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DeviceFidelity has chosen MoneyGram to be the money transfer provider for its moneto mobile wallet.

Prepaid card and technology provider InComm has launched an in-store digital sales program, allowing consumers to buy digital gift cards and other virtual items alongside physical ones at brick-and-mortar merchant locations.

Prepaid card provider epay has rolled out Google Play gift cards at more than 5,600 food and discount stores in Germany.

Western Union's Business Services division will offer a global tuition product that allows international students from South Korea and China to pay tuition in their own currencies.

Have you ever imagined starting your own bitcoin exchange? Soon, Vancouver-based Bex.io will make that possible by deploying exchange functionality under a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.

Kipochi, an African online service launched this month, is looking for a way to connect the digital currency Bitcoin to M-Pesa, Kenya's widely-used mobile payments system.

Dubbed the "Athens of America" because it's rife with colleges and universities in the area, Boston is becoming a hub for tech startups as recent grads — and even dropouts — bring fresh perspective to the payments industry.

Corethree Ltd. has developed a mobile wallet that allows drivers of electric vehicles in the U.K. to locate charging stations and pay through their smartphones.

Virtual Piggy has linked its youth payments engine to Innovation First International, which makes robotic toys and educational tools.

Payments and marketing are getting closer than ever, and several companies are blurring the line between where the payment ends and where the pitch begins.

W. Alexander Hoffman is the new senior vice president of global product management and emerging channels at MoneyGram International.

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase will offer instant purchases for users that supply identity information, with others having to wait four days for transactions to complete.

Google requires the early adopters who buy its Google Glass headset to purchase it using Google Wallet. What are the implications for Google's payments strategy?

GoCardless is using a link to Sage's accounting software to improve the experience of automating business-to-business payments in a market that typically lags the consumer payments market.

Fidor Bank AG, of Munich, has agreed to help Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH, an exchange operator, to speed trading of bitcoins and comply with regulatory requirements.

The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a mobile payments initiative created by major retailers, will use technology from FIS to speed processing and provide access to accounts at a large range of financial institutions.

The next big idea for payments is ready to spring to life, and MasterCard wants to be there when it happens.

As EMV-chip card use spreads at the point of sale in the U.S., online merchants will have to change the way they handle payments online.

The mobile bank account provider Simple will soon offer Braintree's mobile payment system, Venmo Touch, to its users.