Daon, an identity services provider, is providing its biometric authentication system to online payments provider Optimal Payments to support high-risk businesses with stringent Know Your Customer requirements.

The details of Clinkle's new payments service appear to have been leaked in an online video, though the company says the video is not a legitimate representation of its service.

Visa, MasterCard and American Express introduced a proposed framework for new global standards that would replace traditional account numbers with a digital payment "token" for online and mobile transactions.

Blackbaud MobilePay is using mobile commerce technology provider Roam, an Ingenico subsidiary, to support a mobile point of sale system for nonprofit payments.

Cardlytics has adopted a new logo, which it says reflects the company's evolution as an advertising platform for consumers, merchants and financial institutions.

Heartland Payment Systems has invested $20 million in its first round of funding for Leaf, a company that offers a tablet designed for accepting payments.

Matt Wilcox has joined Fiserv, where he will be the financial services technology company's director of digital payments marketing strategy and innovation.

Mobile technology company Monitise has developed a technology platform meant to support a suite of integrated mobile financial services, payments and electronic commerce.

New York's top banking overseer said any regulation of the nascent Bitcoin industry has to include transparency on who does the trading of the virtual currency, and if that hurts a business dominated by anonymous transactions, "so be it."

WASHINGTON – With the federal government now shut down, many government services and agencies are closed, suspended or otherwise impacted.

Because third-party processors are on the hook for losses from fraudulent transactions, they have as much interest in eliminating bad actors as anyone.

PCI services and merchant intelligence provider Sysnet Global Solutions is working with iScan Online, which specializes in security scanning of devices, to provide acquirers with new mobile security.

Ingenico is planning to deploy a new lightweight payments acceptance device in North American markets this fall.

BALTIMORE – Horsetail Technologies, which partnered with Credit Union Journal on the 2012-13 “$100,000 Extreme Network Makeover” promotion, is looking for new partners for the next event.

WASHINGTON – The NCUA will remain open in the event of a government shutdown, but the ongoing fiscal battle in Congress still could have significant implications for the credit union community.

Difference Capital Financial is investing $2 million and will taking a 5% stake in Carta, a Canadian mobile payments company.

The PCI council continues to expand its reach, with the intent of remaining a strong guide for data security well into the future.

Building on a new mobile payment gateway that MasterCard developed for Egypt, an Egyptian bank last week launched the Phone Cash mobile wallet for consumers.

General Payments Systems has developed a software and hardware system that will allow its government agency clients to automate the collection of payments by check.

Alcoa Tenn FCU makes no bones about why its Fairview branch is successful-business is booming thanks to the big retail store right across the street.