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A bank in Vietnam claims it has tripled its account base since it began offering cards with biometric fingerprint technology in June to the country's unbanked residents.

Wells Fargo's customers have opted to receive digital versions of their ATM receipts 100 million times since the bank introduced the feature two years ago.

JPMorgan Chase is now offering mobile banking and payments features to users of its prepaid card, Liquid.

VeriFone is supplying retailer Beall's with customer-facing point-of-sale devices that feature color displays and the capacity to adapt to changes in payments.

Sites like Groupon have captured consumers' attention and loyalty in a way that credit card issuers often dream of. A few savvy payments companies have found ways to benefit from the daily-deals fad.

Mexican bank Banamex this week launched the initial phase of the first major countrywide contactless-payment rollout that includes the issuance of 100,000 contactless credit and debit MasterCards and the deployment of several thousand terminals to 1,900 merchants in Mexico City.

As we transact, we give life to the inner "rock star" or "accountant" in us, says Brett King, chief executive of mobile finance start-up Movenbank.

Trying to figure out Apple's intentions with mobile payments based on the technology giant's patent approvals is akin to assembling Ikea furniture without instructions. Some parts clearly fit, others not so much.

Transaction processor Vantiv plans to offer its new Mobile Accept card reader to help brick-and-mortar merchants handle payments outside their stores — without paying more than they do for in-store payments.

American Express will offer its reloadable prepaid cards on Walgreens shelves by the end of the week.

Google has changed the rules about how issuers get into its mobile wallet, and American Express is the first to vocally and vehemently oppose Google's new setup. The outcome of this dispute could decide who controls transaction data in mobile payments.

The use of mobile applications to help consumers pay for parking is growing, with three companies recently announcing expansions and new technology.

A penny per transaction may be enough to cover issuers' costs of preventing credit and debit fraud now, but that math could change if fraud incidents spike.

VeriFone shares fell the most in more than two months after Starbucks, the largest coffee-shop chain, said it will use Square’s rival payment system in 7,000 stores.

Starbucks' $25 million investment in Square says a lot about the mobile payment provider's appeal to larger merchants — but the coffee chain's decision to leave out some of Square's technology also speaks volumes.

Acculynk, which supports PIN-debit card use online, announced American Airlines as the first major airline to go live with its PaySecure product.

Cardtronics expects the 6,200 machines its ATM Network Inc. acquisition brings to provide potential marketing and advertising opportunities.

KeyBank will soon get to test the power of years of investments to its operations and redesigns to rewards as it moves its credit card operation back under its own roof.

Cardtronics USA has acquired the assets of independent sales organization ATM Network Inc., including its merchant contracts, customer relationships, online store and Web properties.

Starbucks announced today that it is investing $25 million in Square and will begin using Square's mobile payment technology in its stores.