Analytics

Combing through data to find people who’ve paid for something twice or left their cash at the ATM helps the bank build goodwill with customers, says analytics chief Christian Nelissen.

MasterCard plans to add its tokenization service to the MasterPass digital wallet to boost security for online and in-app purchasing.

October 1 marked the dawn of a new era in the U.S. payment card marketplace. While there are not yet rules from the card brands that demand all parties utilize EMV technology, the financial liability shift is a significant first step across a line in the sand that cannot be erased.

Discover Financial Services, the credit-card issuer that's expanded to student lending and unsecured personal loans, posted profit that beat analysts' estimates as the firm bought back about 8 million shares of stock and provisions for loan losses declined.

Visa Inc.'s CyberSource has launched an analytics tool called Decision Manager Replay that allows merchants to assess their online fraud management and detection strategies based on data intelligence.

With EMV cards fighting counterfeit fraud at the point of sale, Gemalto Inc. says the timing is perfect to launch a payment card with a dynamic verification code to provide a similar improvement to e-commerce security.

With the EMV liability shift having just passed, banks and merchants alike are scrambling to comply with the card network-imposed deadline.

WEX has agreed to acquire fleet card provider Electronic Funds Source in a stock-and-cash deal.

The fleet card provider WEX has agreed to acquire software-as-a-service technologies provider Benaissance.

Barclaycard and travel site priceline.com have extended their co-branding agreement, which means consumers can still get a credit card with pitchman William Shatner's face on it.