On the web:

• Banking Partners Force Paxum to Drop Bitcoin Due to ‘Potential Risk’ - Betabeat

On the wires:

• Anybill Addresses Growing Demand for Tax Compliance Payment Services

On the web:

• Integrating Tablets and POS Software For Retail - Point of Sale News
• La Caixa Goes Top of Wallet with PayPal Instant Account Creation - PayPal Blog
• Google Wallet Reopens for Prepaid Cards, Adds Transfer Block - SlashGear

On the wires:

• Plano Bê Launches 2Pay: The Brazilian Answer to Square and iZettle
• Evolution1 Continues Leadership in Ever-Changing Healthcare Market
• 16% of Commercial Banks Now Processing Payments Through Aptys’ PayLOGICS Platform
• TransEngen Strengthens Position as Payments Leader for Healthcare
• InspirePay Adds Support for Dwolla and PayPal

On the web:

• NFC vs. Cloud-based Payments: Which Will Reach Scale First? - Mobile Commerce Daily
• Could Google Wallet be Google's Next Failure? - CNET

On the wires:

• Paytoo Mobile Wallet Brings the Fiesta to Mexico
• Century Bank Partners with Invoice Cloud to Offer Customers e-Billing Technology
• MetraTech's Metanga to Monetize Cloud Banking Application for Temenos
• WePay Rang in 2012 With Over One Payment Per Minute

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

On the web:

• Girl Scouts Adds Mobile Payments to Drive Cookie Sales - Mobile Commerce Daily
• German P2P Lender Auxmoney Sees Growth - Peer to Peer Lending News
• Here’s How PayPal Is Pitching Mobile Payments to Major Retailers (Slideshow) - AllThingsD
• Facebook Teams up With Bango for Mobile Payments - PCWorld

On the wires:

• Plastic Jungle and InComm Announce Strategic Gift Card Partnership
• Ceridian Introduces Virtual Terminal Enabling Web-based Transactions
• New Aite Group Report on Big Four U.S. Payment Card Networks
• Heartland Handles Nearly 44,000 Transactions as Official Concessions Processor of Super Bowl
• Computop Paygate 5.0 To Expand Support for International Payments

On the web:

• BC Global Looms as Alternative to Visa For Korean Buyers - Korea Times
• Dwolla Raises $5m Series B Round led by Union Square Ventures (Video) - Silicon Prairie News
• Accel, SV Angel, Y Combinator Put $1.5M In Online Bank Payments Platform GoCardless - TechCrunch

On the wires:

• Text2Pay Mobile Payments Wizard - Easy as 1 2 3!
• mopay and paymentez Forge Strategic Mobile Payments Partnership
• The Perfect Pairing: Wine Enthusiast Uncorks eGift Card Program
• CoVantage Credit Union Deploys Tyfone Mobile Wallet Services to Its Members
• Transcepta Procure-to-Pay Network Selected to Simplify Accounts Payable for Manheim

On the web:

• To Sign Merchants, Square Heads to Campus To Recruit a Sales Force - Digital Transactions
• PayPal Says It's Business as Usual a Month After President Resigns - AllThingsD
• Self-Checkout Footprints Get Smaller For Retail - Point of Sale News
• Citigroup Gets Approval to Issue China Credit Cards - WSJ.com

On the wires:

• Datacard Group Announces an Equity Investment and Strategic Partnership with DeviceFidelity
• INSIDE Secure Chosen by Leading Smartphone Manufacturer
• Navigant Credit Union Selects Acumen from Fiserv

On the web:

• Visa’s Saunders Downplays Merchant-Cost Concerns For Digital Wallet - ISO and Agent
• Report: 798 Daily Deal Sites Folded In The Last 6 Months Of 2011 - TechCrunch
• Amazon Pulls Plug on PayPhrase Service - Mashable

On the wires:

• Valero Corner Stores Get New ATMs and Program Manager in Cardtronics
• Businesses Can Capture Signatures, Easily Calculate Taxes and Tips Using New Sage Mobile Payments 2.0

On the web:

• WePay: The Online Payment Start-Up Behind Occupy Wall Street - Forbes
• Coopera Signs Eight CUs for Bilingual Prepaid Card

On the wires:

• MasterCard and KeyBank Extend and Enhance Long-Standing Debit Relationship
• Visa Processing Certification for Contis Group Opens International Prepaid Markets

On the web:

• FTC to Review Mobile Payments Impact on U.S. Consumers - NFCNews
• Starbucks Says It's Number One in World in Mobile Payments - AuctionBytes
• Experiments in Virtual Currencies - MarketingVOX

On the wires:

