Cards

A new multi-purse card called Coin recently caused a commotion as it sparked interest in the concept of a card with a dynamic magnetic stripe. But other companies have pitched similar concepts before.

Google Wallet now offers a plastic Google Wallet debit card designed as an alternative to using a smartphone to pay at the point of sale.

Visa Inc. is working with i2c to bring new prepaid processing options to countries where prepaid card use is growing.

Online PIN debit provider Acculynk now allows U.S. merchants to accept China UnionPay payments online.

Oberthur Technologies will supply First Data Corp. with EMV smart cards as part of a partnership in which both companies plan to promote use of the chip-based cards in the U.S.

Don't get distracted by the big-name telecoms that designed the Isis mobile wallet, or you'll miss the wizard behind the curtain: American Express, which stands to see a jolt in adoption of its Serve account if Isis succeeds.

With some powerful marketing, Coin, a dynamic card provider, has captured consumer attention with its magnetic-stripe card that can digitally store accounts from multiple credit and debit cards.

Government payment processor General Payment Systems has signed an agreement with Riverside Superior Court in California to support alternative payments.

Payments processor Cardis USA and mobile commerce vendor Spindle are joining with vending machine manufacturer Multi-max to enable mobile payments at its machines, where most consumers still buy coffee with cash.

Gyft, a mobile gift card provider, has launched a loyalty system that gives different levels of rewards based on the funding method, favoring alternatives over credit cards.

Quatrro, a business processing company based in India, is launching payment processing services for credit unions, community banks and other payment companies in the U.S.

Blackhawk Network has completed its purchase of InteliSpend Prepaid Solutions, which will operate as a business unit of Blackhawk, a distributor of gift cards and prepaid telecom products.

WorldPay has entered a five-year partnership to support payment processing for Direct Card Solutions, which specializes in serving the entertainment industry.

U.S. Bank has launched a travel payments engine that provides unique identifiers for each transaction instead of a centralized billing umbrella.

The payment processor Planet Payment has named Carl Williams as its president.

Former First Data CFO Cheryl King will assume the same position at PaySpan, a health care payment automation company.

Planet Payment Inc. has entered a multi-year extension for its agreement to provide multi-currency payment processing services for Network International LLC.

JPMorgan Chase heavily markets its Sapphire Preferred card to travelers, but without an EMV chip, the Sapphire card was losing its luster for some users.

This month, Microsoft and Sony are launching new machines with a whole new take on games, movies — and payments. And they're not the only ones applying video game strategies to the payments industry.

Corporate payments provider Wex will acquire the assets of ExxonMobil’s European commercial fleet fuel card program, called the Esso Card.