Technology

Nacha's Janet Estep has just finished one of the biggest weeks of the year for the association—one that included heavy advocacy for automated clearing house payments at Nacha's Payments 2013 conference.

As mobile payments companies seek a receptive audience, many are turning their attention to restaurants. And the food industry, in turn, is increasingly receptive to putting mobile payments on their menu.

Rewarder's a startup that works in reverse of most online markets — it facilitates payments for buyers who are willing to pay for a unique expertise.

CSI Enterprises Inc. has its sights on the travel industry, offering businesses a way to track employee expenses with its new globalVCard mobile payment app.

SumUp, a London-based company that allows merchants to accept card payments on their smartphones, will enable iPad acceptance through a partnership with Revel Systems.

Vindicia, a subscription billing service, is teaming with U.K.-based processor SmartDebit to provide "customer-not-present" payment technology.

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that his office has asked credit scoring and reporting bureaus to take immediate action to stop lowering credit scores for Superstorm Sandy victims.

Payvia Inc.'s newest clients — Skype, OnCam and Bright — demonstrate a growing appetite for charging payments to consumers' phone bills.

People — and payment companies — are starting to take Bitcoin seriously.The decentralized virtual currency is overcoming its stigma as a fringe currency for illegal transactions and is stirring up consumer scrutiny of the practices of large payment providers. The payments industry is changing rapidly, but today the movement isn't about payments — it's about data.