Technology

Emphasizing a mobile-payment method that translates to an enhanced shopping experience for consumers, AisleBuyer LLC has added a New England supermarket chain that will offer its “virtual checkout” application, the Boston-based mobile commerce provider announced Nov. 7.

Consumer debt rebounded at an annual rate of 3.6% in September after a surprising 4.7% drop in August, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.

Square Inc. continues to secure investors, and the latest one is bringing a lance to the table.

Bank of America Corp. is the second major card issuer to buck a recent smart card trend by structuring its EMV cards for U.S. commercial cardholders traveling abroad with chip-and-PIN technology instead of chip-and-signature.

A 15% growth in revenue fueled a 10-fold increase in third quarter earnings, to $8 million from just $892,000 a year earlier, Atlanta-based S1 Corp. announced Nov. 7.

Accertify Inc. will add its fraud-prevention program to the mobile-banking offerings of several Latin American banks after signing an agreement with payment processor Tik Tek Solutions, S. de R.L. de C.V, the fraud-prevention and risk-management provider announced Nov. 7.

Intuit Inc. has secured another partnership with a telecommunication company to sell its GoPayment software application and card reader.

The global point-of-sale payment terminal market is enjoying a technology boom as manufacturers peering just over the horizon see rampant demand for in-store devices that can accommodate both contactless payments and card transactions authenticated by EMV chip-and-PIN security protocols.

PayPal Inc., a pioneer in alternative online payments, is seeking to stake a new claim in the burgeoning and increasingly congested mobile-payments space, and what sets it apart may be an acquisition that occurred three years ago.

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