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MasterCard, which announced its earnings hours after the Isis mobile wallet venture revealed plans to expand nationwide, faced questions over where the card network fits in the evolving mobile payments ecosystem.

Payoneer Inc. CEO Scott Galit says a new partnership with online marketplace Fiverr illustrates how his company is positioned for providing payments services in a changing business world.

MasterCard Inc.'s digital wallet continues its move around the globe, as consumers in the U.K. today became the latest to have access to MasterPass.

Global Payments Inc. executives highlighted its strategic partnerships with PayPal Here in the U.K. and CaixaBank in Brazil as vital to its business in the coming year.

After forging new partnerships, MoneyGram International Inc.'s revenue rose 11%, to $365.1 million, in the second quarter from a year earlier.

Vantiv's deal to buy Element Payment Services, combined with its purchase of Litle & Co. this year, accelerate the payment processor's move toward providing e-commerce and broader merchant services.

Visa CEO Charlie Scharf responded to the retailer-backed Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX)'s recent moves in mobile payments by pointing to the growth of Visa's V.me digital wallet, its penetration among merchants, and the fact that MCX's wallet still hasn't launched.

Discover Chairman and CEO David Nelms emphasizes that the financial benefits of partnerships with companies like PayPal and Ariba will not come right away.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Texas man over claims he operated a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has recently attracted investors including Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

Youth payments company Virtual Piggy will provide its services to Better The World Inc.'s FlipGive, a platform that connects companies to fundraising efforts.

Online sales of goods between countries will almost triple over the next five years as more people shop on the Web and merchants seek consumers across globe, a study commissioned by eBay Inc.'s PayPal found.

Shopkick now allows consumers to make purchases directly from its mobile app, which rewards consumers for visiting its merchant clients in-person.

Check, a mobile financial management and bill payment provider, is working with the Desert Water Agency in Palm Springs, Calif., to allow residents to pay their utility bills from its smartphone app.

TouchSuite says the cloud is the perfect place for salon owners to operate their point of sale systems.

The PayVest event in New York, presented by PaymentsSource, American Banker and NYPAY, brought together many key players in emerging payments and technology. Many of them are taking different paths to the future.

In supporting the Square Wallet as a mobile payment option for its customers, U.S. Bank is taking a step that other financial institutions might view as embracing a competitor.

The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) has hired Dekkers Davidson to be its CEO. Davidson was most recently a managing director at Barclaycard US.

PayPal and its parent eBay each expect $20 billion in mobile commerce and payment volume this year, eBay CEO John Donahoe says.

Shopzilla, a technology company that manages a portfolio of shopping, product comparison and coupon websites, is expanding its mobile payments capabilities by acquiring startup Zappli.

Payvia is looking to burst through the traditional mobile funds transfer model in emerging markets by adding a wide range of digital services and new forms of content.