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When Shopkick Inc. this week chose Giftango Corp. as its delivery engine for digital gift cards, it represented a union made in cyberspace.

Apple has over 300 retail stores, but it relies heavily on mobile devices — not just cash registers — to handle payments in its aisles. Intuit's latest update to QuickBooks Point of Sale allows its small-merchant clients to duplicate Apple's model.

Say the words “mobile wallet” in connection with any significant player in the payments industry, and it’s likely to trigger a flood of interest.

Western Union Holdings Inc. may expand a prepaid remittance card program to most Central American countries if its June 4 product launch in El Salvador goes well.

Consumers are holding more debit cards due to bank mergers and closures, and a more careful approach to household budgeting following the recession.

Cartera Commerce has received $12.2 million in funding from a group of investors led by Comvest Group, the loyalty-shopping platform provider announced June 5.

A data breach against a well-known payments processor assuredly triggers concern about what processors are or aren’t doing to protect stored data.

Large banks generally have tackled new rules requiring ATMs to have voice-navigation features for the visually impaired, but for small banks it's another story.

The CEO of ZooZ admits that he wasn't thinking of the prominent Zeus malware, which targets bank accounts, when he named his payments company. But he was absolutely thinking of security.

Not surprisingly, the upcoming 2012 London Olympics has become the perfect battleground for those who fear Visa is trying to deny visitors the ability to use cash on the Olympics grounds.

Apple isn't the only game in town. Neither is Google. To allow mobile payments across all smartphone types, companies such as ZooZ encourage developers to use HTML5, the latest version of the HTML markup language.

AUSTIN, Texas – Austin Telco FCU has signed a multi-year agreement joining the STAR Network. STAR will provide PIN-secured debit point-of-sale (POS) and ATM access to the $1 billion credit union’s members.

Lower margins associated with debit card interchange and overdraft-protection fees is driving the U.S. banking industry to encourage more consumers to use prepaid and credit cards to pursue revenue. However, despite such moves, debit card payment volume will rise at a double-digit rate this year, a new report suggests.

Canada's payments industry is at a critical crossroads. Despite its significant strides in modernizing certain aspects of payment technology, the country's crucial regulatory issues are mired in fog.

Speculating about the role Apple Inc. ultimately will seek to play in payments has become a significant spectator sport for industry analysts.

So what does PayPal Inc. do for an encore?

Prepaid companies have lowered their card fees over the past few years, but now regulators may give the still-fractured industry another push towards simpler prices.

Redstone Federal Credit Union’s Right Choice Money Services for the underserved unit has signed with Western Union to offer the company’s global funds-transfer and online funds-transfer services through branches in Alabama, the financial institution announced May 31.

Canada has a head start on the U.S. in adopting contactless payments. And as tap-and-pay technology spreads, the use of cash for routine transactions is on track to decline sharply within five years, a new study contends.

Acculynk Inc. previously cast its online PIN-debit service overseas, but it has landed what the company considers “a major development in a burgeoning market” in becoming the provider enabling RuPay cardholders in India to initiate online transactions.