Payment processing

McDonald's and Kuwait International Bank are partnering with Seamless to pilot Seamless' SEQR mobile payment system in Kuwait.

Self-serve digital payments company USA Technologies will be the service provider for Setomatic Systems, a company that provides payment systems to the laundry industry.

Square has completed a major overhaul of the cloud-based Square Wallet, which allows consumers to make purchases from a linked payment card by "checking in" at a Square merchant. Here are some of the key differences in the new Wallet app.

Plastyc Inc. now does business as Banking Up, a name that signifies the direction in which it is taking its prepaid offerings, iBankUP and the UPside Visa card.

BitInstant, a purchasing platform for Bitcoin, is ramping up security by implementing Jumio Inc.'s Netverify software.

Electronic commerce services provider Billeo has purchased Swag.io, an e-commerce platform provider that allows companies to place purchase links directly into social media posts.

Visa Inc. sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a bid to stop the world's largest retailer from filing a lawsuit to press price-fixing claims over merchant swipe fees.

ShopKeep POS is adding credit card acceptance through PayPal at a 2.7% per-transaction fee, which it says is competitive with other processing options.

Impactorg, a consortium developing mobile payments products for merchants, partnered with Zipmark Inc. to use its digital check service to streamline consumer reloading of its mobile wallet.

Nearly 50% of consumers participating in a WorldPay survey about payment technology say they would like to use biometrics for security.

Total System Services Inc. has named Gaylon Jowers Jr. and Mark D. Pyke senior executive vice presidents, part of a series of promotions and additions the payment processor announced today.

European Union antitrust regulators invited comments on Visa Europe Ltd.’s offer to cut “significantly” the fees it sets for processing cross-border credit-card payments in a bid to end an EU antitrust probe.

Many small merchants operate a website not conducive to accepting payments on mobile devices, and many have not upgraded point of sale terminals to accept mobile payments.

Square Inc. has redesigned its mobile payment app, displaying its merchants as thumbnail images instead of as a list and placing a greater emphasis on discounts and loyalty.

Merchants, acquirers and issuers are preparing to handle EMV-chip debit cards that carry three application identifier codes — from Visa, MasterCard and Discover — as an earlier push to use one common code remains unresolved.

Corduro has added technology to its PayMobile app to locate and attract nearby customers when a merchant's business is slow.

ZenPayroll has launched a contractor payments service that includes direct deposit and tax reporting.

Zipmark CEO Jay Bhattacharya describes how payments innovation, from PayPal to the present, is changing the way merchants do business.

Visa Inc. and Ethoca Ltd. have partnered in an effort to thwart online payment fraud attempts, which they expect to increase as the U.S. shifts to the EMV-chip card standard at the point of sale.

Healthcare payment provider PaySpan has released the United Benefits Card, a payments card that's designed to also replace member ID cards, paper checks and other cards used in healthcare, such as wellness incentive cards.