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The anonymous digital currency Bitcoin, which is already accepted on the Wordpress blogging site, has another mainstream partner. Reddit, the social news and entertainment site, now accepts bitcoins as payment for Reddit Gold, a subscription service.

Coinstar and PayPal are in the midst of a nationwide expansion of the integration they have tested since last May. The partnership allows consumers to use the change-counting kiosks to load, withdraw and send funds from their PayPal accounts.

Personal financial management provider Pageonce has added a person-to-person payments service to its mobile-focused software feature set.

The Dunkin' Donuts iPhone app now integrates with Passbook, the software-based mobile wallet that stores payment cards and tickets from other mobile apps and typically relies on displayed bar codes for redemption.

PayPal has attracted some big names to accept it at the point of sale, but it has a long way to go before its digital wallet is a part of everyday consumer life. A recent partnership with the fuel pump technology company Gilbarco Veeder-Root has the potential to change that.

Merchant service providers need to be aware that payment gateway technology is likely to provide answers to most of the questions merchants may ask when navigating the dizzying array of new payment rules and technologies.

While the U.S. inches toward adoption of the EMV chip-card standard, some card makers and issuers are finding they need to move faster than others.

NetSpend Holdings earned $10.1 million in the fourth quarter of last year, a 5% increase from the same period a year earlier.

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., the world’s biggest payment networks, won dismissal of a price- fixing lawsuit brought by a group representing operators of automated teller machines.

Skype has added e-gifting capabilities to its Windows and Mac desktop voice chatting application.

Visa's introduction of a global mobile money program doesn't make it a pioneer in using handsets to tap underserved locales, but it does bring scale, open-loop flexibility and likely a lot of future bank issuers to a market that's currently heavy on regional telecom partnerships with closed-loop systems.

It's not going to garner the attention that Square Inc.'s pact with Starbucks created, but Square's latest deal shows it's still eager to brew partnerships with coffee shops.

Blackboard Transact has added the contactless payment technology of Mifare as an option for schools offering campus cards for students to access buildings or make payments.

Visa's launch of a plug-and-play mobile money platform speaks to a rapidly maturing trend of using mobility to spread financial services to underbanked consumers and developing countries.

Western Union Co., the world’s biggest money-transfer business, fell after the company forecast continued revenue declines in 2013.

Payleven, a mobile payment venture from the Samwer brothers' Rocket Internet incubator, started selling its mobile chip-and-PIN mobile card reader last week and received hundreds of orders for the new device.

At a time when every prepaid card seems to have a celebrity's face attached to it, GiftCards.com is looking to add a personality to its own lineup — and it's looking at a finance star, not a pop star.

For mobile payments and analytics provider Bango.net Ltd., a recent shot in the arm from investors represents a chance to expand into emerging markets and help offset the company's costs for preparing for the next generation of BlackBerry phones.

Core-banking tech provider Jack Henry is expanding the services it offers banks and credit unions by offering support for prepaid cards, with assistance from TransCard.

Diebold leaders conveyed a message of contrition to investors during the ATM manufacturer’s fourth quarter 2012 earnings call, acknowledging that change is needed and promising further organizational changes and structural cost reductions to improve performance.