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Banks providing cash back on transactions as an incentive for credit card use have a better chance of seeing their account become the "top of wallet" card, a new Auriemma Consulting Group report says.

ShopKeep POS is adding credit card acceptance through PayPal at a 2.7% per-transaction fee, which it says is competitive with other processing options.

Square Inc. has redesigned its mobile payment app, displaying its merchants as thumbnail images instead of as a list and placing a greater emphasis on discounts and loyalty.

Merchants, acquirers and issuers are preparing to handle EMV-chip debit cards that carry three application identifier codes — from Visa, MasterCard and Discover — as an earlier push to use one common code remains unresolved.

Corduro has added technology to its PayMobile app to locate and attract nearby customers when a merchant's business is slow.

ZenPayroll has launched a contractor payments service that includes direct deposit and tax reporting.

Visa Inc. and Ethoca Ltd. have partnered in an effort to thwart online payment fraud attempts, which they expect to increase as the U.S. shifts to the EMV-chip card standard at the point of sale.

Healthcare payment provider PaySpan has released the United Benefits Card, a payments card that's designed to also replace member ID cards, paper checks and other cards used in healthcare, such as wellness incentive cards.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County CU said this morning it has signed with Cardlytics, the pioneer of card-linked marketing, to provide targeted rewards to its members.

Discover Financial Services' arrangement to facilitate in-store PayPal transactions across its network stands to serve as the biggest expansion of its ongoing strategy to serve as a multifaceted utility throughout the payments ecosystem.

Gravity Payments now allows PayPal card acceptance at about 10,000 merchants in Washington State.

PayAnywhere will provide mobile credit card processing to Camp Masters, the popcorn brand sold by the Boy Scouts of America for fundraising.

Chirpify, which handles payments over social media, is launching a direct payment processing option, overcoming its reliance on PayPal’s service.

Consumers today are social media addicts, and Getonic is aiming to use their Facebook and Twitter habits to the advantage of online merchants.

How consumers conduct PayPal transactions across the Discover Network demonstrates a shift in how the eBay unit approaches its transition to becoming an in-store payments option.

Apple's one nod to payments during its keynote address at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is its plan to store users' credit card info in a new iCloud keychain for online shopping.

The National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program has sparked a major outcry over phone monitoring, but the less-publicized government accumulation of credit card and other payments data can provide far more granular intelligence, according to payments experts.

Microsoft confirmed that the company will eliminate Microsoft Points, its digital currency, in favor of pricing digital content in local currencies.

MasterCard will make the card network's Expert Monitoring Fraud Scoring for Merchants available to Kount's merchant clients.

Manufacturers of PIN entry devices have received updated Payment Card Industry security requirements.