Google reportedly plans to discontinue allowing consumers to use its mobile wallet for contactless loyalty and gift card redemption, the latest in a series of changes since Google Wallet's launch.

Migrating to EMV does not mean card issuers have to do away with their instant-issuance systems.

Companies such as CenPOS, Ingenico and BillingTree are accelerating payments innovation by customizing their technology for the automotive industry.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Arrowhead Credit Union here has launched its new mobile app and online banking solutions with the help of 10 local college students.

PayPal's cloud-based mobile wallet, which authenticates shoppers by presenting a photo of their face to the cashier, has arrived in the U.K.

Building on an earlier partnership, Isis and American Express are integrating their software and allowing Isis mobile wallet users to access their Isis accounts with Amex's Serve prepaid cards.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council is making its security standards available on a Russian-language microsite as part of a move to promote data security in Russia.

Motorists in downtown Portland, Ore. will be able to pay for parking using a QuickPay Corp. mobile app at City Center Parking meters starting in September.

The Visa Ready Program has approved Swiff, SCCP Group's chip-and-PIN mobile payment acceptance technology.

Nicolas Huss will be the president and CEO of Visa Europe, replacing Peter Ayliffe, who is leaving the post in October.

Bill.com is using its business payment technology to help users determine when and where to ask for additional security information, a move designed to spot vulnerabilities that require extra protection.

Launched in April 2010, Think Computer Corp.'s FaceCash application signed up 25 Bay Area merchants and 500 consumers to use its novel technology, which combined mobile bar code scanning and photo identification. Then regulators put it out of business.

Honey, which obtains coupon codes for consumers who shop online, plans to use its data management and analytic tools to enable merchants to offer coupons directly to Honey users in real time.

JACKSON, Miss. – HOPE Credit Union has deployed Bluepoint Solutions’ mobile remote deposit capture solution, QwikDeposit ToGo, as part of the credit union’s mobile banking app powered by Malauzai Software.

FORT MILL, S.C. – Sharonview Federal Credit Union has signed with Silanis Technology of Quebec to implement the company’s on-premise e-signing software.

Eric Lefkofsky, a Groupon co-founder who ousted Andrew Mason as chief executive officer in February to take the job on an interim basis, was made permanent CEO, the Chicago-based company said in a statement today.

A federal judge ruled that bitcoins are “a currency or form of money” and therefore subject to relevant U.S. laws in a case against a Texas man accused of creating a fraudulent Bitcoin hedge fund.

To facilitate the launch of a mobile wallet unveiled in February at the Mobile World Congress 2013 event, a major bank and a telecommunications company in Norway have formed a joint venture.

As mobile wallets expand their services, they more closely resemble full-fledged bank accounts. And PreCash Inc. says it can do at least one job better than banks do today.

Cabela's Inc. employees are using Sage Mobile Payment card readers to accept payments at the company's bank-sponsored outdoor sales events this summer.