WALTHAM, Mass. – RTN FCU said it will provide its members a comprehensive suite of mobile wallet services and mobile financial services powered by Tyfone’s next generation mobile banking solution.

Unicom Payment Ltd. expects its strategy to move into mobile payments in China to benefit significantly from an agreement it signed recently with MasterCard Worldwide.

Falling revenues in its core handset business have prompted Nokia’s India subsidiary to pull the plug on the mobile-payment service it launched nationwide last year.

PayPal Inc. reportedly is planning to launch a mobile card reader that could help its nascent point-of-sale payment system reach small merchants.

Many small retailers who can’t afford to convert their websites to accommodate mobile browsers and payments are letting potential purchases get away. Mobile-payments provider The MoBank Group plans to help such retailers to overcome that problem.

PayPal Inc. is redesigning its website and smartphone application to downplay online payments and give more prominence to its newer products, such as its point-of-sale payment system.

Thales e-Security Inc. and Aconite have joined forces to make smart card transactions more secure, whether from an EMV card or mobile device.

The tide continues to shift in favor of the payments industry in the United Kingdom’s battle against card fraud.

The tide continues to shift in favor of the payments industry in the United Kingdom’s battle against card fraud.

This year certainly has not seen a slowdown in digital-wallet development. Except if one is looking for a wallet offered by a bank.

Heartland Payments Systems Inc. is expanding merchant payment-acceptance flexibility and enhancing customer convenience by making its Mobuyle platform compatible with Apple Inc. iOS mobile devices, the company announced March 12.

Four consumer technology brands–Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google–are gathering strength and momentum and have the ability to win in a world of integrated social media and payments, one analyst contends.

Collection agencies and banks are more often using social media to proactively build their brand images, rather than waiting to react to negative customers comments.

Every data-security and fraud-prevention vendor or payments-industry analyst offers similar advice to banks and merchants about protecting customer card data and personal information.

Every data-security and fraud-prevention vendor or payments-industry analyst offers similar advice to banks and merchants about protecting customer card data and personal information.

Green Dot Corp. has agreed to buy location-based deals company Loopt Inc., the prepaid card marketer announced March 9.

LAS VEGAS–The mobile marketplace could be breeding more than just interest among shoppers seeking convenience or special deals.

BEAVERTON, Ore. – Rivermark CU has begun offering its members mobile deposit from Vertifi, which allows members to deposit paper checks using their iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android mobile devices.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Community Choice CU on Thursday said its signed with Jack Henry & Associates to implement iPay Technologies’ Biz 2.0 small business online bill pay platform.

Despite the relentless onslaught of news about mobile-payment initiatives, there’s very little paying by phone going on, new research suggests.