Online payments

Large payment companies, including PayPal, are increasingly using incubators and accelerators to learn about consumers and to nurture startups that might become partners.

Payment applications developer Ixaris is working with United Bank for Africa and Ojapay to launch a virtual card-based e-commerce system designed to make online purchasing an option for more African consumers.

Payza, a London-based payment processor, has simplified its account-opening process for businesses.

Apple's Tim Cook and Alibaba's Jack Ma took to the stage separately at a tech conference and spoke about working together on mobile payments.

With the EMV migration in the U.S. in full swing, fraud is making its own migration to card-not-present (CNP) transactions, and one way to thwart the fraudsters is a digitized card security code—provided the technology can be produced for a mass audience.

PayPal has launched a Canadian version of PassPort, a website designed to help small merchants sell globally.

The Fed's hotly-anticipated road map outlining plans to speed up the U.S. payment system will call for the creation of several industry-led task forces and recommend building a new infrastructure to facilitate real-time payments.

Yapital Financial, of Luxembourg, is partnering with Goodgame Studios to handle sales of virtual goods.

Shopkick has launched its mobile commerce and rewards service in Germany with a group of the country's largest merchants.

The movement to develop a faster U.S. payment system has a new, influential convert.

Three massive companies, Alipay, Apple and PayPal, are on a collision course as they move to shake up the global e-payments market.

PayPal is on track to handle 1 billion mobile transactions this year, but the company can't yet say it will benefit from the imminent launch of Apple Pay.

The growing prevalence of Internet-connected devices, along with a seemingly endless string of data breaches, is creating more opportunity to convince retailers to safeguard sensitive account data through new technology.

Alipay, the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. financial affiliate controlled by Jack Ma, is trying to gain a foothold with U.S. retailers by offering them tools to help sell to consumers in China.

A Twitter Inc. account and a bank card is all you'll need in France to tweet money to a friend or a charity. The transfers will be based on a simple rule: no retweets.

PagBrasil, a payment processor in Brazil, has launched a product that provides accelerated confirmation for online payments made using boleto bancario, the electronic payment method in Brazil.

Providers of rapidly changing payments products such as prepaid cards, automated payments and dispute resolution are continuing to turn to independent sales organizations to reach targeted merchants.

Payment companies are building mobile loyalty and financial literacy programs to target today's digitally-savvy kids, but are discovering a physical presence is still necessary for redemption.

GoDaddy is partnering with online payments provider Stripe to entice small businesses to embrace e-commerce by adding faster credit approval and card acceptance.

EBay and PayPal were once rivals, but in 2002 they joined to become a single company. Since then, PayPal has worked to move beyond the confines of its parent's online auction site. It is now well prepared for its planned spinoff.