Payments

Tango Card is pitching its online gift card platform as a way to let big companies provide small-dollar awards to their employees.

Leading into Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, starting Monday in San Francisco, a patent application surfaced that provides fresh details on Apple's approach to mobile payments.

Mobile payments company, Boku Inc. and PlayJam, which provides a platform for games on televisions, are working together to allow consumers to make purchases on smart TVs.

Though Apple doesn't have a dedicated mobile wallet, its plans for mobile payments are at least as old as the iPhone itself. Here is a rundown of the many ideas Apple has explored in its mobile payment patents.

Bell ID plans to offer software that will improve the appeal of Near Field Communication technology as a contactless payments option and quell debates over who should control the secure element in a phone handset.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Golden 1 CU said it has signed a contract extension with The Members Group to process card transactions.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska USA FCU on Thursday said it has selected Alaska Option, of which it is part owner, as its processor for Visa debit signature transactions.

Three years ago, Visa executives told investors that one of their goals was to enter new businesses, but Visa CEO Charlie Scharf, who joined the company in October, says that is no longer the case.

Mobile payments worldwide will grow significantly in transaction volume and value in 2013, but Near Field Communication payments won't be part of that momentum in North America, according to new Gartner research.

Law enforcement officials have arrested 11 people suspected in a $200 million global credit card fraud operation, according to the Serious Organized Crime Agency, a unit of the British government.

July Systems provides tools for merchants unfamiliar with programming to put together revenue-generating mobile experiences — with a hint of social media and a dash of mobile commerce.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Premier America CU has renewed its card processing contract with The Members Group.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Artwork by Tiffany Nguyen, a fifth grade student at Garner Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie, soon will be appearing in the wallets of hundreds of Texas Trust CU debit card holders supporting the Grand Prairie ISD Education Foundation.

Visa is aggressively building its presence with mobile point of sale vendors in an effort to attract the merchants that still don't accept electronic payments and rely heavily on cash and checks.

Kuapay has finished a design upgrade and enhancement to its mobile wallet that borrows from the past—consumers see actual images of cards and coupons when looking at the screen

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Digital Employees FCU, the largest credit union in Massachusetts, has renewed its payments processing contract with The Members Group.

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller's office is heading an investigation into credit card collection practices, specifically focusing on the paperwork banks give to debt buyers.

I-Free is offering a number of contactless payment services in Russia, including a mobile wallet that allows the remote issuance and download of mobile MasterCard PayPass cards, transportation fare services and geolocation-based coupons.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Monday a settlement with GE Capital Retail Bank and CareCredit LLC, its subsidiary, that requires new protections for consumers who use CareCredit, a health care credit card that can carry an interest rate of higher than 26%.

Slyce pictures a day when consumers will be able to buy anything depicted in a TV or printed advertisement — or even a product seen in person — by snapping a photo of it with their mobile device.