Advanced encryption methods, mobile payment security and various other technologies figure to be major topics once again when the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council's participants meet this week.

Discover is pushing aggressively to be at the heart of many mobile-payments initiatives. It's doing a lot that its rivals are not — but there are a few ways it might lose ground.

Virtual Piggy will integrate its youth payments technology into skateboard brand GoldCoast's e-commerce system.

As ShopKeep POS reviews the results of its recent mobile-wallet test with PayPal, it is rolling out a new iPhone app for merchants that use its tablet-based register system.

MasterCard has acquired Truaxis Inc., a Silicon Valley start-up that crunches payment data to target special offers and discounts from merchants to debit and credit cardholders.

As technology evolves, Square is proving its savvy by making the most of its social-media expertise. It uses Twitter not just as a highlight of CEO Jack Dorsey's resume (Dorsey co-founded the micro-blogging company) but as an effective channel for immediate sales.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU has signed with LendingQB to implement the company’s Web-based end-to-end loan origination system.

Soon the question every clerk asks at checkout may not be, 'paper or plastic,' but instead, 'mobile bar code or NFC?'

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council plans to recruit more soldiers in its ongoing war against fraudsters and cybercrooks. A new program allows any qualified individual to become a certified PCI Professional.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Digital FCU is now offering members access to “File Vault,” its branded version of DigitalMailer’s new My Virtual StrongBox.

Visa cardholders will be able to receive immediate fashion offers via text message under a mobile-offers test Visa is conducting with Neiman Marcus.

VeriFone's stock price tumbled after the maker of payment terminals reported third-quarter sales that fell short of analysts' estimates, citing unfavorable currency swings, competition in Europe and a fire in Brazil.

Google, like its mobile-pay rival Isis, relies on phones built with Near Field Communication chips to support its mobile wallet. So the growing number of NFC-equipped phones should give the Google Wallet a strong boost — shouldn't it?

Two organizations whose purpose is to set the specifications and framework for two of the leading emerging-payment types in the U.S. are joining forces to speed up the spread of mobile payments.

Acculynk says it has hit "an absolute home run" in completing an acquisition that brings its online PIN-debit technology to small and midsize merchants.

Ingenico continues to pursue U.S. market share to capitalize on the breakup of rival payment-terminal maker Hypercom last year, and wireless terminals are a key part of that strategy.

Online marketplace Etsy is putting more marketing muscle behind its PayPal alternative, Direct Checkout, as it waives processing fees this month and makes Direct Checkout a requirement for accepting its virtual gift cards, which launch next month.

PayPal's deal to receive point of sale payments over Discover's network may not be as beneficial for Discover's offerings, particularly its Pulse PIN-debit network, as it is for PayPal's. But it's still a good deal for Discover.

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – South Metro FCU has signed with Cachet Financial Services to implement the company’s remote deposit capture service.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Financial Plus CU has gone on LKCS’ enhanced electronic statement platform.