Online payments

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.

Offering consumers more extensive ways to shop and pay whenever, wherever and however has become a competitive advantage for retailers. So what can the accounts receivable management (ARM) Industry learn from the retailers clamoring to provide their customers with a perfect "omnichannel" experience?

While Google may be the behemoth in web search, its payments initiatives leave a lot to be desired.

ProPay, a unit of the Columbus, Ga.-based TSYS, has introduced a suite of services aimed at simplifying the work of payment facilitators with aggregation and payment processing services.

Keith Rabois, the former chief operating officer of Square who resigned that role in 2013, will leave Xoom's board of directors on May 28.

Google's planned integration of bill pay and presentment with its immensely popular Gmail service could quickly scoop away one of the stickiest offerings of online banking sites.

It's a sure thing that the founders of the Pony Express in 1860 didn't have a futuristic vision in mind of what a digital Pony Express might look like — but Google Inc. reportedly has chosen that branding for its next payment service.

There is a growing opportunity for health care providers to benefit from adding a self-service option, particularly as the portion of revenue they get directly from patients increases.

EBay Inc., which is spinning off its PayPal division later this year, plans to pay each of the two new companies' chief executive officers $14 million in total compensation after the split.

In keeping with the growing market for global e-commerce payments, Stripe has developed a new version of its Connect service tailored for international startups.

EBay Inc. appointed two independent directors in advance of its planned spinoff of online-payment platform PayPal this year.