NACHA's Council for Electronic Billing and Payment (CEBP) has issued the final guidelines for the use of Quick Response (QR) codes in consumer bill payment. "The guidelines, developed in collaboration with CEBP members and refined through industry input, describe the use of QR codes in a variety of bill payment functions such as viewing bills, making bill payments, enrolling for eBills and setting up payees in online banking."

Payvement, a leading eCommerce enabler on Facebook, has announced that it is shutting down and transitioning it merchant based to Ecwid. But TechCrunch has the backstory:

Earlier today Facebook ecommerce platform Payvment announced it was shutting down and transitioning its 200,000 merchants to competitor Ecwid, but we’ve just discovered that’s because Intuit is acquiring Payvment’s team, technology, and patents.

Full TechCrunch story is here.

On the web:

• Disputing a Charge on Your Credit Card - NYTimes.com
• Attention Shoppers: Another Credit Card Fee Is Here (Surcharging) - NBCNews.com
• Platform Enables Immigrants To Easily Pay Bills Of Family Living Back Home - Springwise
• Do GPR Prepaid Cards Pose Significant Money Laundering Threats? - Portals and Rails
• Iowa and Dwolla Team up on Electronic 'Cigarette Stamp Tax' Payments - press-citizen.com
• VIBE Mobile Wallet Launches With QSRs On Board - MobilePaymentsToday.com

On the wires:

• First Data & Go Daddy Introduce Go Daddy Payment Solutions
• MetraTech Deployed in Brazil to Modernize Billing, Settlement for Busiest Airport in LATAM
• TSYS Signs Long-Term Payments Agreement with Priority Payment Systems
• Fortumo to Waive In-App Payments Commission for Windows 8 Developers
• GameFuse Signs Agreement with Virtual Piggy