A professor is suing the payments company Square over charges that he was shut out of the startup he says he helped create.

Payline Data wants to add smaller businesses to its roster of merchant services clients, and figures "no swipe" mobile payments is good way to get in the door.

Online payment provider Acculynk is offering online merchants a real-time service to make payments directly to the debit card account of small businesses or individuals.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is changing his responsibilities to place a greater emphasis on mobile payments and other digital initiatives.

Starbucks CFO Troy Alstead has been promoted to become the company's chief operating officer, a new position, in a move meant to place more emphasis on the coffee company's digital and mobile plans.

Oberthur Technologies is offering its MoreMagic mobile wallet technology to the unbanked population of Myanmar through the country's Myanmar Mobile Money Co. Ltd.

Mitek Systems is ready to officially roll out its Mobile Photo Payments technology, allowing consumers to use a smartphone or tablet camera to snap photos of bills, checks or payment cards to initiate a payment.

Fiserv's new release of its CheckFree RXP bill payment product borrows from electronic gaming and social networks in an effort to get more people interested in paying their bills online.

Mike Liberatore has become the new chief financial officer at the payments startup Clinkle.

Mobile app developer Photopon is launching technology that lets merchants customize its photo-based offer system.

NVoicePay has expanded its hosted business payments technology to a number of new industries, betting there will be an increasing appetite for outsourced payments automation.

Apple Inc. has taken its time to establish a potential foothold in payments, never seeming to follow the path set by its rivals and never seeming to indicate just how close it is to the finish line.

PayPal's adjustments to its developer program will provide an early look at how the company's Braintree acquisition will change PayPal's approach to new payments technology.

While this still hinders some customers' adoption of their bank or credit union's mobile bill pay offerings, in reality, today's technology has made mobile bill pay more secure and easier than ever before.

Video game reviewer Clint Basinger feels squeezed by YouTube policies that reduce his revenue from ads, so the founder of Lazy Game Reviews has begun using the crowdfunding payments provider Patreon to restore his cash flow.

Mobile carriers are becoming more heavily involved in the payments world. Many are spearheading tests and full deployments of mobile wallets throughout the world, and some like T-Mobile are launching prepaid cards as well.

Incipio's Cashwrap sleeve for Apple iPhones, announced a year ago as a companion to the Isis mobile wallet, will soon be available for purchase at AT&T company-owned stores.

Finnish bank OP-Pohjola has introduced a mobile point of sale system designed to help consumers take advantage of local tax breaks.

Nearly 10 million Starbucks customers use its mobile app to make payments, totaling close to 5 million mobile payments a week, the company reports.

Paydiant has received a patent covering technology that allows consumers to withdraw cash out of ATMs with their smartphones, a feature that it says should appeal to banks.