As state and federal regulators sharpen their focus on mobile cramming, some wireless carrier advocates question whether the issue of unauthorized third-party is a growing problem for carrier-billed mobile payments.

CardFlight aims to make in-person purchases easier by enabling merchants to accept swiped card payments within their own mobile apps.

U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer is claiming big results in emerging payments technology.

Discover Financial Services will private-label its processing network for Ariba Network to create AribaPay, a single system to handle procurement, invoicing and payments.

Prepaid card accounts have hit their stride as a viable option for banks to target consumers who are unhappy with traditional products, a Javelin Strategy and Research report says.

Simplee uses a personal financial management-style system with payment capabilities to help healthcare providers cut costs by making bill payments more straightforward.

Paidpiper Inc., once a poster child of MasterCard Inc.'s push to work with small developers, is finally ready to launch its product — without its previous reliance on MasterCard.

If they haven't already, retailers should begin getting a clearer picture of how to deploy a mobile wallet and loyalty program to their customers.

Providing information about credit-based insurance scores and their benefits increases consumer acceptance and support for their use, according to results of a national survey released by TransUnion.

EBay's Magento e-commerce application for retailers has integrated Airtag software to allow those retailers to expand into mobile commerce.

American Express is pursuing a new chief financial officer to help it manage the opportunities and financial stress borne by the future of digital commerce and emerging merchant acquisition strategies.

Alaric Systems Ltd. will add myPinPad software to its card-not-present security offerings for payments service providers.

Ten data brokers have been warned that their practices could violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act after a test-shopping operation revealed they are willing to sell consumer information without following FCRA requirements.

American Express Co. said Chief Financial Officer Daniel T. Henry is retiring later this year.

Alliance Data Systems has signed a multiyear agreement to provide private-label credit card services for the electronics retailer TigerDirect.

Revel Systems Inc. is launching a system that adds security to swiped card payments by displaying the accountholder's photo on its iPad-based point of sale terminal.

CO-OP Financial Services is offering a card-based local merchant rewards program that encourages credit union members to shop within a small area.

Alpha Payments Cloud is aiming to make the deployment of payments technology more flexible, thus allowing companies to adopt new payments products at a faster pace.

Vantiv is counting on its acquisition of Litle & Co. to fuel a substantial push to win share for digital payments processing.

GLENDALE, Calif. – Clearpath FCU here is working to re-create its website after a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack took it down.