More than half of the nation’s largest financial institutions offer mobile-banking services, which continue to evolve from being an extension of online banking to supporting person-to-person funds transfers and other payment capabilities, according to a new report from First Annapolis Consulting Inc.

Bling Nation Ltd. said Tuesday that its mobile contactless payment system will be accepted by the regional grocery chain Brookshire Grocery Co.

Mobile banking provider MShift said yesterday it is partnering with RDM Corp. to provide remote deposit capture over Mshift’s mobile banking applications for the iPhone and Android platforms.

With mobile access now widely accepted as a consumer channel, more banks are turning their attention to businesses.

Oxigen Services Pvt. Ltd. has signed a service agreement with Luup International Ltd. to launch mobile-payment services in India, Luup International announced Oct. 29.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone payments system is coming closer to reality.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. and its competitors say there is high interest in offering new consumer technologies such as mobile remote deposit capture and mobile banking in general.

TCL Corp., a China-based mobile-phone manufacturer, has inked a deal with China UnionPay in which the companies will provide mobile handsets that support payment functions, the companies announced earlier this month.

AT&T Inc. has signed partnership agreements with three mobile-payment companies that enable its wireless customers to charge online purchases for such digital content as games and music directly to their mobile-phone bills.

Apple Inc.’s MFi licensing program for devices designed to work with mobile Apple products has certified Blue Bamboo’s P25-M mobile printer and card reader, the China-based point-of-sale terminal maker announced Oct. 29.

Visa Inc. said it is prepared to confront alternative and mobile payments head on.

American Express Co. this week signaled its eagerness to tap into new mobile and prepaid payment technologies that will include “debit-like” products, but one analyst says AmEx has far to go before it catches up with competitors’ mobile-payments momentum.

Overnight, the young mobile payment company Bling Nation Ltd. became visible to 4 million smartphone users.

PayWare Mobile users that have Apple Inc.’s iPhones would be able to accept PayPal funds by bumping their phones with PayPal's users' iPhones under an agreement PayPal Inc. and VeriFone Systems Inc. announced Oct. 26.

MasterCard Inc. has completed its acquisition of DataCash Group PLC.

Developing business applications for mobile banking could help banks solve one of the quandaries of the emerging channel: how to make money in it.

Mobile is taking Manhattan through the latest expansion of Starbucks Corp.’s payment trial.

Financial institutions should focus on marketing to individuals between the ages of 18 and 34 to grow their emerging consumer-payments businesses. But the so-called Millennial Generation surprisingly is nonplussed by mobile payments, despite its growing exposure in the market, suggest the results of a recent study.

Five credit unions have agreed to use the remote deposit capture services from Eastern Corporate Federal Credit Union and its wholly owned subsidiary Vertifi Software LLC, Eastern Corporate announced Oct. 21.

A cacophony of marketing voices is urging ISOs and acquirers to consider mobile point-of-sale services as a way to grow revenue and potentially reach new merchants.