Retailers

LevelUp, a mobile payments provider known for its playful office culture — and a CEO who prefers to be called a chief ninja — may need to mature as its competition gets serious.

It’s clear that merchant acquirers and processors need to find a way to provide a fast, scalable and merchant-friendly certification path to EMV.

Global Payments Inc., based in Atlanta, Ga., has partnered with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) on a joint payment service and merchant acquisition venture.

Paytronix Systems, a consumer rewards company, has signed an agreement with the payment technology company NCR Corp. to provide restaurant loyalty programs.

NCR's Silver point of sale system has integrated SCVNGR's LevelUp mobile wallet and customer loyalty app.

The mobile point of sale provider ShopKeep is releasing hardware that is compatible with Apple Pay's Near Field Communication payment system and EMV-chip cards.

If you have been in the payments business long enough, you have seen trends come and go.

After spending 2014 digging out of fiscal slump, Verifone is setting up for an aggressive product rollout in the year ahead as it recovery shifts into high gear.

The e-commerce provider Spindle has partnered with the payment processor TekTango to provide point of sale hardware with bundled payment processing services.

In the age of Apple Pay and other electronic payment options, physical gift cards still reign supreme, with most shoppers still preferring to give physical cards and most frequently select denominations between $25 and $50.

RapidValue is tapping emerging mobile communication technology to allow retailers to offer coupons, marketing and other communications tied to payments.

As mobile wallet providers seek to add value to their services in the payments market, account aggregator Yodlee says it has a data analysis tool that will help that expansion.

Many disruptive technologies come from startups, but just as many seem to come from companies that have been around for decades. Whether developing a new system in-house or providing a necessary proving ground for a partner, these older companies are bringing fresh innovations to the payments industry.

American Express Co. renewed its agreement with Delta Air Lines Inc. to be the carrier’s exclusive credit-card issuer.

American Express Co., the biggest credit-card issuer by purchases, reported Dec. 1 was the best day for card spending by customers in the company’s history.

?Square Inc. has hired former Visa marketing executive Kevin Burke to lead its customer acquisition initiatives in retail, paid, Web and events marketing channels.??

Abila, a software provider for nonprofits, is working with two payment processors to expand its cloud-based relationship management platform.

Revel Systems plans to expand in Europe after securing a $1.2 million grant from Invest Northern Ireland.

Unless you’ve been completely sequestered away from technology news as well as mainstream news, you probably have heard of the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus as well as Apple’s new point of sale ecosystem called Apple Pay.

Square CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN that his company wants to help businesses accept all payment forms, including Apple Pay.