Technology

The percentage of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are 90 days past due or in foreclosure have fallen more than a point in the last year.

Boku Inc. is about to make it easier for consumers to purchase virtual items that might help them better conquer laughing pigs with different kinds of birds on their mobile phones.

Recent stock sales impacted bank issuers differently, depending on why they came to market. But nearly all of them outperformed the KBW Index in the ensuing month, even those suffering heavy dilution.

For most large companies, products and services are what cements a strong reputation. Not so for banks. At least since the crisis, consumers have cared more about the governance of banks. And even more than governance, what they care about now is performance.

Call it cash-back rewards for credit card lenders.

Call it cash-back rewards for credit card lenders.

Online and mobile-payment startup Dwolla Corp. has been building a payment network called Grid that company executives believe to be more secure than MasterCard Worldwide’s and Visa Inc.’s card networks.

Bill-payment processor Tio Networks Corp. is making headway with its mobile bill-payment application.

In its first major play to connect its mobile-payments service with social media, Starbucks Coffee Co. on June 30 unveiled a mobile-payment application it developed in-house that consolidates the features of previous apps with links to enable users to send Starbucks gift cards via Facebook.

States’ efforts to rein in fly-by-night companies are starting to have an effect on some payments startups’ operations.