Mobile payments

Whole Foods Market has agreed to use multiple versions of Square Inc.'s mobile payments technology.

More people worldwide will be able to transfer funds to users of the mobile money transfer service M-Pesa due to a new partnership with Vodafone and Moneygram.

Payveris and D3 Banking are integrating their technology to allow banks and credit unions to use Payveris' digital payments functions with D3 Banking's multichannel digital banking service.

Pizza Patron is integrating Revel Systems' mobile point of sale system into its more than 100 restaurant locations, which had been using several different vendors' products to accept payments.

Facebook Connect, which lets Internet users log into other websites by typing their Facebook credentials, seems to be everywhere. But perhaps it should not be in mobile payments, SCVNGR's LevelUp has decided.

SixThirty, a technology accelerator launched last year by Square co-founder Jim McKelvey, is searching for its second class of financial services technology startups.

MasterCard has signed on as the first card network to participate in the mobile payments component of the Weve joint venture in the U.K.

Xoom Corp. expanded its money transferring services by offering instant deposit accessibility to Metrobank and PNB, two of the top banks in the Philippines.

Clutch's mobile wallet has added technology from Mobeam that allows consumers to 'beam' bar codes from loyalty, membership and gift cards from certain smartphone models directly to standard laser scanners, which often cannot read bar codes on mobile apps.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has launched a mobile payment app that allows customers on the Telus phone network to make purchases at many Canadian retailers.

In 2014 retailers will focus on reshaping their businesses on products such as merchant-led mobile wallets, which help them engage with consumers throughout the shopping experience.

African countries south of the Sahara desert represent prime markets for digital payment development because residents have few other financial services options, according to a report from McKinsey & Company.

Patrons of Henry's Cafe Bar in London can now pay for food and drinks through their smartphones when using the QikServe app.

Danal Inc. will provide its BilltoMobile payment software to allow the mGive Foundation to accept donations through text messages.

Seven years ago, the armored truck company Brink's began adding payments features to its product list. It's one of the many unlikely candidates making a name for itself in the payments world.

ATM and branch locator apps can serve a valuable purpose for consumers seeking cash in unfamiliar territory, but there are many hurdles to keeping their data current and the machines properly branded.

Monitise PLC has boosted its Mobile Money service throughout Europe and the Middle East with the acquisition of a Turkish mobile technology company.

Five years ago, Starbucks was primarily a coffee company. Today, it's a pioneer in mobile payments technology with a significant portion of its U.S. transactions made using its smartphone app. And according to the company's CEO, this is only the beginning.

Clinkle, the well-funded mobile payments startup staffed by former executives of PayPal, Netflix and other e-commerce companies, appears to have had data leaked from its person-to-person payments app, exposing personal information and photos of some of the company's employees.

Acquirers could find themselves looking a lot like marketing firms in the near future.