Spending Moves to Debit from Credit — and Vice Versa, MC Finds
June 21, 2012 Consumer use of payment cards is very much in flux, and contradictory trends are making it hard for issuers to react.

Facebook Upgrades Its Payment System
June 20, 2012 As Facebook moves away from virtual currency to a payment system that supports real money, a new survey shows that consumers...

Low-Tech Accessory Turns Phones into Fake Mobile Wallets
June 6, 2012 "People love the idea of simply waving their phone and paying," says an entrepreneur whose $10 product lets them do that...

Half of U.S. Consumers Would Use a Mobile Wallet: Survey
June 4, 2012 Nonbank mobile wallets pose a looming threat to banks, Carlisle & Gallagher research finds.

Whither the Mobile Wallet?
June 1, 2012 Mobile payment offerings need to be simple, bankers and experts say.

Simplicity, Usefulness Should Guide Mobile Wallet Development
May 2, 2012 Citi, First Data and Mercator execs debated mobile wallet strategies at a panel discussion at NACHA.

Signature-Only Chip Cards? Major Merchants Aren't Signing On
April 30, 2012 BALTIMORE — Two large merchants at Nacha's Payments 2012 conference expressed decidedly negative views on the card...

Anti-Hacker Rule Falls Short of Security Guarantee, Ex-Heartland CTO Says
April 9, 2012 Large data breaches at companies like Global Payments (GPN) are just the tip of the iceberg of the financial industry's data...

Major Breaches Could Undermine Consumer Confidence, Experts Warn
April 3, 2012 Each new breach erodes consumer trust a bit more.

Visa Hires Nordstrom Credit Card Executive
March 28, 2012 Kevin Knight, the master of Nordstrom's cobranded Visa credit and debit card rewards program, joins Visa as the company's head...