Online payments

Envestnet in Chicago has agreed to buy Yodlee, the operator of a personal finance management and bill payment platform.

Twitter is reportedly integrating with Shopify and other e-commerce companies to find merchants to support its buy button.

China's central bank on Friday proposed a series of restrictions that may restrict overall e-commerce activity rather than simply funnel it through the state-controlled banking system.

E-commerce payment service provider Payfort has begun offering its merchant clients in Arab countries support for monthly payment plans.

American Express and Best Buy will allow consumers to make purchases on the retailer’s website using the reward points earned from their Amex spending.

Max Levchin, founder and chief executive of point of sale credit startup Affirm and co-founder of PayPal, has resigned from his position as chairman of Yelp's board.

PayPal this week released new research predicting a robust market in China for U.S. retailers, a bullish outlook that’s not being tempered by the vast selloffs in the Chinese financial markets.

Visa is partnering with and investing in Stripe, fueling the processing startup's international ambitions and product development while giving the card network added juice to build new technology.

PayPal's gotten off to a rousing start as an independent company, but Visa CEO Charlie Scharf doesn't appear to be worried.

E-commerce fraud management platform provider Ethoca has raised $45 million in investment after significant growth last year.

Major tech companies are building payment capabilities into their mobile apps, social networks and other offerings. These projects coincide with a rise in mobile commerce, potentially creating a new standard for how consumers shop.

The new Amex Express Checkout service bears a passing resemblance to rival products like Visa Checkout, MasterPass and PayPal. But that similarity is only skin deep.

American Express Co. unveiled an online checkout system today that lets customers use their account passwords to order clothes, flowers and concert tickets from a roster of retailers.

Many e-commerce companies are pressured to enable sales in multiple nations without the benefit of a local presence.

Kickstarter is rapidly adding countries, which makes Stripe's increasingly international technology tools a good fit, according to the crowdfunding service.

Online payment processor Allied Wallet has joined the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace, allowing it to immediately accept and settle payments globally in multiple currencies at a lower cost.

Avangate, a cloud commerce provider, has added new features to attract online services providers, such as improving payment collection for software-based companies and boosting consumer retention techniques.

The rapid pace of change has forced payment companies to collaborate more often, a posture that will help the industry in the future, even if EMV and other innovation disrupts the market.

Traditional assumptions about how demographic groups adopt digital channels are fading as comfort with new technology becomes common, according to new research from payment processor Total System Services (TSYS).

While PayPal deals with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau probes related to its consumer credit products, one of the company's founders is forging ahead with a company he created to develop its own consumer credit service for e-commerce.