In other words, PayPal is all in.
Last week I bought 13 laptops from WalMart.com. There were only two problems: I didn't buy them, and they weren't being shipped to my house. I'd been hacked.
Foursquare has teamed up with Visa and Mastercard to expand its check-in deals service that lets users earn better specials by using their credit cards.
The good news, if you're PayPal, is that almost three quarters of Americans know about you and your digital wallet solution. The bad news is that under half of them really understand what a digital wallet is.
Hacktivist Christopher Weatherhead was convicted today of "conspiracy to impair" the operations of a number of payments companies in 2010.
Google Wallet, which just recently made big changes to support Visa, American Express, and Discover cards, is now apparently making even bigger changes. As in, back to the future changes.
Tomorrow, the Paris-based company that built MasterCard's PayPass API and counts McDonalds and Reeboks as its mobile commerce clients will release the Airtag Kit: a full collection of everything developers need to start building mobile payment apps.
What if you could instantly purchase a product being advertised on an iPad app -- or, even better, what if you could do the same thing for a product featured in a movie as you're watching it.
WikiLeaks announced today that it is “back open for donations.”
The nonprofit organization is running a screen play past Visa and MasterCard, which have been blocking funds for the foundation, and will now be able to take donations through the …
The current state of the mobile payment industry could at best be called slightly confounding, or, at worst, a complete mess.
But in spite of increased competition from stakeholders like Square, PayPal, Google, Mastercard, Intuit and, most recently, Verifone, the …
Now that almost every payments-related company has a digital wallet of its own, it’s about time MasterCard showed off its digital plans.
The credit card company unveiled PayPass Wallet Services today at the CTIA conference in New Orleans. Just like …
Today wasn’t the best day for Nokia to announce a new device, given the company’s lowered Q1 expectations, but maybe the new Lumia 610 will help distract press from the company’s dire financial situation.
After being rumored for some time, …
Credit card processor Global Payments released a statement yesterday, admitting that its systems have been compromised. The announcement came after reports surfaced that thousands of credit card accounts had been breached through its machines.
Last week, security researcher Brian Krebbs, …
Cyber-criminals have stolen Visa and Mastercard credit-card data by hacking into payment processors in New York City parking garages. Visa confirmed that the data — enough to create counterfeit cards — was stolen, and both companies are doing damage control …
Updated with comment from Google at 5:14pm PT.
A new vulnerability in Google Wallet gives thieves access to your funds, even if the application data has been erased.
Google Wallet lets you digitize your credit cards and pay for things …
You could say that mFoundry was totally into mobile payments before it was cool. Now the company is reaping the rewards of being an early adopter, announcing today that it has received $18 million in growth-capital funding led by MasterCard, …
Intel and MasterCard have agreed to work together to beef up security for online shopping and make online payments a better experience overall.
The multi-year deal will combine MasterCard’s expertise in payment processing and commerce with Intel’s strength in chip-based …
Google Wallet, the search company’s long-awaited mobile payments platform, has seemingly launched today with little fanfare.
TechCrunch yesterday reported on documentation being sent to Google Wallet partners indicating a September 19 launch. And this morning, Gigaom posted a photo of …
Isis, the mobile payment network put together by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, today announced that it now has the support of Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
The news means that Isis’s mobile payment terminals will be able to handle …
