Online payments

Three banks in France have launched Paylib, a PayPal-like online payment system — and they're betting that France is just different enough that they can succeed on their home turf with a strategy that has had mixed results in the U.S.

PayPal’s reported plans to acquire Braintree would give it more than just a payment processor that moves $10 billion a year. If this marriage takes place, it would signal a shift in how payments companies think about technology.

The U.S. payments system must continue its push to overcome the challenges inherent in creating a near real-time retail payment option, says Sandra Pianalto, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Simplee, which provides a cloud-based patient payments system, received a $10 million investment led by Heritage Group, which represents the top hospital systems in the U.S.

MasterCard and e-invoicing provider Basware will offer an electronic payments system designed to speed payments and approvals for suppliers and extend payment terms for buyers.

A substantial majority of payments in the U.S. and Canada are non-cash, placing the two countries close to being cashless, MasterCard reported Sept. 23.

Payment processing software company ACI Worldwide has entered an agreement to buy Official Payments Holdings, a seller of electronic bill payment technology.

Vantiv plans to release a suite of services next week to target different parts of the casino industry.

Smaller merchants wanting a foothold in the vast Internet now have the option to open a Heartland Online Storefront.

As some companies attempt to transform hashtags, the keywords and phrases that make content searchable on Twitter and Facebook, into a trigger for a payment, Chirpify aims to let the tags live a double life through its new actiontag system.

Daniela Mielke is the new chief strategy officer at Vantiv, where she will help lead product innovation, profitability, revenue and scale for the Cincinnati-based payments processor.

Making payments on a television may seem like a Jetsons-era dream, but it's drawing the attention of modern-day payment companies that see the disruptive potential of TV.

By adding Popmoney person-to-person payments to its primary mobile banking application, PNC Bank is putting the feature where its most tech-savvy customers expect to see it.

MasterCard is placing more emphasis on things like airline boarding, wearable computing and many other things the card network contends can be used to win a consumer's business long before the payment is made.

HealthcarePays (HCP), a member-owned payment network, has partnered with technology developer StoneEagle to sell an electronic payments system.

Bank technology vendor Yodlee has a new mobile and Web app called Tandem that allows consumers to manage their personal relationships and the financial obligations that go along with those relationships.

The digital payments initiative clearXchange is run by three banks that make up more than 50% of the online banking market in the U.S., but it still has a lot of work cut out for it.

Today's the day Apple unveils the successor to the iPhone 5. Here's a look at the leaks, patent applications and other rumors that shed light on the company's mobile payment plans.

MasterCard processing subsidiary DataCash will integrate with TV App Agency’s TV App Engine to enable electronics makers and app developers to accept payments through specially equipped televisions.

Consumers in Spain will be able to make mobile payments using Vodafone SmartPass, a Near Field Communication-enabled mobile wallet, in partnership with Visa.