PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 11-12

Starbucks Adds PayPal to Mobile App on Android, Grows to UK and Canada

JCB Opens Its First South American Subsidiary in Brazil

Amazon actually testing smartphone in Asia now: Platform wars heat up

Pulse Network to Use HP Platform to Increase Processing Power

Comerica to Launch Prepaid Card

Merchants Say Fine-Tuned Daily Deals Are Starting to Pay Off

London Transit Says NFC Is Too Slow To Use

Chicismo bestows virtual rewards on the fashion savvy

Apple awarded patent for mobile airline ticketing and travel service

VeriFone Wins $35 Million-Plus Contract for District of Columbia Taxi Systems

FIS names Ellyn Raftery chief marketing officer

CashStar Nabs $5 Million From Intel Capital And Others For Digital Gifting Platform

Google Ventures Leads $5M Investment In Virtual Currency Startup Pocket Change

Gilt Groupe’s New Live Stream Allows Shoppers to Spy on What Others Are Buying

Angry Birds Creator Selects Braintree’s Payments Platform

Vision Financial Systems Integrates PreCash Walk-In Bill Payments

Intuit integrates QuickBooks with Xactly Express sales compensation management software

Swift names Javier Pérez-Tasso marketing executive

Paymentus introduces mobile billing, payment solution

Aurus, Daily Systems partner on out-of-the-box mobile POS

Moneris Forms Alliance With Delego Software

British Airways selects Accertify for fraud prevention services

Affinity Plus FCU looks to re-invent the branch with NCR

Geezeo signs credit unions

University FCU converts 25% of customers to mobile banking in first nine months

Meracord Begins Offering Services to Check Cashing Stores

Traxpay Forms Corporate Banking Advisory Board to Advance B2B Payment Process