Barclaycard and wireless-network operator Everything Everywhere Ltd. on May 19 officially launched the United Kingdom’s first contactless mobile-payment system, which uses a pay-as-you-go handset from Samsung Group. But its success could hinge on merchant acceptance of the technology continuing to grow.

Danal Inc.'s BilltoMobile is launching a payment service for e-commerce sites to route payments through the phone bills of more than 200 mobile carriers across 60 countries.

CHICAGO–Evolving mobile technology is leading payment companies to develop new business models to capture revenue in a market many observers believe soon will offer enormous opportunities, executives said here May 20 during a panel discussion at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s annual conference.

Forming new partnerships with mobile-payments players is a top priority for Barclaycard, the new head of the issuer’s U.S. mobile business said May 19.

A payment-terminal maker and a restaurant-software provider are teaming up to enable restaurant patrons to use Near Field Communication-equipped smartphones to pay their tabs at the table. The contactless technology also integrates transaction information with business software.

PayPal Inc. has added the ability for users of Android smartphones to fund their accounts by taking a picture of a paper check.

In the rush to offer mobile banking to as many customers as possible, several banks have taken a fragmented approach, making different apps for separate regions, customer bases and even different functions tied to the same account. But a startup says it doesn't have to be that way.

Dwolla Corp., an alternative payments provider, is developing technology to help banks cut fraud as they start allowing transactions from mobile devices — and also help them decide which mobile devices are worth investing in to begin with.

Prepaid debit card providers might gain new customers by adding mobile remote deposit capture services because underbanked consumers see value in the technology, suggests new survey data.

Global shipments of handsets with Near Field Communication technology should increase to nearly 550 million units by 2015, helped by the decision earlier this month by three major U.S. wireless carriers to partner with leading credit card companies on a mobile-commerce initiative, according to new IHS iSuppli research.

SAN DIEGO–Mobile payments actually could increase the use of cards instead of replacing them with phones, an analyst said May 11 during a panel discussion on the future of merchant acquiring here at the Electronic Transactions Association’s Annual Meeting & Expo.

After the mobile-purchasing system in Apple Inc.’s iPhone game Smurfs’ Village led Apple to set new spending restrictions for mobile apps, the game’s developer has followed up with further restrictions for the game itself.

The news that Isis is seeking to expand its model by working with traditional card systems reveals the importance of wide cooperation in developing an NFC payments ecosystem.

With sales of mobile devices outpacing their distribution of debit and credit cards, banks in some countries are looking at new ways consumers may access cash at ATMs.

DeviceFidelity Inc. on Wednesday said it was issued a patent for using near-field communication technology to perform payment and other activities on mobile devices.

In launching its own digital wallet, Visa Inc. says its size will help it succeed in a market where many established payment companies have learned the hard way that bigger is not always better.

Despite the buzz surrounding mobile-banking services, a relatively few consumers use them on a regular basis, though nearly half are familiar with them, new research suggests.

Despite the buzz surrounding mobile-banking services, a relatively few consumers use them on a regular basis, though nearly half are familiar with them, new research suggests.

Giving card issuers a potential new venue to tap small business mobile payments at the point of sale by selling speed, Intuit this week is demonstrating new renovations its GoPayment mobile service to eliminate the card readers that merchants attach to their mobile devices to execute card payments.

Visa Inc. is working with several banks to roll out a digital wallet service in the U.S. and Canada this fall that will let consumers make payments with Visa and non-Visa cards.