If the mobile payment business doesn't work out, Boston-based startup LevelUp may have a bright future in public relations — and advocacy. The company, which has a knack for getting its name …

Who knew? Consumer research indicates that Americans are happier with their credit cards since banks quit ratcheting up fees and changing terms — due in part to the enactment of Dodd-Frank …

ShopKeep POS and PayPal are teaming up to offer a mobile payment option at the Telluride Film Festival. For the second year in a row, ShopKeep POS, a point-of-sale solution for iPad tablets, will …

Presidential campaigns are embracing mobile payments in a big way, with both the Romney and Obama campaigns distributing mobile point-of-sale solutions from Square that let campaign workers accept …

As countries across Asia begin to embrace mobile payments, Visa is beginning to push electronic payments in Thailand in an effort to promote adoption and acceptance of its payment products. The …

Start spreading the news, mobile wallet provider Kuapay is heading to New York, New York. The company announced it's expanding its services from its base in Southern California and will be offering …

Online payment processor Braintree has made its international expansion a reality, announcing on its website that merchants in 27 countries can now accept payments through Braintree's payment gateway …

Security company Oberthur Technologies will provide trusted service manager solutions for a new NFC mobile payment pilot being conducted by Australian bank Westpac, the company announced. TSM …

LevelUp has developed its mobile payment app for (egad!) the Windows Phone, literally doing all it can to be truly ubiquitous. "The whole team here at LevelUp is working day and night to make sure …

Square has signed a new retail partner. The company said its mobile credit card readers will be sold at AT&T's 1,000 retail outlets. While not on par with Square's recent partnership with …

VeriFone Systems Inc. announced it's launching a new site for its SAIL mobile POS system that caters to app developers. The SAIL Developer Portal gives application developers access to tools and APIs …

It turns out clues to Isis' plans may not be so hard to decipher after all. And all signs are pointing to Isis finally launching a working mobile payment application sometime soon. The first clue …

Big changes are coming to moneto, the first multi-platform NFC-based mobile payment service for both iPhone and Android devices. Moneto was launched by Richardson, Texas-based DeviceFidelity earlier …

Seamless, a Swedish provider of payment solutions, announced it's adding person-to-person payment functionality to SEQR, its QR code-based mobile payment product. The new features will let users make …

Following Singapore wireless carrier StarHub's announcement of its NFC mobile payment service earlier this month, two other Singapore carriers have launched competing services. M1 Limited today …

The Chicago Transit Authority has selected Cubic Transportation Systems to provide its Open Standards Fare System to suburban bus operator Pace. This is a big deal for Cubic — it increases the …

Czech Republic bank Komercni banka is joining with wireless carrier Telefónica, Visa Europe and handset-maker Samsung to offer a new pilot mobile payment program. The FI will offer 2,000 …

FICO, a provider of predictive analytics and decision management technology, today released data from the FICO Falcon Fraud Manager Consortium. The analysis shows a continuing shift towards online …

Square is getting into politics, sort of. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign announced today it's rolling out a convention-wide deployment of Square's mobile point of sale solution. According to an …

The integration of online and offline shopping with mobile devices as the connector is getting easier. For instance, Skycore LLC, a Boston-based provider of mobile marketing and commerce solutions …