TransUnion has developed a risk assessment model to help auto lenders evaluate the potential for future loan delinquency based on the history of the vehicle used as collateral.

Google has added a new checkout button on Android devices, enabling one-click purchases from the handsets, the company said in a presentation today.

PayZang hopes to bring a mobile payments system to the private practice of a doctor, or the office of a larger healthcare company.a

Payments technology provider ZooZ has developed a product that combines mobile payments with advertising.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a court order to the alternative payment provider Dwolla to cease operations with Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange, which it accuses of operating as an unlicensed money transmitter.

Payment processor Vantiv and transaction hardware provider NCR have entered a strategic relationship to sell point of sale technology and payments products to the small-business market.

Tyfone Inc. is taking smart-card security beyond plastic payment cards with a plan to apply the technology to mobile devices and personal computers.

Interchange fees often take the spotlight in discussions about card acceptance costs, but they are just one of many factors in the increasingly complex system that determines the price merchants pay for taking plastic cards.

Banks have an opportunity to seize share against alternative payment providers in real-time payments, according to new FIS-funded research from Ipsos Vantis.

Leaf, which offers a tablet specifically for in-store card payments, has added new features designed to ease user experience and attract third-party developers.

Square has taken its biggest shot yet at traditional payment terminal manufacturers with Square Stand, a new card reader built to house an iPad that can be used in place of a stationary point of sale terminal.

PayPal will offer free payment processing through the end of 2013 to merchants that “trade in” their cash registers and adopt mobile point of sale technologies, in a move to entice small merchants to adopt digital payments.

Groupon's new Breadcrumb POS, a free app enabling merchants to use iPads as point of sale systems, is the latest part of the company's strategy to build a payments business for the small-merchant community it also serves through its daily-deals business.

The Columbia Ultimate family of companies and Ontario Systems announced Tuesday a partnership to deliver accounts receivable management and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau compliance services to clients.

A California company that provides voice-over-Internet services has agreed to stop transmitting robocalls to consumers to settle charges that it violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

Australian debit card company eftpos has signed a five-year agreement with mobile wallet technology developer C-Sam.

Mobile pay tech company Boku has entered a carrier billing partnership with Swisscom to provide direct-to-bill payments to more than 6 million customers, or more than 60% of Switzerland's mobile market.

Prepaid card marketer Card.com now offers a prepaid card for Star Trek fans.

Prepaid cards have been at the heart of several data breaches in recent years because their traits can make them easier for fraudsters to exploit.

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