On the web:

• PassWallet Brings Apple's Passbook to Android - Lifehacker
• Carrier Billing: MACH Integrates With Vodafone, EE, Three And O2 In UK - TechCrunch

On the wires:

• NimbleCommerce Launches the First Ever Deal-Sharing Network
• Green Dot Invites Consumers to “Break Free” with National TV Ad Campaign
• Sage Introduces a Browser-Based Payment Terminal With Dynamic Couponing and Messaging
• NRF Says Swipe Reform Saving Up to $18 Million/Day

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 wires:

• Text2Pay Launches Mobile Payments Platform with Direct Billing
• Merchant360 Releases NFC Stack for Payment Terminals and VeriFone Acquires First License
• ACI Worldwide Joins U.K.'s Payments Council
• Sage Helps Alleviate the PCI Compliance Burden for Larger Nonprofits
• Three in Four Consumers Say Using Their Information For Fraud Detection Purposes is ‘Okay’

On the web:

• Computerworld: Isis says carrier-backed mobile payments 'accelerated,' not 'dialing back'
• Internet Retailer: DigiMo Pioneers First True Mobile Payment Solution

Sage has announced 'Sage Simply Accounting Direct Payments', a "new connected online service that helps small businesses streamline and automate their payment and debit processes while connecting their desktop accounting application to a cloud-based service."

Sage North America has announced Sage Exchange, a new secure, Payment Card Industry (PCI) certified payments platform delivered in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Sage says that "Exchange will allow small and midsized businesses (SMBs) and organizations to accept all forms and methods of payment, with seamless data integration to a wide range of Sage business management software products and third-party business solutions. Seamless integration between payment applications and back-office software can improve an organization's cash flow and forecasting, while eliminating manual data entry and the risk of errors." READ MORE »