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Adquira and Inetco are attacking payment-processing slowdowns by using cloud-delivered technology to track the performance of individual components of a transaction.

The federal government says it may build databases of credit card transactions, hotel records and Internet searches as part of counter security measures.

While independent sales organizations stringently keep up their compliance with the Payment Card Industry data security standard, they don't always protect non-payments data and paper records as diligently.

Royal Bank of Canada chose to store data in the cloud, rather than use the mobile phone's secure element, in a mobile payment system it plans to launch this year.

American Express does not expect the discount rate it charges merchants to fall under the jurisdiction of regulations being considered by the European Union to place caps on interchange fees.

Heartland Payment Systems will use Alaric's Fractals fraud prevention and detection product to monitor the 300 million card transactions it processes each month.

The Senate's approval of Richard Cordray's nomination to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau likely puts an end to another crucial fight over the bureau's structure and its ability to impose far-reaching regulations on the industry.

Jumio's Mobile Consumer Habits study is grabbing headlines and laughs for revealing that 9% of U.S. adults admitted to using their smartphones during sex — but the survey's other findings have more serious implications for the future of mobile payments.

Have you ever imagined starting your own bitcoin exchange? Soon, Vancouver-based Bex.io will make that possible by deploying exchange functionality under a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.

Fraudsters are upping the ante in their pursuit of payment data by creating spoofed sites that look so real they even include localized language settings and drop-down menus to dupe consumers into turning over credentials.

Kipochi, an African online service launched this month, is looking for a way to connect the digital currency Bitcoin to M-Pesa, Kenya's widely-used mobile payments system.

Businesses that provide payments services to companies that collect or use consumer data should closely watch the FTC’s recent lawsuits against two processors and fully assess the legal risks that might be associated with their business relationships.

Capital Services plans to begin offering its internally-used suite of payments, consumer and portfolio management tools to a broad market of financial players.

Fidor Bank AG, of Munich, has agreed to help Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH, an exchange operator, to speed trading of bitcoins and comply with regulatory requirements.

Lenders started the foreclosure process on 57,286 homes in June, the lowest mark for any month in nearly eight years and a sign the nation has moved far beyond the housing bust, according to RealtyTrac Inc., a national foreclosure listing firm.

As EMV-chip card use spreads at the point of sale in the U.S., online merchants will have to change the way they handle payments online.

In the age of big data and social connectivity, it is essential, and now urgent, for card marketers to find a way to become more consumer-centric in their marketing efforts.

CloudPassage, a cloud infrastructure security provider, is offering to address Payment Card Industry security standard compliance for cloud-based businesses.

Ferhan Patel has become the chief compliance officer for Payza, an online payments and electronic wallet provider.

Credit bureau and payments data company Equifax has acquired TrustedID, a company that offers identity and privacy protection products.