We look at how MasterCard has grown its contactless footprint in Europe by expanding the number of countries where contactless cards are accepted.

Pivotal Payments has announced that it is expanding GlobalOne, its payment gateway and global acquiring platform, into the European Union.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced the addition of CashPro BillPay to its firm’s suite of payments solutions for business clients.

Karmacoin has announced a new service that will allow Twitter users to send tips to other users by typing a simple command into their Twitter boxes.

Samir Zabaneh has joined Heartland Payment Systems as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will be responsible for providing overall strategic and operational direction of the company’s finance department.

eGifter has chosen GoCoin to enable payments using Dogecoin and Litecoin. The move is a major step in the evolution of these two lesser known cryptocurrencies.