Technology

Blackhawk Network Inc. is working with Monitise PLC to enable U.S. consumers to purchase gift cards on their smartphones through their financial institution's mobile banking site.

Liberty Reserve provided a service that had a true market demand from legitimate business sectors and from non-criminals, notwithstanding the government’s claim that “virtually all” its business was illicit. If banks and traditional financial institutions still respected basic client privacy and facilitated some form of digital payments that did not always involve harmful reversibility to the merchants, then companies like Liberty Reserve wouldn't even be necessary.

NetSpend and Total System Services amended the terms of their proposed acquisition to settle a pair of shareholder lawsuits and allow a twice-delayed vote on the deal to proceed later this month.

I-Free is offering a number of contactless payment services in Russia, including a mobile wallet that allows the remote issuance and download of mobile MasterCard PayPass cards, transportation fare services and geolocation-based coupons.

Wex Inc. will provide clients of Globalia, a travel services provider in Europe, with the Wex Travel Solution virtual payment options.

Believe.in, a U.K. company that provides technology for accepting donations online, has a no-fee structure that allows charities to receive donations using technology from Stripe.

BlueSnap is among a growing number of vendors offering to manage the complex programming needs of emerging payments systems on behalf of other companies.

Natural Security SAS hopes North America will be as receptive to its biometric payment authentication system as France is.

The legal fight over credit card swipe fees has been going on for years, but a resolution nears even as opponents' voices get louder. Here are some of the most noteworthy events in the ongoing courtroom case.

Consumer spending fell 0.2% in April, the weakest reading since May last year, according to the Commerce Department.