CenPOS has integrated Ingenico terminals into its could-based payments platform, a move that's designed to enable both mobile payments and EMV-chip card acceptance at automotive dealerships and other specialty merchants.

U.S. consumer spending totaled $89 per day in July, unchanged from the $90 in June and May, according to Gallup Daily tracking interviews of more than 14,000 Americans.

Wells Fargo & Co. will tie up with American Express Co., the world’s biggest credit card issuer by purchases, to offer cards accepted on American Express’s network of merchants.

The Lamassu machine, a so-called Bitcoin ATM, is a rare device that makes it possible for the unbanked to obtain digital currency. It was invented by a pair of guitar-store proprietors who wanted to break into the payments industry — and are prepared to face the music when regulators take notice.

Alliance Data Systems Corp. is adding augmented reality technology to the tools it offers to drive the use of retail payment cards.

Photo-based mobile bill pay can help banks overcome the adoption challenges of traditional online bill pay.

SAN FRANCISCO – Merchants should not be concerned that many consumers will abort online transactions due to more secure authentication solutions, according to a new Javelin Strategy & Research report.

Bango, a direct carrier billing provider, has integrated with Mozilla's Firefox Marketplace, allowing consumers to charge digital purchases to their phone bill.

PayPal's new partnership with Alliance Data spans multiple products at both companies, but it has barely scratched the surface of what the two payments providers say is possible.

Bitcoin fanatics and skeptics met under the same roof at a recent event in New York. Now that the digital currency is recognized under guidance from Fincen and bitcoin users established a self-regulating organization, entrepreneurs and payments-industry veterans are finding some common ground.

Coinbase, a Bitcoin digital wallet provider, has launched a microtransactions feature to allow its customers to transfer small amounts between accounts for free.

Ethics concerns raised by House lawmakers about Raj Date, the former No. 2 at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who left to form his own firm, appear overblown, according to ethics experts and even some of his accusers.

MoneyGram will enable PayPal's 55 million U.S. accountholders to withdraw funds from their accounts at MoneyGram locations.

PayPal plans to fuel the expansion of its in-store payment system by using services from retail card loyalty and marketing company Alliance Data Systems.

Payment processor Moneris and restaurant hardware provider TouchBistro are partnering to provide iPad payment products for U.S. clients.

Billionaire Jack Ma’s third-party electronic payments operator agreed to offer services to fund companies in China, extending his footprint in the nation’s heavily regulated finance industry.

BitWall, a Bitcoin content monetization startup, will launch next week to allow people to sell low-value digital content, putting one of the digital currency's favored use cases to the test.

Facebook Inc. hired Gary Briggs, a veteran of Google Inc. and EBay Inc., to be its first chief marketing officer as the world’s largest social network seeks to expand its global brand.

Visa has elevated former PayPal and Yahoo executive Sam Shrauger to head of digital, part of an internal reorganization at the card network that took place at the end of July, according to an analyst report from Janney.

To create effective mobile payments products, developers must treat merchants and consumers as separate customer segments that have of inextricably-linked needs.