Online payments

The payments technology company Stripe and other vendors say they get the best feedback from prospective clients by simply opening up their technology.

Google is testing a way to use its Wallet on Google Glass through verbal commands, according to a report by TechCrunch.

CaixaBank now allows customers to monitor their bank account, make donations to charities and obtain payment cards through a Facebook application.

Mopay has entered into a carrier billing relationship with Baidu Mobile Game.

Amazon.com Inc. now lets customers shop through Twitter.

While mobile wallet providers try to simplify the payment process by taking physical plastic cards out of the equation, others are looking further into the future to an era where all things are connected.

WorldPay Group, of London, has acquired Cobre Bem Tecnologia, one of the largest payment processors in Latin America.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce operator headed for an initial public offering, is in talks to regain a stake in the Alipay payments affiliate, according to a person familiar with the matter.

PayPal is launching a new logo and brand campaign to appeal to a broader audience.

Sports Fusion and MasterCard processing subsidiary DataCash are working to unify the normally siloed purchasing experiences at sporting events.

Facebook's payment system has processed $3 billion in transactions for developers, with 100 of its developers making over $1 million a year through Facebook.

Owners of Sony's PlayStation 4 video game console, which launched in November, can now use PayPal to purchase games and other media from the console's built-in PlayStation Store.

Spreedly is launching a vaulting service that allows e-commerce merchants to manage payments without using a third-party gateway provider to authorize online transactions or handle related tasks such as data security.

Intuit is in discussions to purchase bill payment company Check Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

MasterCard has launched its MasterPass digital wallet technology in New Zealand.

Shopify is working with payment services provider 2Checkout to allow merchants to accept payments in more currencies and regions.

Square has launched an order-ahead feature and other services to boost its appeal to brick-and-mortar merchants, but history has shown that merchants can be fickle about which features they'll pay more to use.

U.S. Bank will enable real-time person-to-person payments through Fiserv's Popmoney.

MoneyGram is working with PicomoPay to enable U.S.-based Facebook users to send funds to MoneyGram agent locations in 200 countries using PicomoPay's Facebook app.

Online video game developer and publisher InnoGames has chosen payment processor Worldpay to manage its local and international transactions.