Technology

Junk food and beer are staples at every sports game, and the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky., is adding another one: mobile payments with SCVNGR's LevelUp.

The percentage of mortgages more than 90 days late or in foreclosure dropped in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter and year-ago period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council is providing guidelines to help industry participants better identify and analyze security risks.

Braintree continues its international expansion, taking its mobile and e-commerce payment processing into Australia.

Wordpress, the world’s most popular Web publishing platform, has begun accepting Bitcoin, an international digital currency and payment system with no central issuing authority.

Total System Services reached an agreement to purchase ProPay, a Lehi, Utah-based payments technology provider.

The e-commerce and point of sale card processor eProcessing Network has enhanced its services with the addition of Level III data processing functionality.

As preparations continue for the migration to the EMV chip-card standard in the United States, payments companies must ensure that point of sale terminals are compatible with both card networks’ standards and the myriad card issuers on those networks.

Mobile apps from Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts may prove useful for on-the-go coffee guzzlers, but their approach may not translate well to other retail environments. A few companies are taking a different approach to modernizing payments for sit-down restaurants and other merchants.

Powa Technologies, Europe’s answer to Jack Dorsey’s Square, is considering an initial public offering after its U.S. competitor raised $200 million from investors including Starbucks.