Making good on a promise last spring that new developments were in the works, specialty debit processor Tempo Payments Inc. on Monday unveiled a new software-as-a-service platform and three MasterCard-branded decoupled debit card programs. Issued by First Bank & Trust, the cards are the first Tempo-affiliated cards issued by a …

It won't be long before more merchants sign on to Amazon.com Inc.'s new Amazon Mobile Payments Service (MPS), according to the man who heads up the mobile-payments venture for the world's largest online retailer. “Reaction's been very positive,” Howard Gefen, director of Amazon Mobile Payments, tells Digital Transactions News. “We …

Two new payment applications debuted this week to allow plumbers, pizza-delivery services, and other mobile merchants to accept card transactions on mobile phones. The new apps, from Charge Anywhere LLC and TSYS Acquiring Solutions, follow in line behind a steady flow of such products that have launched this year. But …

A new report from Aite Group LLC gives some insights into how open-loop prepaid card processors work. And building on strengths and correcting weaknesses will be key as the recession, the specter of government regulation, and growth opportunities abroad challenge processors to improve, according to the report. Aite analyst Adil …

A new approach to facilitating electronic payments with health-care service providers is being developed by Redwood City, Calif.-based Health Team Inc. Founded earlier this year by executives with backgrounds in online banking and bill-payment services, Health Team developed the HealthRails.com network on concepts similar to online bill pay. Currently in …

After a rough year that saw its momentum slow somewhat, remote deposit capture could be poised for faster growth as banks and non-bank companies move into consumer and small-business markets, according to a new report. Indeed, growth rates for remote capture, a technology that allows businesses and individuals to deposit …

More evidence that the online bill-payment market isn't exactly a slam-dunk for banks emerged Monday when Aite Group LLC issued a report saying that while adoption of online bill-pay is still growing, the rate of increase is slowing. Bill-pay vendors need to get serious about innovations if they want to …

Rested after their recent skirmish over 7-Eleven Inc.'s anti-interchange petitions, the interchange partisans went at it again Thursday in Congress. The battleground this time was a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the bill from U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., that would require more interchange disclosures and demolish most of …

PayPal Inc. this week introduced new funding options that allow users to load money into their PayPal accounts with PIN debit cards or with cash, then use the funds to buy products online. PayPal's deal with First Data Corp., owner of the Star electronic funds transfer network, was announced Thursday …

Will the 2010 iteration of the Payment Card Industry data-security standard represent a major break from the current version or just have some minor changes? That's the question before the card networks, merchants, merchant acquirers, and payment processors now that one meeting with PCI stakeholders is down and another is …