FreedomPay has hired Rodney Bowen-Wright, a former Microsoft venture capital specialist, to be its chief business development officer.

Medical bills are often confusing to patients, and this confusion can delay their payments. Patientco is one of several providers aiming to add clarity for the patient and the health care biller alike.

QR codes, the two-dimensional bar codes used in many mobile wallets, are easy to deploy but can vary in their level of security.

Discover Chairman and CEO David Nelms emphasizes that the financial benefits of partnerships with companies like PayPal and Ariba will not come right away.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Texas man over claims he operated a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has recently attracted investors including Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

American Express Co. will be discontinuing its Deals and Offers program on the Serve digital wallet on August 12.

Cardlytics, which provides card-linked marketing technology, has hired Jim Morgan to be its chief financial officer, a new position.

Youth payments company Virtual Piggy will provide its services to Better The World Inc.'s FlipGive, a platform that connects companies to fundraising efforts.

Online sales of goods between countries will almost triple over the next five years as more people shop on the Web and merchants seek consumers across globe, a study commissioned by eBay Inc.'s PayPal found.

Shopkick now allows consumers to make purchases directly from its mobile app, which rewards consumers for visiting its merchant clients in-person.

Check, a mobile financial management and bill payment provider, is working with the Desert Water Agency in Palm Springs, Calif., to allow residents to pay their utility bills from its smartphone app.

The Affordable Care Act's individual mandate will hasten individual responsibility for health care procurement and payments, making mobile apps increasingly important.

Mumbai power distributor Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. says it has established the first mobile and Web-based digital option for residents to pay their utility bills.

A mobile security expert in Germany says he found a flaw in the encryption technology of some mobile phone SIM cards holding personal and payment details.

TouchSuite says the cloud is the perfect place for salon owners to operate their point of sale systems.

Eat24.com has developed a new point of sale terminal and restaurant management system it intends to offer for free to help clients handle online food orders.

Adquira and Inetco are attacking payment-processing slowdowns by using cloud-delivered technology to track the performance of individual components of a transaction.

The PayVest event in New York, presented by PaymentsSource, American Banker and NYPAY, brought together many key players in emerging payments and technology. Many of them are taking different paths to the future.

PayPal increased its presence in Australian bars, cafes and restaurants today by securing agreements with hospitality technology companies EatNow, OrderMate and Beat the Q.

Green Dot Corp.'s GoBank account is being featured on Lifetime's Project Runway.