Bailey Reutzel

Years ago, when ShopKeep POS founder Jason Richelson operated the Green Grape wine store in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, he struggled so often with archaic point-of-sale systems that it motivated him to develop his own alternative.

QR codes, which are commonly used in mobile wallets to link to a consumer's payment account, can just as easily link to phishing sites, malware and other nasty surprises.

Payleven is launching a new chip and PIN card reader that's capable of accepting Near Field Communication contactless payments, with the aim of cutting costs for European merchants.

Wine may improve with age, but point of sale technology does not. Years ago, when ShopKeep POS founder Jason Richelson operated the Green Grape wine store in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, he struggled so often with archaic point of sale systems that it motivated him to develop his own alternative.

International Bitcoin businesses have been sizing up the African market for some time, but they face massive regulatory hurdles throughout much of the continent.

One of Bitcoin's scariest traits is the digital currency's chaotic price fluctuations, making many consumers afraid of losing money if the price abruptly plummets.

Vickie Brown became First Data's chief operating officer of merchant processing this year, and she predicts her role will be exciting because of the fast-approaching deadline for adopting EMV-chip cards in the U.S.

Sabrina Chin, who has been working in the payments industry for 17 years, is into a little bit of everything. She cooks. She oil paints. She runs in relay races. She does ballet.

Jennifer Shasky Calvery has been outspoken about the promise of new technology, and in her job as director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, she has played a pivotal role in making the U.S. a welcoming place for innovators who might otherwise view regulators as roadblocks.

After being told to be assertive – and then being told not be assertive – to be a successful woman in financial services, Soranno Keating decided to just be herself, advice she gives to other women wanting to make a mark in the industry.

Small to medium-sized merchants are asking for more, says Colleen Taylor, executive vice president and head of treasury management and enterprise payments in commercial banking at Capital One.

There's a new Bitcoin wallet and vault provider in town, Xapo, launched by payments veteran Wences Casares with $20 million in funding from investors.

Becoming a licensed money transmitter throughout the U.S. is a time intensive and costly process many Bitcoin businesses are struggling with. But the costs of compliance could be cut substantially with the proactive step of hiring in-house compliance officers.

BBVA Compass has been fast to flesh out the payments capabilities of its mobile banking app, and this work has attracted a growing and engaged mobile customer base.

Digital currency exchanges may soon file formal proposals and applications to operate under regulations set by the New York State Department of Financial Services.

McDonald's customers throughout Sweden can now pay for their meals with their phone using Seamless' QR code-based mobile wallet, SEQR, from within the McDonald's app.

PayPal has added 15 partners to its Startup Blueprint program, expanding the network's reach to 5,000 startups.

Granted, journalists can be scavengers; they're nosey and can be positively annoying when they want information. But why does a whole group of crypto-anarchists and technologists think they have the moral high ground?

Bitcoin's mysterious inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, has apparently been discovered by Newsweek reporter, Leah McGrath Goodwin. And I'm torn.

Foodler, a food ordering service, is one of the first to build on top of the "connected apps" technology recently added to the LevelUp mobile wallet.