NetSpend stockholders voted to approve the prepaid card marketer's acquisition by Total System Services, clearing the way for the payments processor to complete the deal in mid-2013.

Online restaurant reservation provider OpenTable Inc. has acquired mobile payment startup JustChalo Inc. for $11 million.

Wendy's International Inc. is beefing up the payment functions of its My Wendy's mobile app, which furthers the company's strategy and plays on other quick service retailer's success with mobile payments.

Core banking provider Computer Services Inc. (CSI) has introduced the Social Payments Instant Network, or SPIN, which supports person-to-person payments through mobile and online banking.

Amazon.com Inc. added a new payments system called the Amazon Birthday Gift, which allows users to send Amazon.com gift cards with birthday messages to friends on Facebook and allow other friends to contribute more to the card's balance.

AUSTIN, Texas – University (of Texas) FCU, which was hit by three different distributed denial of service attacks this winter and spring, successfully blocked the third attack using Prolexic’s DDoS mitigation services, called PLXproxy solution.

Starbucks now receives over 10% of its U.S. transactions as mobile payments, and over 30% of its transactions are made with the mobile or plastic version of its Starbucks Card accounts.

Punchey's tossing its hat into the mobile payments ring with a mix of mobile card acceptance, social network-driven marketing and other services designed for merchants that handle larger payments.

Technology utilization is seen as a key growth area by all sizes of collection agencies. In particular, the use of IVR could almost double in 2013 and text is seen as a top growth opportunity.

For digital payments to flourish, they must get bigger — and bigger payments require stronger authentication.

BuyReply, an Australian startup, is going back to the basics in allowing consumers to purchase items from television and magazine advertisements by sending just an email or a text message — no special hardware or software required.

MADISON, Wis. – Advances in browser technology have enabled $1.6-billion University of Wisconsin CU to build mobile check deposit into its mobile browser.

MasterCard Inc. and telco VimpelCom Ltd. are testing a Near Field Communication-based mobile payments service at a Russian bank.

Eight months after giving the Project Oscar mobile commerce initiative a new name — Weve — and a new mission in the U.K., the telco joint venture has given its first hints of launching a Near Field Communication mobile payments service.

Retailers should embrace a hybrid approach to mobile shopping with wallet apps that bridge the physical and digital consumer experiences.

Tristan O'Tierney, one of Square's team of co-founders is leaving the mobile payments company after four years.

McDonald's and Kuwait International Bank are partnering with Seamless to pilot Seamless' SEQR mobile payment system in Kuwait.

Self-serve digital payments company USA Technologies will be the service provider for Setomatic Systems, a company that provides payment systems to the laundry industry.

Alleged break-ins to Chase accounts and a broader cyber-ATM fraud scheme have led to charges against eight suspected cyber thieves and the arrest of four.

Having the technology in place to detect check fraud before it occurs has saved Amplify FCU here approximately $55,000 annually.