• Simply Market Streamlines eInvoicing Through Ariba’s b-process
• Campus Apartments First to Offer Residents Ability to Pay Rent Through Facebook
• Live Gamer Partners with PaymentOne to Expand International Mobile Payment Options
• GE Capital Retail Bank Announces New Agreement to Provide Credit Card Program for Toys“R”Us
• iovation Stopped 50 Million Online Fraud Attempts in 2011, Biggest International Offender: Ghana
• Citi Launches First Account Analysis Tools for Credit Card Users on the iPad
• T-Mobile To Distribute Square Card Readers to Small Businesses
• Sabre Launches Travel Settlement Services Powered by Conferma
• CyberSource Announces Renewed Agreement With Facebook
• New Mercator Report on Next Generation EFT Networks

On the web:

• A Guide to PayPal Alternatives in Asia - SGEntrepreneurs
• Contactless ATMs: The New Wave of Banking? - Think Money
• Obama Campaign Is Using Square For Fundraising - TechCrunch
• Google Wallet Struggles to Gain Acceptance - Mobile Commerce Daily
• Is the U.S. Payments Industry Following in the Footsteps of the Netherlands? - Portals and Rails
• Green Dot to Launch Bank Account This Year - American Banker

On the wires:

• PayLane Becomes a Certified American Express Partner
• GE Capital Extends Consumer Financing Program with Art Van Furniture
• MusicSkins Partners With Virtual Piggy Offering Innovative Youth Purchasing System
• South Carolina Selects Heartland as Preferred Provider for Electronic Financial Aid Disbursement
• GE Capital Retail Bank and ShopNBC Announce Renewal of Consumer Credit Card Program
• Canada's Payfirma Updates Its Mobile Payment App

On the web:

• Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa - paidContent
• O2 Wallet Delayed For More Tests as Rivals Ready New Initiatives - Mobile Today
• Make and Accept Mobile Payments with Square's Card Case - Mobile POS News
• Popular Barcode Scanning App ShopSavvy Launches Mobile Marketplace - TechCrunch

On the wires:

• Chase Launches Disney’s Premier Visa Card
• New, Free GoPayment Credit Card Reader Now Available
• Leading Global Prepaid Provider Offers State-of-the-Art Loyalty Solutions
• NetSpend and 7-Eleven Announce New Prepaid Card Distribution Agreement

On the web:

• Mobile Payments and the Demise of the Cash Register - Mobile Commerce Daily

On the wires:

• Thomas Industrial Network Selects Aria Systems for On-Demand Billing and Customer Mgmt
• mopay Launches First-of-Its-Kind Payments Platform for Online Dating Industry
• 3V Transaction Services Extends its Mobile Money Platform to Netherlands
• WageWorks Names Visa as Preferred Brand for Prepaid Employee Benefit Programs
• New Mercator Report on Small Business Credit Cards

On the web:

• Office Depot Tests PayPal's New Point-of-Sale System - Reuters
• Square Looks to Have Secured the Square.com Domain - NetBanker
• Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Surpasses $50 Million in Mobile Payments - intomobile
• PayNearMe to Go Mobile to Expand Its Cash-Pay Service - American Banker
• PIN Authentication Versus Signature Authentication - Portals and Rails

On the wires:

• Payvment Delivers New Features For Facebook Timeline

On the web:

• Taxicab Drivers Riled Up Over 5% Credit-Card Fee - WSJ.com
• Card.io Reaches Out to Devs, Offers Up Credit Card Payment Accounts to Joe Normal - Engadget
• CHARGE Anywhere Releases Audio Jack Card Reader for BlackBerry smartphones - intomobile
• MasterCard Seeks Partnership with Swedish m-payments JV - Totaltele
• PayPal Will Be Expanding Mobile Payments Test To 51 Bay Area Home Depot Stores - TechCrunch

On the wires:

• TSYS Signs Long-Term Processing Agreement with BancorpSouth
• Cash and Prepaid Converge as TxVia Partners With Allpoint Network
• PayPro Global Extends Its Payment Portfolio With the Implementation of Worldwide SMS Micropayments

On the web:

• By 2020, Half of all Visa Europe’s Payments will be Mobile - GigaOM
• How Risky? The Elements of an Effective Payments Risk Management Program - Portals and Rails

On the wires:

• BillMyParents Exceeds 1 Million Real Time Teen Purchase Alerts
• NACHA Launches ACH Messaging Campaign and Microsite to Provide Resources and Encourage Understanding of ACH Network and Payments
• Swedish mobile operators select PayEx and Accumulate for their joint mobile payment service
• Target Corporation Temporarily Suspends Efforts to Sell Credit Card Receivables
• TransFirst and Equinox Payments Team to Expand Mobile Payments

On the web:

