Technology

Germany’s largest rail system soon will finish a three-year mobile-payments test at its stations and officially offer all passengers the ability to pay for tickets using mobile phones.

Mutual of Omaha Bank, on a growth streak since its 2007 launch, has signed a long-term merchant-services agreement with First Data Corp., the companies announced Aug. 30.

In a move exemplifying efforts to move more cash and check payments to credit and debit cards, a national social network of babysitters and parents called SitterPals.com has signed up to use Square Inc.’s service to accept credit card payments for their services, the company announced Aug. 31.

Fiserv has re-branded its Mobile Money and the BankAnywhere mobile-banking products it gained when it acquired Mobile Commerce Ltd. re-naming all the programs Mobiliti.

Bank technology vendor S1 Corp.’s board told shareholders not to accept ACI Worldwide Inc.’s exchange offer, at least not yet.

In announcing during the past week a deal to provide terminals capable of accepting mobile payments at hypermarkets in the Czech Republic and the acquisition of a terminal-servicing company in Italy, Ingenico SA flexed its muscles in the wake of the recent acquisition by VeriFone Systems Inc. of most of Hypercom Corp.’s non-U.S. assets, an industry analyst says.

U.S. Bancorp, one of the first financial institutions to offer mobile fraud alerts to credit card customers three years ago, has expanded its alert program to ATM and debit card holders.

The wireless carriers involved in mobile-payments venture Isis reportedly plan to invest more than $100 million into the project.

Alternative payments provider Dwolla Corp. is adding to its software a feature that locates fellow Dwolla users who are nearby.

UniRush LLC is following the lead of other prepaid card providers and has released a free smartphone application cardholders may use to check their balances and review transaction and funds-transfer histories.