As mobile wallets expand their services, they more closely resemble full-fledged bank accounts. And PreCash Inc. says it can do at least one job better than banks do today.

Cabela's Inc. employees are using Sage Mobile Payment card readers to accept payments at the company's bank-sponsored outdoor sales events this summer.

Alliance Data Systems Corp. is adding augmented reality technology to the tools it offers to drive the use of retail payment cards.

Photo-based mobile bill pay can help banks overcome the adoption challenges of traditional online bill pay.

Bango, a direct carrier billing provider, has integrated with Mozilla's Firefox Marketplace, allowing consumers to charge digital purchases to their phone bill.

Payment processor Moneris and restaurant hardware provider TouchBistro are partnering to provide iPad payment products for U.S. clients.

BitWall, a Bitcoin content monetization startup, will launch next week to allow people to sell low-value digital content, putting one of the digital currency's favored use cases to the test.

Visa has elevated former PayPal and Yahoo executive Sam Shrauger to head of digital, part of an internal reorganization at the card network that took place at the end of July, according to an analyst report from Janney.

To create effective mobile payments products, developers must treat merchants and consumers as separate customer segments that have of inextricably-linked needs.

Virtual Piggy, which provides an online youth payment system, now offers digital gift cards on its website through a deal with the prepaid card company InComm.

Western Union has partnered with electronic payment processor eTranzact to offer mobile money transfers in Nigeria.

A group of technology companies is working to build digital currencies into Web browsers, a move that could help payment methods such as Bitcoin thrive.

PayPal is sponsoring a hackathon series where mobile app developers have just 24 hours to build an app that will win them a trip to PayPal headquarters to compete for $100,000 at the Battle Hack World Finals.

Apple Inc.'s acquisition of a small semiconductor company has given fresh credibility to rumors that the technology giant is planning a 'smart watch' that could perform contactless payments.

London-based Zapp has hired a former Barclays executive experienced in mobile payments to help prepare for its first product launch in early 2014.

Despite the warnings, cell phones are safe to use at gas pumps — and ExxonMobil Corp. aims to prove this in testing a mobile payment app for smartphone users in Nashville, Tenn.

The Pulse debit and ATM network is working with mobile payment provider Paydiant to give banks a software-based mobile wallet with the bank's brand.

PayPal is making programming tools available worldwide to allow software developers outside the U.S. to integrate PayPal payments into their applications.

IDT Payment Services, a subsidiary of IDT Corp., launched an international money transfer service to expand its Boss Revolution payment platform.

Five weeks after acquiring mobile payment startup JustChalo Inc., online restaurant reservation provider OpenTable is testing a mobile payment feature for restaurant patrons.