• Attack of the New Bank Fees - WSJ.com
• Rare Legal Fight Takes On PCI Security Standards and Fines - Wired.com
• La Caixa, Visa Europe to Blanket Barcelona with Contactless Payments - American Banker
• Swedish Carriers Pick Mobile Wallet Suppliers - NFC World
• Verizon Versus Google Wallet - IEEE Spectrum

On the wires:

• MaxMind and TeleSign Partner to Provide Best-in-Class Multilayer Fraud Prevention
• Moneris Launches PAYD, a New Mobile Payment Processing Service

On the web:

• Tablet Computers Take Wait Out of Waiting Tables - San Francisco Chronicle
• KDDI Launches NFC in Japan - NFC World

On the wires:

• New Mercator Report on POS Terminal Market
• NCR Unveils Cloud-Based Point of Sale for Independent Retailers at NRF 2012
• AisleBuyer Accelerates the Mobile Retail Revolution with Version 2.0
• AJB to Offer PayPal for Retail Payment Processing

On the web:

• Invasion of the Star-Studded Debit Cards - WSJ
• Bank of America, Citigroup Face Billions In Losses in (Interchange) Antitrust Case - TheStreet
• Spanish Banks Prepare Barcelona and Madrid for Mobile Payments - NFC World

On the wires:

• Valve Rewards Outstanding GlobalCollect Service with Contract Renewal
• Twenty Colleges Choose Heartland Payment Systems for Financial Aid Disbursement Services
• Eastern Mountain Sports Blazes New Trails with VeriFone iPad Retailing Solution
• Ingenico and Voltage Security Partner on End-to-End Encyrption
• NCR Launches its Highest Performing POS Terminal to Date

On the web:

• AmEx and eBay Belly Up to the Barcode - American Banker
• Apriva Wallet Enters Mobile Payments Arena - Vending Times
• Near Field Communication — the Next Mobile Boost? - CNBC
• Thief Drops Stolen Coin Collection into Coinstar Machine - KPTV Channel 12

On the wires:

• AsiaPay launches PayDollar Debit Payment for APAC region
• Suze Orman Launches "The Approved Card" Prepaid MasterCard

On the web:

• Hefty Profit Seen for Card Issuers - WSJ.com
• Kount Offers Free Device Fingerprinting to New Customers - Internet Retailer
• PayPal Partners With POS Software Company AJB To Scale In-Store Payments Option To Big Box Retailers - TechCrunch
• Intel at CES 2012: Future Ultrabooks to Sport NFC - Digital Trends

On the wires:

• TSYS Signs Payment Services Agreement with Pivotal Payments
• Tabbedout Launches Beta Offers Feature for Austin Consumers
• BluePay, a Provider of Merchant Processing Services, Offers New Plugin for QuickBooks Point of Sale

On the web:

• Starbucks Launches ‘pay by app’ for iPhone Users in UK - Telegraph
• Spindle Plans Mobile Payment Product for Small Banks - American Banker
• Square Expands Retail Partnerships to Include OfficeMax And UPS Store Locations - TechCrunch
• PayAnywhere Lets You Build Payments Acceptance Into An App Of Your Own - Business Insider
• Is what you see what you get? Proposed Pricing Disclosures for Electronic Remittances - Portals and Rails
• State Bank of India Drops Plan for Merchant Acquiring JV with Visa, Elavon - The Times of India
• Top 7 Card Readers For Smartphones: Apple, Android, and Blackberry - Mobile POS News
• The Future of Self-Service Checkout - STORES.org
• The State of ACH Fraud - Bank Info Security

On the wires:

• New Mercator Report on India's Prepaid Card Market
• SunGard Closes Syntesys Acquisition to Offer Expanded SWIFT Connectivity and Services
• Chase Partners with Southwest Airlines to Enhance Ultimate Rewards Travel Options for Cardmembers
• U.S. Bank Implements Secure Vault Payments for Nebraska Online Child Support Payments

On the web:

• PayPal: Mobile payments and Location-based Offers Go Hand-in-Hand - GigaOM

On the wires:

• New Mercator Report on U.S. Commercial Card Market
• HSBC Card & Retail Services Renews Private Label Credit Card Agreements With Saks Incorporated and Three Other Top Companies

On the web:

• On the road with Google Wallet - Drop Labs
• NFC Service for Stores Offers ‘tap and go’ Digital Receipts - Springwise
• PayPal Increases Fees for International Mass Payments - AuctionBytes
• Tango Card Aims To Make Gift Card Giving A More Personal Experience - TechCrunch
• Gift Card Exchange: Websites Where You Can Trade Cards for Cash - International Business Times
• Pay-by-Name Purchasing: Changing the Future of Spending (Square Card Case) - KMOV.com St. Louis
• Going Mobile - Getting Ready for the Mobile Wallet - Market News Canada
• Google to Bring Mobile Wallet Application to the UK in 2012 - Mobile Commerce News
• ING Direct Opens 1st Branch in San Francisco, a Cafe - SFgate
• Forget mobile payments. The future is the mobile wallet - InfoWorld
• Looking Forward to 2012: The Continued Demise of Cash - TIME.com

