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Direct-to-carrier billers believe they have a calling, especially among consumers wanting to make secure small-ticket transactions.

The silence is almost deafening.

WISeKey S.A. and The Bancorp Inc. are hoping to give greater peace of mind to customers who conduct transactions online.

Though the mobile-payments market is still nascent, the early successes seem to be those developed by technology companies and mobile-phone carriers–not banks. A new product from Sequent Software Inc. might level the playing field.

Credit-union members spent 8.1% more and made 10.1% more transactions during this year’s Black Friday than they did on the same day last year, according to a new analysis conducted by Co-op Financial Services and Saylent Technologies, a provider of payment-intelligence services.

Delhi’s commuters will have to wait a bit longer for a prepaid, multiuse transit card because of bureaucratic and administrative delays, an official close to the project tells PaymentsSource.

Isis, still almost a year away from launching its mobile-payments application, is partnering with an industry heavyweight to serve as the security guard for its wallet.

Wells Fargo & Co. has long been an early adopter of new ATM technology–it was the first bank to convert paper check deposits to images and last year became the first bank to allow simultaneous "mixed media" deposits of cash and checks.

Hold the phone! Google Wallet appears to have a security leak.

If the world of mobile and contactless payments moves so fast it seems like a wild ride, MasterCard Worldwide and Lo-Q PLC have targeted the perfect setting.

Peoples Bank of Alabama is launching 30 of NCR Corp.'s SelfServ ATMs that use scalable deposit-module technology, which enables customers to deposit checks and cash at the same time through a single slot.

For banks, free checking is many things. But it is not free.

Could consumers’ fears about crooks intercepting their financial data and spying on their locations dampen adoption of mobile payments?

Banks trying to make up for lost revenue should consider adding fees for new products and services such as mobile banking or payments, rather than charging customers for using debit, market-research experts at Mintel Comperemedia advise.

Fraud has not yet become common through mobile-banking channels, but experts warn that cyber criminals likely have mobile banking and mobile payments on their radar.

Phishing scams involving all types of payment methods are on the rise nationwide and the latest one in North Dakota involves Green Dot Corp.’s MoneyPak.

Google Inc. could score much-needed points in the mobile-payments market if rumors prove true and the company succeeds in launching its Google Wallet application in London in time for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, one mobile-marketing expert believes.

Young, tech-savvy adults may be the quickest to embrace new technology, but don’t bet on them trusting social media sites or funky startups with their cash. Banks win out easily, at least for now.

Despite new limits on debit card interchange, the price of Slurpees has stubbornly remained the same, according to a survey completed by the payments industry’s lobbying group.

More consumers are using smartphones to pay monthly bills, and cards are their preferred method of payment, according to new research from Fiserv Inc.