The payments industry has taken it upon itself to police any entity that accepts credit or debit cards — even when that entity is the police.

Voltage Security is working with the payment processor Mercury Payment Systems to expand the latter's data encryption while helping its partners and merchants comply with Payment Card Industry data security standards.

In an examination of 3.4 million four-digit passwords, the tech consultancy DataGenetics determined that users choose the PIN "1234" nearly 11% of the time.

BillMyParents, which provides a prepaid debit card with parental controls, announced a partnership with Autism Speaks, an autism science and advocacy organization.

PayDragon is keeping in mind impulse buyers, and those who forget to buy an item when at the grocery store, with the Checkout feature of its mobile payments application menu.

U.S. consumers largely view mobile payments as "a lot of craziness going on," rather than as a secure and viable alternative to plastic cards, says Vantiv Inc.'s mobile-pay expert.

Marqeta has launched a consumer rewards prepaid card in hopes of capturing the success of Starbucks' loyalty program and spreading that wealth to other merchants.

Citigroup is letting its retail customers receive e-mailed ATM receipts.

More companies are borrowing a page from Apple's playbook and offering a way for store employees to handle customer payments on the floor.

NBS Technologies, a provider of equipment for card personalization, is installing Xpressi Trusted Service Manager for a customer in Europe in early October.

Groupon is the latest of many companies to provide merchants with a card reader that clips to smartphones. But the daily-deals company is not simply selling a me-too device — it is planting the seeds of a bigger payments strategy.

A federal court halted a debt relief operation that allegedly made illegal robocalls and debited consumers' bank accounts without consent.

Although hospitality-focused mobile payment application developer Tabbedout's technology has some resemblance to Square's mobile wallet, the vendor says it designed its system to be more compatible with established payment systems.

TEMPE, Ariz. – TruWest CU has been beta testing the 5.2 version of Integrated Media Management’s TotaleAtlas document presentment application, with e-signature capabilities.

American Express said it has hired Erich Ringewald, the former chief technology officer of Boku, to be its vice president of software product management.

MoneyGram and Gemalto are working together to allow mobile-phone users to send international money transfers.

Apple may be waiting to bring mobile payments to the masses, but MasterCard is forging ahead. The card network announced this week a software toolkit to help turn any Near Field Communication enabled Android or Blackberry smartphone into a mobile wallet.

OXFORD, Miss. – FNC Inc. announced this morning it was granted a U.S. patent on its Appraisal Score, which allows credit unions and banks to discern compliance, risk, and fraud issues in residential property appraisals and address the problems prior to funding or purchasing a loan.

A group of state attorneys general is investigating how major banks process and sell delinquent credit card accounts.

Demand for consumer credit increased as the overall risk inherent in the credit-using population fell, according to TransUnion.