E-Commerce

  A technical gremlin has caused thousands of developers to be short-changed on payments they are due for applications they sell through Google Inc.’s online Android Market. The glitch, which developed some time in July, has created a mismatch between customers’ orders on Google Checkout, the Mountain View, Calif.-based Web …

  While the payments business continues to fret about data breaches, new information emerged this week that helps explain how such pernicious leaks happen, and why they’re happening with increased frequency. While notable breaches like the one at Sony earlier this year steal headlines, cybercriminals are plundering accounts at organizations …

  n n n n n n n New York City-based Payfone uses a consumer’s mobile-phone number to authorize purchases. AmEx led a $19 million investment in Payfone in April that included the investment arm of Verizon Communications, n

  n Jumio Inc., a startup based in Mountain View, Calif., this week introduced a system that lets consumers scan credit and debit cards using the Webcam built into many PCs. The launch follows a similar application introduced earlier this year by Card.io, San Francisco, that lets mobile phones scan …

  Fear of the damage that a data breach can inflict on a brand, rather than of network fines, drives organizations to invest in compliance with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard (PCI), a study released on Tuesday says. Some 69% of the mostly online organizations surveyed cited brand protection …

While the payments industry awaits stringent new rules concerning debit card transactions, some processors and technology players are starting to exploit what they see as opportunities in the new regulations. Acculynk Inc., for example, released last week a statement calling on Internet merchants to sign up now for online PIN …

  n U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, is drafting legislation that would legalize Internet poker, a spokesperson tells Digital Transactions News. “This is a poker-only bill,” the spokesperson says. “He [Barton] looks at poker as a game of skill, not a game of chance, and that’s why it should be …

  n The first eBay/PayPal executive to go to Google, Stephanie Tilenius, aggressively pursued Osama Bedier, PayPal’s reluctant mobile-payments man, long before her separation agreement permitted her to do so, according to the suit. And Bedier discussed potential employment with Google while simultaneously negotiating a major business deal for PayPal …

With the traditional lines between e-commerce and the point of sale blurring, a Boston-based startup on Tuesday introduced a mobile wallet that lets consumers shop at multiple stores, both brick-and-mortar and online, and skip past checkout lines. AisleBuyer LLC’s app, which works on iPhones and handsets running Google Inc.’s Android …

  PayPal Inc. is dropping any pretense of not pursuing point-of-sale payments directly. The eBay Inc. subsidiary now promises that it has new services coming for paying at physical locations using smart phones. Third-party software developers for several years have been designing various apps that have blurred the line between …