Mobile payments

PayPal's plans to extend its payments business inside of stores includes technology that attempts to reduce the need for customers to wait in line at the cash register.

At 800 stores, the Checkers/Rally's fast-food chain may seem overshadowed by giants like McDonald's. But to CardFree, merchants of Checkers' size are ideal customers for its mobile payments technology.

As new mobile payment options storm the market, plastic cards refuse to bend, according to a new study of consumer habits.

Revel is offering PayPal’s mobile payment capabilities as an integrated service within the Revel point of sale system.

VeriFone Systems and National Payment Card Association (NPCA) have launched a payments and rewards product that supports mobile payments at gas stations.

At $12 billion in deposits, FirstBank narrowly misses being ranked among the top 50 banks. But it's rubbing shoulders with the top three as it becomes first non-founding member of the clearXchange person-to-person payments network.

Visa plans to parlay its investment in Near Field Communication technology in Australia through a venture with the top telcos and numerous handset manufacturers to establish contactless payments.

There has been a flurry of activity in payments technology in recent days. But as the dust settles, it's becoming clear that some of the most disruptive products are coming from outside the payments industry.

Heartland Payment Systems and Tabbedout are developing an integrated mobile payment system for restaurants and bars.

Dickie Brennan is a New Orleans staple, a local business owner whose family has operated restaurants in the Crescent City for decades. A protégé of legendary chef Paul Prudhomme, Brennan is also an early adopter of a new mobile technology he hopes will change the way people dine out.

As Isis prepares for its nationwide launch, it is getting marketing help from a significant merchant: McDonald's.

First Data Corp. and Clover Network Inc. are collaborating on the Clover Station, a point of sale and business management system for merchants.

MasterCard has agreed to purchase Provus Billisim Hizmetleri A.S. (Provus), a Turkish payment technology and processing company.

E-Commerce sales on the Visa network in the U.S. surpassed $1 billion 188 times during the first nine months of the 2013 (out of 273 total days), a 16% increase in volume over the same period last year, the card network reports.

Jumio Inc. has expanded its ID scanning technology to support Apple and Samsung's digital wallets, enabling scanned payment cards to be used within other mobile apps.

Simple, which provides financial services primarily through online and mobile channels, plans to launch two mobile person-to-person payments systems.

Less than two months after launching Evolve Money for cash-paying consumers to pay and track bills online or through a smartphone, PreCash Inc. has its first wireless carrier supporting the app.

Groupon's strategy in mobile payments relies heavily on the feedback it gets from its merchants. The company's latest update to the Breadcrumb POS mobile payment app allows those merchants to get similar knowledge about their own customers' needs.

U.S. Bank is developing a mobile app that can provide physical stores with the sort of data that is typically only available to online and mobile shopping sites.

Citigroup is developing a mobile wallet that uses Near Field Communication technology for contactless payments.