Payments

Starbucks’ new BlackBerry application lets consumers purchase items using its mobile payment option in Target Starbucks locations and 16 trial stores in Seattle and Silicon Valley.

Intuit has partnered with Mophie to help small businesses get everything they need in one package to start processing credit cards via Apple’s iPhone.

While mobile payments are convenient, consumers could be at risk when mistakes are made by merchants and processors or as a result of fraud.

ENational Payments has partnered with Mocapay to offer secure mobile services to merchants and retailers, letting them reduce the time spent handling payments.

Mobile donations service mGive is helping charitable organizations raise money to fund relief efforts in the wake of devastating floods in Pakistan.

Arkansas.gov’s secure mobile payment service has quickly become one of the state’s most popular smartphone-enabled features.

PayPal is offering its San Jose, CA-based employees BlingTags that let them make purchases throughout the company’s entire campus and at participating merchants.

AT&T and Verizon’s potential partnership for a mobile payments service is an opportunity to expand mobile commerce.

Payfone Inc. has closed an $11 million round of Series B financing, which is one of the biggest investments in the mobile payments space to date.

First Federal Savings Bank now offers mobile payments to its customers and local businesses to reduce costs, improve security and enable rewards programs.