Bailey Reutzel

Adding a payment mechanism to online advertising is becoming a popular way to close the conversion gap between mobile shopping and purchasing.

Avangate, a cloud commerce provider, has added new features to attract online services providers, such as improving payment collection for software-based companies and boosting consumer retention techniques.

E-commerce technology company Spindle and payment gateway PayLeap are combining products in an attempt to lower costs for small to medium-sized gun clubs.

Banks are becoming interested in behavioral biometrics, or turning a consumer's unique physical handling of a mobile device into a security profile, but the more appealing use case could be for payment acceptance.

Most passwords rely too much on pet names, anniversary dates and other easily-guessed concepts. But replacing those words with pictures could provide a substantial improvement in security.

Most passwords rely too much on pet names, anniversary dates and other easily-guessed concepts. But replacing those words with pictures could provide a substantial improvement in security.

Traditional non-bank payment providers have elected several unconventional names to represent the industry on the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Task Force steering committee.

Azimo, a mobile remittance startup out of London, has raised $20 million from investors at Frog Capital, MCI Investments, Greycroft Partners and e.ventures, according to a report in TechCrunch.

Scale is one of the most important things remittance companies must focus on, which is why long-standing incumbents continue to have the upper hand.

Swedish e-commerce payment gateway Klarna has hired former American Express executive Michael Rouse to be the chief commercial officer for the company's U.S. launch this year.