Online payments

AOL is adding a payments function to email by working with Hearst Corp.'s Manilla, a paperless bill and magazine subscription organizer.

PayPal offers no shortage of choices for loading their accounts, including Green Dot, MoneyGram, Coinstar and its own My Cash Card — but are consumers using them?

In the race to provide consumers with identity verification tools that are simple and easy to use, it's in everyone's best interest to ensure that businesses are not sacrificing data security in the process.

Honey, which obtains coupon codes for consumers who shop online, plans to use its data management and analytic tools to enable merchants to offer coupons directly to Honey users in real time.

Bango, a direct carrier billing provider, has integrated with Mozilla's Firefox Marketplace, allowing consumers to charge digital purchases to their phone bill.

BitWall, a Bitcoin content monetization startup, will launch next week to allow people to sell low-value digital content, putting one of the digital currency's favored use cases to the test.

Visa has elevated former PayPal and Yahoo executive Sam Shrauger to head of digital, part of an internal reorganization at the card network that took place at the end of July, according to an analyst report from Janney.

Virtual Piggy, which provides an online youth payment system, now offers digital gift cards on its website through a deal with the prepaid card company InComm.

Western Union has partnered with electronic payment processor eTranzact to offer mobile money transfers in Nigeria.

A group of technology companies is working to build digital currencies into Web browsers, a move that could help payment methods such as Bitcoin thrive.

PayPal is sponsoring a hackathon series where mobile app developers have just 24 hours to build an app that will win them a trip to PayPal headquarters to compete for $100,000 at the Battle Hack World Finals.

PayPal is making programming tools available worldwide to allow software developers outside the U.S. to integrate PayPal payments into their applications.

True Link Financial Inc. has launched a prepaid Visa card for the elderly, with a set of customizable restrictions more commonly associated with cards designed for teens.

MasterCard, which announced its earnings hours after the Isis mobile wallet venture revealed plans to expand nationwide, faced questions over where the card network fits in the evolving mobile payments ecosystem.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc., which has been forging multiple partnerships in emerging payments markets, says its net revenue has risen to record levels.

Payoneer Inc. CEO Scott Galit says a new partnership with online marketplace Fiverr illustrates how his company is positioned for providing payments services in a changing business world.

Developers with early access to the next version of the iOS operating system have discovered software support for a fingerprint scanner that could be built into an iPhone or iPad's home button, according to various reports.

MasterCard Inc.'s digital wallet continues its move around the globe, as consumers in the U.K. today became the latest to have access to MasterPass.

Western Union Co., the world's biggest money-transfer business, said second-quarter profit fell 27 percent as revenue from transaction fees dropped and expenses climbed.

Commuters in San Francisco can now use their transportation-fare card to pay for parking in city garages.