99Bill has announced its new '99Bill+' payment platform and announce its strategy for mobile payments in China.

Through an open and collaborative platform, '99Bill+' offers a seamless linking of the end-user's back-end payment system and 99Bill's front-end e-commerce platform. This enables clients to embed all kinds of new and innovative applications aimed at improving user experience and speeding up the growth of their business.

PayWizard has announced that FilmFlex Movies in the UK has added PayWizard as an online payment mechanism.

FilmFlex Movies is the sixth customer to deploy the PayWizard multi-screen payment platform since the beginning of the year. Film4oD customers simply select the films they want to watch, register for a PayWizard account, top up their PayWizard account balance and pay quickly and easily using the PayWizard e-wallet. The e-wallet holds digital versions of credit/debit cards, the current balance, and various personal data. It facilitates continual card authorisation for true 'single-click' purchases and can handle a range of innovative subscription models.

PayWizard supports transactions made on multiple devices, including online, tablets, smart phones, connected TV's and digital set-top boxes.

American Express has announced the launch of the American Express eGift Card, "a new virtual gift card to be purchased and used online. This new virtual gift card mirrors the revolutionary American Express Gift Card, with no fees after purchase—including no fees for activation, no fees for checking a balance, no fees for monthly servicing, and the funds do not expire."

On the web:

• Dreams of Mobile Payments Lead Telco to Try Banking in Canada - GigaOM
• VocaLink Launches New Product for Mobile Payment Services in UK - Banking Business Review
• Using Data Mining to Catch Suspected Financial Wrongdoers - Portals and Rails
• Mobile Payments for Vending Machines in China - Penn-Olson

On the wires:

• PriceTravel Selects Accertify to Protect Its Online Travel Platform Against Fraud
• eMerchantPay Partners With cashU Expanding Its Presence Across the MENA Region
• CSI globalVCard Mobile App Looks to Change the Way Mobile Online B2B Payments Are Made
• Heartland Payment Systems and Marathon National Bank of New York to Offer Business Clients Expanded Services