The launch of Visa Checkout has attracted more interest from consumers than the launch of its earlier incarnation, V.me, according to PNC Bank.

Simon Xie, an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder and second-biggest shareholder of its finance affiliate that owns Alipay, may become a billionaire as the estimate for the value of the electronic-payment company rose.

Between record low net interest margins on credit card portfolios, continued downward pressure on debit card interchange rates, industrial-grade fraudsters, and anemic consumer spending, the ability for banks to profit from their payments businesses has never been more challenging.

Payment technology company ACI Worldwide has completed its $205 million purchase of the security vendor Retail Decisions Plc (ReD).

Square, which has been scrambling to add fee-based services to pad the revenue it gets from mobile payments, faces a formidable new challenge in Amazon's launch of a rival mobile card reader.

Web.com, a small-business Web design and marketing company, will promote MasterCard's Simplify Commerce platform in an expansion of the companies' e-commerce partnership.

Online payment provider paysafecard is offering its customers a plastic prepaid MasterCard card to extend the company's e-commerce offering into the physical retail world.

PayRange, a distribution deal with Vistar, is launching a Bluetooth device through that lets laundry machines, vending machines and parking meters accept payments through the consumer's wireless connection.

Amazon.com Inc. has launched a Square-like mobile card reader called Amazon Local Register, charging early adopters just 1.75% per swipe until the end of 2015.

All of us who work in the technology sector can play a part in helping to figure out how to deliver economic services to nearly half of the world’s population, many of whom live without access to basic financial services such as a savings account.

Fleet card provider FleetCor's planning a major push into B2B electronic payments, and hopes to get a substantial boost from its planned $3.45 billion acquisition of Comdata.

MasterCard is offering its inControl system in the Asia-Pacific region through First Data, allowing corporations and consumers to manage their online purchases.

Social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook, have been enticing but sometimes hostile environments for payments innovation. Some startups are pushing past the platform providers to appeal directly to their users.

Square recently ended a plastic card project out of concerns it would cause friction with the payment company's financial partners, according to Fast Company.

Transfast, an international remitter, is launching a money transfer service in Mexico to allow recipients to collect funds in a bank account within minutes.

To understand the future of credit-based transactions, credit unions need only look to the staples of American culture: coffee and donuts.

Two Palladium Group luxury hotels in Ibiza are now offering vacationers the option to use radio frequency identification-enabled wristbands for payments through PayPal.

Western Union has expanded it collaboration with MTN Group to provide mobile money transfers in the Ivory Coast.

Payveris is creating a new merchants solutions unit to connect banks, credit unions, consumers and merchants within the digital payments process.

Online cash payment provider Ukash is partnering with Numny, an electronic payment provider, to expand options for consumers in Saudi Arabia.