I just stumbled across a posting from late January on the MobileRadicals Blog (from a a collection of mobile researchers based at the Department of Communications at Lancaster University in the UK) titled Mobile Payments - Six Years After WAP.

Adam Bell of NEWS.com.au reports from Australia on the move by Qantas Holidays increasing its so-called service fee on credit card payments from one to 1.4 percent.   » Continue Reading

M.P. Dunleavey writes for the New York Times about those small recurring payments that sometimes inch their way onto our credit card bills -- soon to be overlooked or forgotten. She calls them "stealth expenses."

Google has posted a Terms of Service for Buyers. The terms of service are between Google users (buyers) and Google Payment Corp. (GPC), apparently a separate corporate entity setup by Google for processing payments.   » Continue Reading

A friend sends word this morning about another payments-oriented blog out of the Netherlands called Linkdump on Payments. I can't find anything about the author on the site - but the coverage seems to be mostly on European payment-related topics.

Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated.

• San Jose Mercury News: Travelers are packing plastic, not checks
• Providence Business News: Citizens rolls out ‘Tap N Go’ cards to make purchases
• Columbus, OH: Four suspects in credit card theft charged