Economy

A growing number of payments technology providers are targeting small businesses with mobile point of sale offerings, creating a tech boom for a merchant segment that’s often been underserved.

BNP Paribas announced Hello bank! will be rolled out this summer to four European markets.

BTN reporter Sean Sposito is at the FinovateSpring startup showcase in San Francisco this week. Here are several companies that piqued his interest.

Square, PayPal, Groupon and others recently revealed a flurry of new technology at the point of sale, demonstrating just how capable tablets and smartphones are at handling payments and other needs for small merchants.

BitPay, which processes payments for merchants in the virtual currency Bitcoin, has attracted some investors with a pedigree in pioneering alternative ways to send and receive money.

At least two startups who demoed at Finovate this week are trying to step in between banks and commercial borrowers in the same way peer to peer lenders already have — with crowdfunding.

US Merchant Systems, an ISO serving more than 100,000 businesses, is providing data analytics to customers through Womply Insights.

Cash is flourishing in the digital era, “Freakonomics” author Stephen Dubner asserts in a video the ATM Industry Association posted on YouTube and other social-media sites.

Priority Payment Systems is offering a new payments platform called Priority MedPay that the company says speeds up collections and reduces administrative costs for medical providers.

Facebook is working with Payments technology provider Marqeta Inc. to add features to its stored-value Facebook Card.

Sam Yam was the college roommate of Jack Conte, half of the indie band Pomplamoose. Together, they founded Patreon to help artists like Conte raise funds from fans online.

Google has integrated Google Wallet with Gmail to allow users to send funds as email attachments.

Google has added a new checkout button on Android devices, enabling one-click purchases from the handsets, the company said in a presentation today.

Payments technology provider ZooZ has developed a product that combines mobile payments with advertising.

Two Standard Chartered customers aim to earn a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for making mobile banking transactions at a high altitude.

In a sign of the times, information security and authentication vendors dominate a fintech conference.

Leaf, which offers a tablet specifically for in-store card payments, has added new features designed to ease user experience and attract third-party developers.