The Consumer Directed Health Care Conference (CDHCC) being held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 8th – 10th has special programming for Payors and the Funding Community including information on the convergence of healthcare and financial services in the Banking Strategies in a Consumer-Driven Market.

Blish, a new marketplace for buyers and sellers of digital content, is now up in beta.

India's Economic Times reports on Google's plans for payments, quoting Google's Alan Eustace: "We have a great relationship with eBay, it’s a great company, but it is not the only answer to payments on the Internet."

Diya Gullapalli writes for the Wall St. Journal about financial education and literacy programs developed by financial services firms including Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Visa USA.

Marcus Kabel reports for the Associated Press about Wal-Mart's banking plans and how the banking industry is in a tizzy about them.

Anomaly has announced that it has been working with PayPal to develop PayPal Mobile's Text to Buy and Text to Give services.

Michael L. Kasavana writes for AMonline.com about biometric payments and the potential for using a biocard for vending applications.

Potentials Magazine gathered six gift card industry experts for its first Gift Card Roundtable.