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Eddie Bauer acknowledged that a data breach compromised credit cards used in its 350 stores during the first six and a half months of 2016.

American Express Co. came close to reclaiming its once highly touted crown in J.D. Power’s credit-card customer satisfaction ranking, but lost again to Discover Financial Services.

Finding the right mPOS solution can be difficult. Demanding flexibility and device agnostic technology from partners can go a long way toward making a successful decision.

To discourage scalping, the New York Comic Con asked online ticket buyers for personal information up front. The backlash shows the challenges of protecting identity in the digital age — an issue banks and fintech firms are exploring.

The early morning exercisers who stop at Thrive Café in Loves Park, Ill. may be drenched in sweat and dressed in outfits devoid of any pockets, but they can still pay for their post-workout refreshments without a wallet or phone.

Smart contracts, which automate parts of payment agreements, are the key to using blockchain technology in complex financial transactions. However, there are still open questions and concerns about how smart contracts operate in the real world and whether they can be trusted.

In a harsh reminder that hackers have found hotel point-of-sale systems to be a treasure trove, HEI Hotels & Resorts is informing its customers of a potential breach affecting their credit cards.

ICBA Bancard has bought an agent bank portfolio from Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati that carries about $98 million in credit card receivables.

Banks have gotten better at detecting digital banking fraud, but the process of closing and reopening accounts is still a mess — and that is what could send more customers packing.

The Rio Olympics has a lot of fans and athletes on high alert over concerns about contracting the Zika virus or competing in contaminated water, but the risks of financial fraud are another major concern.

In the hacker drama "Mr. Robot," most technology bears the brand of the series' fictional E Corp (known to characters as "Evil Corp"), but one device bore a striking resemblance to Square Inc.'s flagship product.

A rash of scams targeting foreign students is turning the business of handling tuition payments from a relatively low-risk proposition to one fraught with challenges.

From the buzz in the technology press over the last two weeks, one might think that end times are nigh in the world of authentication.

Square Inc. is joining with restaurant technology startup Upserve to offer loans to eating establishments, extending credit for the first time to businesses that operate outside of its own payments processing system.

Card manufacturer Oberthur Technologies is offering issuers facing a shortage of EMV chip cards an option to receive as many as 25,000 in five days, rather than waiting the standard three to four weeks.

To help people keep their card information safe when they shop online, a handful of fintech startups are following Apple Pay's example of keeping that information hidden, providing merchants with tokens instead.

Payment technologies are in an unwelcome spotlight this month, as security researchers expose their weaknesses just as the products are winning a long-desired trust among mainstream consumers.

Dubai-based payment service provider Payfort has formed a partnership with Mastercard to improve fraud-screening and streamline the checkout process for e-commerce and mobile point of sale transactions for hundreds of merchants across the Middle East.

Three quarters of debit cards will have chips by the end of the year, but slow merchant adoption is limiting use, according to Pulse.

The proliferation of smartphones and the onset of mobile payments has brought biometrics to the forefront of security for financial transactions.