Mobile payments

Mobile bill pay app developer Check has received $24 million in Series C investment led by Menlo Ventures, a venture capital firm that has previously funded app developers Uber and Tumblr.

The ATM Acquirers Alliance is restructuring its organization to accommodate new industry segments and payments technology and has changed its name to Integrated Payments Alliance.

Microsoft's planned acquisition of Nokia's handset division is designed to bolster its position as a hardware manufacturer and solidify a mobile platform for its Windows operating system. But the move may also boost the tech giant's payments aspirations.

Cloud payment processor and mobile commerce vendor i2c Inc. is providing the technology for Boom Financial's entry into Haiti with its text-messaging money transfer service.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will have a Near Field Communication chip in it, according to reports. But only time will tell if Samsung plans to use the chip for payments.

Visa has made several changes in its management structure, including the expansion of Bill Gajda’s duties.

Sony Corp. now allows owners of the PlayStation 3 video game console to charge content purchases to their mobile phone bills with U.S. wireless carriers.

Any new payments technology is a gamble, and many major retailers refuse to take a risk on untested technology. But small merchants are usually more willing to experiment, and a few have bravely given new payments products their first big chance.

MasterCard, C-SAM and DNP are preparing to launch a white label mobile wallet service in Japan.

E-Commerce services provider Digital River is launching a mobile payment acceptance product called Beanstream Mobile.

Online and mobile payments processor WePay's has seen the number of developers using its application programming interface (API) grow by 284% in the past year.

In a crowded field of Square-like vendors, the Berlin-based SumUp hopes to stand out by virtue of its executive experience, its strong partnerships and funding, and a more comprehensive role in developing its own hardware as well as its software and services.

PreCash Inc. has launched Evolve Money, a consumer-facing online and mobile application that allows cash-paying users a way to pay and track their bills.

The concept of using the payments stream to promote donations is compelling because it provides an easy way to link everyday consumer payments with charitable giving.

TSYS' ProPay has launched a service to handle rent payments via mobile devices for the property management industry.

Payment processor Global Payments Asia-Pacific Ltd. and telecom service provider Dialog Axiata PLC are offering technology in Sri Lanka that enables smartphones or tablets to be used as mobile point of sale terminals.

PayPal Canada is collaborating with TouchBistro to allow customers to use smartphones to "check in" and pay at restaurants.

For merchants that use mobile point of sale technology, the U.S. migration to EMV-chip cards may still be a couple of years away. Roam aims to make it possible to accept EMV cards ahead of schedule.

After bringing its mobile card reader into Mexico two months ago in its first venture outside of Europe, iZettle has made its next move into Brazil.

Developing the Starbucks mobile payment app stands as a badge of honor in the career of Chuck Davidson, who is now the head of product for CardFree, where he continues to work alongside several of the experts who helped make the Starbucks app a massive success.