Payment processing

U.S. Bancorp has added Visa's share to its own in the supply chain processing network joint venture, Syncada.

SavedPlus has launched a platform that encourages consumers to save a small amount of money every time they make a payment.

The EMV Migration Forum has released a white paper detailing current testing requirements for acquirers, acquirer processors and direct-connect merchants as companies migrate to EMV-chip cards.

Visa, Goldman Sachs and Nike will replace Bank of America, Alcoa and Hewlett-Packard the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week in a shakeup of the blue-chip stock index.

U.S. District Judge John Gleeson has an opportunity this week to put an end to an antitrust complaint against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. that dates back to 2005. But the courtroom battle may continue past the Sept. 12 fairness hearing.

EVO Payments International has chosen a name to invoke the effect its perpetual software license from IP Commerce Inc. will have for the company — EVO Snap.

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.

Transaction Network Services (TNS) will use Inetco Insight to monitor TNS' ACI Postilion payment processing environment to spot potential performance glitches.

PayPal has unveiled PayPal Beacon, a plug-in device for merchants that will detect when shoppers running PayPal's mobile app enter a store.

Buttercoin wanted to be a Bitcoin exchange, but after being discouraged or outright rejected by over 76 financial institutions, it chose a different path.

California’s legislature has voted to reform a money-transmission law that has come under fire for stymying payments innovation.

ZooZ, a provider of mobile payments technology is launching a checkout system based on HTML5, the latest version of the HTML markup language used in desktop and mobile websites.

Since its founding six years ago, Braintree has grown its annual processing volume to $10 billion a year — including more than $2 billion from mobile transactions — which could make the Chicago-based payments processor an attractive addition to a number of companies.

The Hailo taxi e-hail app has integrated VeriFone's application programming interface to enable passengers to electronically hail and pay for taxi trips with their smartphones, a combined service that’s expected to be available the week of Sept. 9.

PayPal launched a revamped mobile app on Sept. 5 that includes some new features, as well as a new look and feel for existing functions. How does the new app stack up against its predecessor?

Equipment leasing company TimePayment is adding a new Web calculator to improve vendors’ ability to manage payments for business equipment, as well as extend sales by optimizing renters’ budgets.

Cynergy Data has chosen Roam’s white-label product to power its Vwalaa mobile payment brand.

Card marketing and production company Arroweye believes issuers are sitting on a ton of user data that can be used to quickly distribute personalized cards that carry pinpoint marketing messages.

Barnes & Noble, the biggest U.S. bookstore chain, won the dismissal of a suit over the “skimming” of customers’ PIN codes from credit-card readers at stores in New York, California and seven other states.

The recent court ruling on debit interchange fees should remind the payments industry how harmful the Durbin amendment is.