On Tuesday, T-Mobile USA proclaimed that it’s continuing to put its money where it’s mouth is by reiterating a commitment to small business.

T-Mobile is becoming the first wireless carrier to offer Square credit card readers in select retail stores.

“When T-Mobile’s fastest 4G smartphones running on America’s Largest 4G Network are combined with Square,” the carrier says, “small businesses can accept credit card payments in the U.S. nearly anywhere, anytime, with the money from transactions sent for deposit into their bank accounts the next business day.”

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On January 9th, Mobile Marketing Watch reported that PayPal and Home Depot are teaming to experiment with mobile wallet services at select Home Depot stores.

The trial testing allows shoppers to purchase items at checkout either directly through their mobile device or through a special PayPal card.

On Monday, it was reported that the number of “select stores” is expanding… to all of them.

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On Tuesday, Intuit – the venerable business and financial management solutions provider – announced that it’s taking GoPayment global.

If you’re unfamiliar, GoPayment helps small businesses – and anyone, for that matter, who sells products or services – easily and securely process credit cards payments on the go via smartphone or tablet.

Today’s announcement means that more people around the world will soon experience this surging solution for myriad entrepreneurs and business owners.

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PayPal has revealed that the rumors are, in fact, true. PayPal and Home Depot are experimenting with mobile wallet services at select Home Depot stores.

The trial testing allows shoppers to purchase items at checkout either directly through their mobile device or through a special PayPal card.

Although PayPal’s mobile wallet aspirations are only four months old, the company has aggressively pursued any available channel that could help the service take root and grow rapidly in the coming year.

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New Year’s Eve is going mobile in Times Square this weekend, as LevelUp, a new mobile payment solutions provider, is launching with its first national brand partner, Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen.

On Wednesday it was announced that the new partnership will involve free pizza for anyone hanging out on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York City.

“Ready to load up on carbs before those resolutions start?” the team at LevelUp asks. “Noshing on $10 worth of free food on New Year’s — pizza, pasta, Stromboli, salads (if you’ve already started being good) and more — is as easy as paying with your phone.”

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It’s been one of the most widely requested features of the iOS and Android Fandango mobiles apps – the ability to pay for movie tickets via PayPal.

Just in time for the holidays, Fandango announced Thursday that moviegoers now have the option of using PayPal when purchasing movie tickets through its iPhone and Android showtimes and ticketing apps.

“We first offered PayPal as a payment option on the Web, and we’re now pleased to extend it to mobile,” says Rick Butler, Fandango Executive Vice President and General Manager. “More than 20 percent of Fandango’s ticket sales come from mobile devices and, PayPal will offer an additional safe, easy and fast payment method for our moviegoers on the go.”

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PayPal is stepping up to the plate in a bold effort to challenge Groupon and LivingSocial in the daily deals realm. According to published reports Monday, current plans call for the eBay-owned payment platform and provider to join the fray in the first quarter of 2012.

For its initial roll out, PayPal will partner with some of the top 200 U.S.-based merchants.

PayPal is admittedly seeking its share of a daily coupon market that is on pace to double to $4.17 billion by 2015, BIA/Kelsey forecasts.

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