On the wires:

• King’s Town Bank Launches Western Union® Money Transfer Online

On the web:

• Japan Mobile Operators Muscle in on NFC Tap-Cash - The Register
• My First Mobile Payment Experience: An Evening with Tabbedout - CreditCards.com
• Year in Review 2011: Mobile Commerce Explodes into the Mainstream - FierceMobileContent
• EU Plans Next Move as Google, Visa jostle for 'eMoney' - EurActiv

On the wires:

• Players' Fears Regarding Online Security See Ukash Increase Business by 85%
• Study Reveals Only a Quarter of Consumers Trust Facebook Storefronts to Prevent Fraud
• Future Shop and Best Buy to Offer Personalized eGift Cards in Canada
• First Bankcard Acquires $285M Card Portfolio from FIA Card Services, N.A.

On the web:

• The Demise of the Branch (for real) - NetBanker
• Mobile Wallet Still Years from Reality in Australia - Marketing Magazine
• Crowdsourced Bank Offers Peer-to-Peer Financial Services (UK) - SpringWise
• AmEx Looks to Broaden Appeal Beyond Credit Cards - MarketWatch

On the wires:

• VeriFone Deployments in Russia Reach 1 Million Milestone
• i2c Experiences Strong Growth as Banks Begin Adopting Prepaid
• New Mercator Report on EMV, NFC and Contactless Deployment in the US
• NetSuite and CyberSource Announce New SuitePayments Options for Australian Business
• Elan Financial Services Acquires $700 Million in Financial Institution Credit Card Portfolios
• Payfirma Exceeds $1 Million Per Day Processing Milestone
• txtNation see fast growth in Direct Operator Billing

On the web:

• Credit Cards In Numbers (InfoGraphic) - PayLane Across the Board Blog
• PayPal Holding Your Funds? State Regulators Want to Know - AuctionBytes

On the wires:

• Fiserv to Offer Sageworks’ Products via its Account Processing Platforms
• InspirePay Consolidates Online Transactions With First Universal Payments Hub
• Bon-Ton Stores Announces New Private Label Credit Card Agreement with Alliance Data
• Brighton Collectibles Engages Shoppers in the Aisle with VeriFone’s GlobalBay Mobile POS on iPod Touch
• RushCard Continues On Its Mission to Serve Those Left Behind by Big Banks
• Seamless and SBAB Bank in Mobile Payment Pilots in Sweden
• Visa Europe Launches Exclusive UK Offers Portal

On the web:

• PayPal Tests New NFC Mobile Payment App in Sweden - MobilePaymentsToday.com
• Isis looks for Mobile Payments Partnerships beyond the US - Rethink Wireless
• Western Union Targets Small Businesses with Payments Portal - American Banker
• InspirePay Launches Online Payment Tool - Boulder County Business Report
• Target To Sell Credit Card Business, Focusing On Core Biz - Forbes
• The Many Flavors of EMV - Portals and Rails

On the wires:

• Citi Expands Global Coverage of Its Commercial Cards Business in Israel
• BillingTree Enlists IP Commerce to Expedite Merchant Boarding Services

On the web:

• Intel Sharpens Its Focus on NFC - Rethink Wireless
• Nokia Launches Nokia Money Prepaid Mobile Wallet Across India - Techcircle.in
• Dwolla Now Provides Users With Instant Access To Cash - TechCrunch
• Google Expands In-App Payments to Developers in 17 New Countries - Google Commerce Blog

On the wires:

• NYPAY Event: Payment Innovations for the Underserved
• Maritz Launches eGift Cards, Leverages Giftango Platform
• Citi Announces “Citi Retail Services” as New Name For U.S. Private Label Cards Unit
• PAYMINT AG Introduces 'MINTify Rule' Fraud Prevention Solution

On the web:

• PayPal Ready to Compete in Daily-Deals Market - American Banker
• Citi India launches mobile payment facility for corporate clients - Hindu Business Line
• Use Your AmEx, Scan a Bar Code, Get an iPod? - AllThingsD

On the wires:

• First Data Introduces New Online Payment Gateway
• Heartland Payment Systems Signs Five-Year Contract with ConocoPhillips
• Zions Bancorporation Selects Fiserv for Comprehensive Multi-Channel Payments Platform
• Digital River Offers Online Merchants Enhanced Administrative Toolset for Managing their Global E-Commerce Sites