Prepaid program managers face a much different set of considerations than banks do when deciding how to deploy EMV-chip cards in the U.S.

AUSTIN, Tex. — Loyalty vendor Buzz Points has armed itself with $19 million in fresh capital in hopes of capitalizing on the growing desire of credit unions and small banks to expand their debit rewards programs.

VeriFone Systems plans to offer a new portable card terminal that can accept EMV-chip card payments and uses several wireless technologies.

Financial technology firm Fiserv has developed new anti-fraud systems for automated clearinghouse and wire payments.

Tansler, a "reverse auction" site for renting out properties to vacationers, is preparing to expand from its two test markets to a full global launch. As it does, it needs to make sure it can handle payments from any potential user.

The Federal Reserve's retail payments office announced Monday that it "fully supports" the most recent push within the financial services industry to speed up electronic payments.

BitGo, a San Francisco-based a digital currency payments processor, has launched a new suite of services for financial institutions that engage in Bitcoin-based commercial transactions.

Roam, Ingenico's mobile point of sale subsidiary, has partnered with services provider EVO Payments International to market Roam's technology to U.S. merchants.

Gyft, a provider of virtual gift cards, plans to launch Gyft Cloud, a marketplace for merchants to sell their own digital gift cards with Clover Station, a tablet-based point of sale system developed by First Data Corp.

BloomNation, a marketplace for connecting customers with local florists, finds Bitcoin users spend on average 50% more per transaction than credit card users.

Powa is launching a bundled mobile point of sale offering, called PowaPOS, which U.S. merchants can use to accept EMV-chip cards.

CardFlight, a mobile payments hardware and software developer, has introduced a mobile point of sale device with an emphasis on branding.

A lot of merchants may not realize that they are using point of sale technology that runs on Windows XP, which Microsoft will no longer support after April 8.

The Federal Reserve's retail payments office announced that it "fully supports" the most recent push within the banking industry to speed up electronic payments.

Hackers who raided the credit-card payment system of Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. belong to a sophisticated Russian syndicate that has stolen more than 160 million credit-card numbers from retailers over seven years, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Corporate fleet card payments company WEX has renewed its card services partnership with the pest control company Rollins through December 2018.

The merchants who want to use Leaf's tablet for payments, called LeafPresenter, often also need transaction services. Through the launch of its online marketplace, Leaf will now be ready to offer information from a host of merchant acquirers.

Class actions related to Target Corp.'s massive data breach will be consolidated in the retailer's home state of Minnesota.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is offering chip-and-PIN cards to middle-market U.S. clients and their staff who use credit cards globally.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, has introduced a voluntary program that would use largely electronic methods to fix exceptions or errors in bill payments.