Licensed gun dealers are finding it increasingly hard to accept card-not-present credit card or debit card transactions, but companies such as Tasker Payment Gateways are not gun-shy when it comes to serving the firearms industry.

Many merchants are still wary about accepting bitcoins, but new vendor partnerships and a maturation of the companies that handle bitcoin exchanges address some of the virtual currency's riskier aspects.

A person-to-person payment method called Square Cash has surfaced on Square's website, less than a week after Google announced similar capabilities through Gmail and Google Wallet accounts.

NCR Corp. is integrating SCVNGR's LevelUp mobile payment system with its Aloha POS system for restaurants.

While many still see Bitcoin as an unrealistic payment method, venture capitalists say there are clear use cases for the decentralized cryptocurrency in micropayments, international remittance and charity.

Consumer spending is expected to accelerate this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to the results of a late-April survey of 49 business economists.

Some consumers in London reportedly experienced problems with the contactless payment system U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer recently expanded into all of its 644 stores.

MasterCard is part of a joint venture that will launch the Zuum mobile payments service this month. The venture is touting Zuum as the first service of its kind in Brazil.

Payvia, which provides direct-carrier billing technology, has acquired Mogreet, a provider of cloud-based mobile messaging.

Two operators of alleged tech support scams have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission complaints and give up what they gained in the operation.

The timing couldn’t be better for the new advisory board of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council to include several European voices.

Crypto Street, a startup that’s building a platform for trading digital currencies like Bitcoin, is making a point of forging relationships with multiple banks after similar businesses suddenly lost their bank accounts and folded or scaled back.

A growing number of payments technology providers are targeting small businesses with mobile point of sale offerings, creating a tech boom for a merchant segment that’s often been underserved.

Money transfer services designed for immigrant populations are helping consumers more effectively send cash back home and manage where and how funds are spent.

Micros Systems UK Ltd. and mobile payments provider Payleven have developed a cloud-based point of sale system that includes mobile chip and PIN card acceptance.

Uber, the smartphone app that lets consumers hail a cab or schedule a car service, now includes the ability to pay for rides using Google Wallet.

Square, PayPal, Groupon and others recently revealed a flurry of new technology at the point of sale, demonstrating just how capable tablets and smartphones are at handling payments and other needs for small merchants.

BitPay, which processes payments for merchants in the virtual currency Bitcoin, has attracted some investors with a pedigree in pioneering alternative ways to send and receive money.

US Merchant Systems, an ISO with 100,000 retail locations, is providing data analytics to customers through Womply Insights.

Mass payment facilitator Tipalti is bringing its technology to advertising payments through a partnership with Cake Marketing, which provides services for performance-based marketing.