payments, audits, reconciliation and software development and Wex, a provider of corporate payment products. The two companies have launched AnchorOps ePay, which customizes payments for advertising and media buying agencies.