InComm announced that it has acquired Medagate Corporation, the company that powers OTCNetwork, the only national closed loop over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare benefits payments platform.

Medagate's technology platform supports several applications that enable retail and healthcare to intersect at the point of sale, enabling insured health plan members as well as Medicare and Medicaid members to access and spend their monthly healthcare benefits in an easy and familiar manner.

All current employees of Medagate will remain with the company, with its existing management continuing to run the day-to-day operations.

ThreatMetrix and TransUnion have announced a collaborative effort to incorporate features and functionality from their respective fraud prevention platforms.

“Today’s reality is that device identity is a critical component of a person’s overall online identity. The combination of personal and device identity verification now available through the TransUnion and ThreatMetrix platforms is good for consumers in that it can prevent unauthorized transactions if their online identity has been compromised,” said TransUnion’s Jeff Brown, vice president, Identity Risk Solutions.

appMobi has announced public beta availability of playMobi, a cross-platform HTML5-based game development, deployment, and monetization SDK.

playMobi enables cross-platform in-app purchasing with its 1Touch in-app payment system. When a player makes a purchase, playMobi automatically completes the transaction using the correct in-app-purchase backend system, based on the device in use. When running on iOS, playMobi uses iTunes; on Android, Google Payments; on Facebook, Facebook Credits; and on the Open Web, PayPal.

More information is available from the appMobie website, www.appmobi.com.

On the web:

• Time for Cash to Cash Out? - WSJ.com
• Proxama, ARM Partners for M-Payments - NFCNews
• PayPal Trials QR Code Payments in Singapore - The Next Web
• Google Wallet Suspends Prepaid Credit Card Function - PCWorld
• PayPal Exec Woos Big Retailers With Pricing and Data Sharing - Reuters
• Food, Dining Especially Vulnerable to Card-Data Breaches, Report Finds - Digital Transactions

On the wires:

• txtNation Launches Rebranded Mobile Billing Gateway
• YESpay Launches Mobile StoreManager with NFC Support