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Citigroup is testing new mobile payment features with its U.S. commercial cardholders in anticipation of a global rollout.

Capital Bank of Rockville, Md., said it chose Fiserv's Premier core, as well as the vendor's credit card management, electronic bill pay, person-to-person payments and other services.

Deutsche Telekom AG's announcement July 2 of a mobile payments partnership with MasterCard highlights the opportunities for issuers in mobile wallets being developed worldwide, including in the U.S.

American Express plans to begin issuing secure chip cards in the U.S. this year, and it has released a timeline for merchants to follow in accepting those cards. Like every other network's roadmap, Amex sticks closely to the plan Visa announced last August.

Visa is putting some of its most sophisticated commercial card features within reach of small and mid-sized businesses that use credit cards to cover expenses.

Even as American Express Co. seeks a less elite audience in the U.S. for its digital wallet and gift cards, its unit in Canada is aiming for the big spenders by boosting its platinum-level perks.

Google's most recent update to its mobile wallet's online pricing seems to stray from the product's focus at the point of sale. It's the latest in a series of twists and turns in Google's payments strategy.

To hear Dan Wagner tell it, one would think the CEO of London-based mPowa was ready to enter the ring for a prizefight against all comers in the world of mobile card-based payments.

Almost a year ago, the telecommunications companies backing the Isis mobile wallet venture were clear that they would rely on Near Field Communication. But as technology advances, there may be wisdom in adopting an alternative.

Merchants may feel overwhelmed at the abundance of new payment technologies, and they are understandably worried about investing in the wrong one. Terminal vendors are hoping to address those fears.

Despite constant calls to action, U.S. credit card issuers may still be too complacent about card fraud — even as the fallout from massive data breaches snowballs.

Shopkick now works with both Visa and MasterCard to offer targeted rewards using transaction data gathered at the point of sale.

Though ZooZ is now the exclusive payment option for merchants that use the mobile commerce platform provider MobiCart, this week's agreement linking the two tech companies is, paradoxically, about providing access to as many payment options as possible.

Google announced revisions to its mobile wallet that make it a more palatable choice for the sale of digital goods.

Toys "R" Us' relaunched credit card from GE Capital has a bunch of new features to drive repeat purchases in its latest play against competitors such as Target and Wal-Mart, both of which lack such specialized rewards.

When Global Payments last March revealed it had suffered a data breach, executives at tokenization vendor Protegrity began what amounted to a verbal campaign calling for fraud liability to shift to processors. Elavon must have thought Protegrity was onto something.

For ATM deployments in Canada's 7-Eleven convenience stores, it's CIBC out and Scotiabank in. And 7-Eleven is getting new machines to boot.

For small merchants, the annual compliance questionnaire for the PCI Standard has become increasingly complex. First Data hopes to make the process simple again by using technology.

Square is adding more features to set its reader apart from the various other smartphone plug-ins that can also read magnetic-stripe cards.

JPMorgan Chase's Chase Paymentech has begun supplying retailers and other merchants with new terminals that can accept payments from smartphones and cards embedded with computer chips.