Amazon.com Inc.'s Fire Phone, unveiled today, has a button that blends mobile purchasing with real-world shopping.

To move the U.S. toward a faster electronic payments system, it may be necessary to design a completely new payments infrastructure.

Dwolla, an alternative payments provider, has launched a service that allows customers to send money to a business without having to enter bank account information.

Xpress Money has partnered with Kenya's Safaricom Ltd. to offer money transfer services through the M-Pesa mobile money platform.

Visa Inc.'s CyberSource will provide its fraud management services to the travel industry through a partnership with Amadeus.

Global Payments, an Atlanta-based payment processor, has signed a deal with Bigcommerce, an e-commerce software firm, to provide its merchants with online shopping sites.

Even though Bitcoin merchant processor BitPay is not required to maintain an anti-money laundering (AML) program, the startup maintains one and is beefing it up with the hiring of former Visa executive Tim Byun.

An issuer's decision to deploy EMV chip-and-signature credit cards in the U.S., rather than the chip-and-PIN model common in other countries, has as much to do with technology constraints as it does with Americans' reluctance to using a PIN.

The health care payments industry is growing at a rapid pace; however, $0.25 to $0.40 of every health care dollar is spent on administrative costs. These costs are only poised to increase as changes due to reform and consumerism continue to reshape the industry, impacting the way many providers do business.

Seamless' mobile payments system is currently available in only a few countries, but the Swedish company has its eyes set on quickly adding bigger markets.

VeriFone is introducing its sound-based mobile app for proximity payments, Way2ride, to taxi passengers in Philadelphia.

Financial services technology provider Jack Henry & Associates has made several promotions among its senior management staff in preparation for the company president's retirement.

The way in which customers navigate e-commerce and online banking sites provides analytics that could ultimately help secure their accounts.

WePay has hired digital payments expert Steven Pellizzer to serve as CFO as the company strengthens its international ambitions.

SCVNGR's LevelUp has seen a sharp rise in spending at merchants that use iBeacon, Apple's version of a Bluetooth Low Energy system for detecting consumers and providing location-based offers.

Document capture company Parascript and data manager Bull are looking for mistakes on checks in Brazil, a market in which payments fraud can be particularly complex and vexing for banks.

Corporate payment provider WEX has entered into an agreement to acquire Evolution1 for $532.5 million in cash.

Chick-Fil-A has joined a growing number of quick-service franchises that are testing or deploying a mobile payment app for customers.

Swedish mobile payments provider Seamless has entered a distribution deal with retail tech provider PCMS Group.

The French interbank network in charge of governing card payments, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB, is expected to approve the use of biometric technology for authentication this year.