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Square, which built its business on the simplicity of its plug-in payment device, is piling on services that should make banks and other companies take notice.

Square has launched Square Capital, a credit program for small business, joining a growing number of companies breaking into small-business lending.

The fleet card provider WEX Inc. has extended its contract to provide private-label and fleet card services for Phillips 66.

Five years after the enactment of major reforms to the U.S. credit-card market, industry opposition has quietly faded into acceptance. Bankers certainly aren't celebrating the 2009 legislation, but they're not condemning it, either.

Zipremit is planning a service that will enable merchants to accept payments and extend credit to consumers who don't want to use a credit card account.

First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha, is partnering with the deals delivery company Swagbucks to implement a rewards program for its credit and secured credit card programs.

BMO's changes to how it organizes treasury and corporate payments can help it streamline client sales and payments product bundling.

European companies aren't using credit cards much for payments, which may give Wells Fargo a chance to establish a presence as a corporate issuer.

Wells Fargo and American Express launched two new credit card products on Tuesday.

American Express Co. is ready for its new small business program, OptBlue, to take the spotlight after several months of testing and a soft launch with acquirers.

Wells Fargo is expanding its commercial card portfolio to Europe with the launch of a European Commercial Card.

WEX's conversion of ExxonMobil's Esso European card business is progressing, as the corporate payments company also extended its work with ExxonMobil to include Asia and South Pacific markets.

Discover's not worried about the increase of alternative payment companies offering hefty rewards in an attempt to cut into interchange revenue, Chairman and CEO David Nelms told investors on April 22.

Until recently, Venus' approach to customer rewards was simple. It simply didn't have a program.

American Express' joint travel venture may get delayed as it awaits regulatory approval, CFO Jeff Campbell told investors Jan 16.

Corporate fleet card payments company WEX has renewed its card services partnership with the pest control company Rollins through December 2018.

Walmart has long been as much a force in financial services as it has been in retail. Here are some of ways Walmart and its executives have shaped - and challenged - the payments industry.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chose MasterCard Inc. to handle transactions for the merchant's store-branded credit cards, ending a nine-year relationship with Discover Financial Services.

Credit bureau Equifax Inc. is leveraging its trove of consumer data to streamline the purchasing process on the Web and mobile devices.

U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis is rebranding its payment cards for small businesses under the name "U.S. Bank Business Edge."