Merchants, acquirers and issuers are preparing to handle EMV-chip debit cards that carry three application identifier codes — from Visa, MasterCard and Discover — as an earlier push to use one common code remains unresolved.

Corduro has added technology to its PayMobile app to locate and attract nearby customers when a merchant's business is slow.

ZenPayroll has launched a contractor payments service that includes direct deposit and tax reporting.

SAN DIEGO – Mitek Systems said it has been issued a U.S. patent for the company’s process measuring signature simplicity and using it to detect fraud.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU is working with First Data Corp. to launch the company’s Pogo mobile payment solution for small businesses.

Zipmark CEO Jay Bhattacharya describes how payments innovation, from PayPal to the present, is changing the way merchants do business.

Visa Inc. and Ethoca Ltd. have partnered in an effort to thwart online payment fraud attempts, which they expect to increase as the U.S. shifts to the EMV-chip card standard at the point of sale.

Healthcare payment provider PaySpan has released the United Benefits Card, a payments card that's designed to also replace member ID cards, paper checks and other cards used in healthcare, such as wellness incentive cards.

Western Union Business Solutions has partnered with IndusInd Bank to offer payments technology to small and medium-sized businesses in India.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report Tuesday on bank and credit union overdraft practices that raises concerns about whether the overdraft costs on consumer checking accounts can be anticipated and avoided.

ThreatMetrix is drawing a clear picture of how big online card fraud is by marking each fraud attempt on a map as it happens.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, is working to get its members on board with faster processing to accommodate the growth of mobile and other electronic payments, though this would require a change to the association's rules.

Discover Financial Services' arrangement to facilitate in-store PayPal transactions across its network stands to serve as the biggest expansion of its ongoing strategy to serve as a multifaceted utility throughout the payments ecosystem.

VACAVILLE, Calif. – Travis CU has signed with TraceSecurity to implement its TraceCSO cloud-based IT GRC solution to improve its information security program and compliance management.

Gravity Payments now allows PayPal card acceptance at about 10,000 merchants in Washington State.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization, began accepting donations in ripple or XRP, the native digital currency of the Ripple network.

Text2Pay, a mobile billing application for online purchases, now allows merchants to accept Bitcoin, the decentralized virtual currency.

Payments serve as the base on which all other financial services can grow for unbanked consumers in low-income countries, says Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the non-profit Center for Financial Inclusion at Boston-based Accion.

Taco John’s, a West-Mex fast food chain, is launching the cloud-based FreedomPay Commerce Platform at more than 400 locations nationwide.

PayAnywhere will provide mobile credit card processing to Camp Masters, the popcorn brand sold by the Boy Scouts of America for fundraising.