Corethree Ltd. has added Barclays' Pingit mobile checkout option to its mobile wallet for transportation services.

Afrocoin Mobile Money is launching a service that allows mobile phone users to send money to family members in Africa.

The Justice Department is pressuring banks under investigation for their ties to online lenders to reach a settlement soon, according to four industry sources familiar with the matter.

Toronto-Presto, a mass transit project that integrates payments for about ten systems in Ontario, is planning to add more card payment options and mobile technology over the next couple of years.

SecureKey is developing new payments technology that will allow consumers to use their mobile devices to enable fast authentication at the point of sale.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU next week plans to introduce a new app designed in-house for the iPad tablet, which it hopes will take its mobile banking apps for iPhone and Android “to the next level.”

WorldPay US has entered an agreement to purchase Century Payments, building on a four-year partnership between the two payments companies.

PayPal's $800 million deal to buy the payments processor Braintree fuels a fast-paced acquisition streak that has granted PayPal some of most disruptive technology — and people — in the payments industry.

PayPal’s parent company eBay has entered into an agreement to buy online payment processor Braintree for $800 million in cash, a deal that’s expected to close in the fourth quarter pending regulatory approvals.

Square Inc. sent a notice to customers today warning that updating their iPhones and iPads to the latest version of the iOS operating system could prevent Square’s card reader from working properly.

As the U.S. payments industry advances in its migration to EMV-chip cards, some merchants perceive the EMV push as "a giant head-fake" to establish a foundation for mobile payments based on Near Field Communication technology.

As Rogers Communications' David Robinson paced a stage in the company's corporate offices, he balanced two seemingly contradictory business decisions: its new role as an issuer of plastic credit cards and its long-term bet on mobile wallets.

EnStream’s vision of a mobile wallet looks a lot like an old school wallet, stuffed to bursting with payment cards, library cards and other documents. It's an ambitious strategy, but one that relies on the cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders.

As payments technology evolves, some are urging the Federal Reserve Board to take a leadership role in establishing guidelines and standards — whereas others are quick to argue against the notion.

SecondMarket, which runs an online marketplace for illiquid assets such as closely held community bank shares, has created a private investment vehicle to invest in bitcoins, the decentralized virtual currency.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Genisys CU here has upgraded its iPhone and Android apps to include mobile bill pay, brightness control and improvements to mobile deposit.

CardSpring has launched CardSpring Connect, bringing marketing tools and online performance tracking to its local business clients and enabling them to create online-to-offline promotions.

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. won a tentative court ruling they don’t infringe a patent owned by SmartMetric Inc., a technology development company that seeks $13.4 billion in damages.

Tech-savvy smartphone owners are well aware of mobile wallets—they’re just not eager to use them.

Merchants that use Square will be able to use it with Intuit's QuickBooks accounting software, as Intuit adds support for the mobile card reader in the newest version of its program, according to multiple reports.