Amazon rolls out response to PayPal with 'Login and Pay'

October 9, 2013

Capping off a day packed with payment news came yesterday's launch of Login and Pay with Amazon, the Internet giant's plan to share its 215 million active…

PayPal letting shoppers pay by QR code

October 8, 2013

Payments giant PayPal may finally have found a way to get people to use QR codes.

US Bank, Monitise partner for mobile commerce

October 8, 2013

U.S. Bank and the mobile money solutions provider Monitise today announced an agreement to accelerate the delivery of a product discovery and shopping service…

First Data seeks to simplify deal redemption

October 7, 2013

First Data Corp., providers of electronic commerce and payment processing technology, announced that the First Data OfferWise solution has been integrated with…

Study: Vantiv profiles the 'omniconsumer' of the future

October 1, 2013

Payment processing services provider Vantiv Inc. has released a new primary research study on the impact of omnicommerce and mobile banking trends on consumers…

FireHost announces Payment Island PCI compliance tool

September 25, 2013

FireHost, a secure cloud hosting company, is further protecting payments processing cloud applications with its Payment Island solution, the company said in a…

Vodafone tests virtual shopping wall on German employees

September 23, 2013

The mobile network operator Vodafone is tapping staff members at its German headquarters in Dusseldorf to test out an NFC-equipped virtual shopping wall…

Is iBeacon the answer to payments and indoor mapping?

Camps weigh in on both sides on the potential impact of Apple's lastest mobile milestone.

PayPal points Beacon toward the future of in-store payments

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

PayPal takes simplifying mobile payments to new level with the launch of its hands-free function.

PayPal Australia will enhance fraud protection for retailers

September 4, 2013

As Australia pushes to bring mobile payments to its largest retailers by next year, PayPal will extend its seller protection guarantee to those retailers. The…

PCI DSS 3.0 changes focus on risks, simplify compliance

New requirements focus on mitigating some of the most frequently seen risks that have led to data compromise.

Harris Teeter grocery chain will pilot Paydiant mobile wallet

August 22, 2013

Paydiant, provider of a cloud-based mobile wallet, cardless ATM access and offer redemption platform, today announced that the mid-Atlantic grocery chain…

GiftLogic puts a finger on retail security

August 21, 2013

The developers of GiftLogic point of sale software announced the rollout of fingerprint integration into its platform.

Debit fee cap hearing a fiasco for Fed attorneys

August 15, 2013

On Aug. 14, attorneys for retail associations and the Fed were to have discussed a timeline for setting a lowered debit interchange fee cap. This discussion…

Report: Card spending growth solid in July

August 12, 2013

First Data Corporation has released its First Data SpendTrend analysis for July 2-30, 2013 compared to July 3-31, 2012. SpendTrend tracks same-store consumer…

Shopventory to bring POS tools to PayPal Here

August 9, 2013

Shopventory, providers of business intelligence and inventory management for mobile point-of-sales, today announced it is bringing its suite of tools to…

VeriFone seeks to simplify payments with Point launch

August 5, 2013

VeriFone Systems Inc. announced the launch of a new payment-as-a-service solution that it said simplifies payment complexities for its direct merchant…

ABA releases statement on interchange fee ruling

July 31, 2013

The American Bankers Association wasted no time expressing its opposition to today's U.S. district court ruling that the Fed had set the Durbin Amendment debit…

Debit fee cap set too high, U.S. district court judge rules

July 31, 2013

A judge for the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia sided today with retailers who claimed that the Fed had set the debit transaction fee cap…

YESPay promises omnichannel with latest payment gateway

July 25, 2013

YESpay has announced an omnichannel payment solution that it said provides a single payment gateway at different points-of-sale.