Prepaid card service provider InComm has launched a new product that enables payment companies to deliver loyalty, mobile wallet and coupons without a reliance on hardware.

TAS Group has upgraded its card management software to allow banks to quickly design new EMV chip-based payment products and develop related programs.

Schnucks Markets Inc. has agreed to a proposed settlement in a lawsuit filed on behalf of customers over the data breach that occurred at some of its stores earlier this year, affecting up to 2.4 million payment cards.

CU Wallet has added 10 new credit union partners since the initiative's September unveiling, for a total of 25 credit unions representing 3 million members across 17 states.

Flint has raised $6 million to expand its staff and boost development of its mobile payments application.

LevelUp is launching a "connected app" technology that lets merchants tap into its mobile payment system for online commerce and a variety of other uses.

The newest member of the European Union (as of July), the Republic of Croatia is also relatively new to Near Field Communication-based mobile payments, which the nation's transit and mobile companies began publicly testing this year.

Aquiline Holdings LLC is considering selling Clear2Pay, a Belgian company that develops payments technology, according to Reuters,

Fourty-four percent of American consumers have chosen not to sign the back of their payments cards, instead writing “see ID” or leaving it blank, according to a study sponsored by Jumio and conducted online by Harris Interactive.

Utility companies are hungry for a mobile bill payment feature to reach customers more effectively, according a survey conducted by Check, a mobile finance management and bill payment company.

As the market for prepaid cards expands and diversifies, many companies are experimenting to see what works — and in the process, they are learning that a product-based mindset could hold them back.

Mobile payments company Fortumo is adding technology that allows Chinese software developers to expand overseas.

Virtual Piggy, which offers an online alternative payment system for teens, will run a developers event for participants up to 19 years old in Los Angeles on Dec. 7.

Banks and payments companies are trying to develop new technology for customers' evolving needs, including person-to-person payments. But many of these new innovations must measure themselves against Square and its success. Daniel Wolfe, Editor-in-Chief of PaymentsSource, reports from SourceMedia's ATM, Debit and Prepaid Forum.

Utility companies are hungry for a mobile bill payment feature to reach customers more effectively, according a survey conducted by Check, a mobile finance management and bill payment company.

Issuers of store-branded credit cards are facing new regulatory scrutiny over big retroactive interest charges that can hit borrowers at the end of a promotional period.

Consumers continue to view their banks as a trusted payments provider, but they view PayPal Inc. as the nonbank to trust the most.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) wants to drastically boost membership in its loyalty program, a move that will necessitate going well beyond its typical geographic and demographic boundaries.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating eBay Inc. over a loan program that allegedly mirrors a structure used by high-interest lenders.

Dunn Brothers Coffee has rolled out a mobile payments and loyalty app across its network of 80 locally-owned shops.