Whether or not it's used for payments, NFC will be a feature on more and more handsets. This is according to a new report from Berg Insight. The study predicts global sales of handsets featuring NFC …

Computer Services Inc., a provider of end-to-end technology solutions for FIs, has introduced its Social Payments Instant Network, which enables banks to provide customers with greater P2P payment …

Reflecting the competitive mobile point of sale space, PayAnywhere has announced an update to its iOS app and an improved merchant portal. Like other mPOS providers, PayAnywhere connects a card …

Starbucks will be offering contactless payments at 550 of its company-owned stores in the U.K. According to Finextra, the coffee company is working with Barclaycard Global Payment Acceptance and Visa …

The U.K. Payments Council, which represents the interests of the U.K. payment industry, has released an initial report addressing the development of payment systems in the U.K. "Payments Roadmap …

Intuit announced a new retail partner in the U.K. to help it distribute its Intuit Pay chip-and-PIN mobile POS solution. The three-month pilot means Intuit's card reader will be sold in Staples …

Sweden's own mobile payment provider Seamless announced it's working with Kuwait International Bank and McDonald's on a pilot launch of its SEQR mobile payment solution. News of SEQR's launch in …

The back-and-forth battle between the card associations and retailers who accuse them of rate-fixing is beginning to look like a tennis match — with a score that's anything but "love all." Last …

Get out your Big Chief tablet and No. 2 pencil, because consulting and testing provider FIME has six questions for you about NFC. Fortunately, they also have a newly released white paper to help you …

According to NFC World, Deutsche Telekom is working with corporate payment provider AirPlus International to pilot an NFC mobile payment program aimed at business travelers. DT's employees in Germany …

Direct carrier billing will be making it easier for "Cubiers" to make purchases while chatting on their mobile devices. Cubiers are users of the Cubie chat app, and thanks to Cubie's integration of …

With the rise of plastic and digital transactions, the use of paper checks continues to decline — the Fed processes less than one-third of the checks it did two decades ago. But even with fewer …

PayPal's Cash for Registers, which the company announced last month, is a part of the payment processor's assault on the traditional register. Yesterday, the company added some details to the program …

Cash may not be dying anytime soon, but will anyone miss digging for change to feed a parking meter? Payment services provider CreditCall and mobile parking services provider QuickPay Corp. are …

The mobile wallet from Square has a new look. The company has released version 3.0 of its Square Wallet app for iOS devices, and the update addresses both aesthetics and functionallity. Square Wallet …

Taiwanese carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. said it will trial an NFC mobile payment project beginning later this year. The first phase will begin in the third quarter and will include Far …

Digital security provider Gemalto has been selected by Japan's SoftBank Mobile to help launch mobile NFC services in Japan by providing its trusted service management solution. This will be the third …

One of the drivers underlying the push towards mobile payments is merchants' desire to avoid the fees associated with accepting credit cards. One group organizing its mobile commerce efforts around …

For some time, Wireless Dynamics Inc. has been pushing cases that enable NFC on iPhones, and the Canadian company announced today the availability of the third generation of its iCarte iPhone …

Cleveland, Ohio-based KeyBank is expanding mobile banking for all customers — both commercial and consumer — with new mobile banking features. "We're seeing double-digit growth in our …