David Heun

To become a major payments option, the technology has to improve its voice accuracy and handling of voice in different environments.

On selected billing dates, Qualpay will automatically charge customers on an assigned plan and provide reports of the transaction activity.

Appliances, wearables, vehicles and other machines may deliver information directly to a blockchain that would validate personal and device identity.

By turning itself into a pseudo payment facilitator as part of a new program, Elavon says it is in a better position to grow by offering services in a fast-growing sector.

PayPal's latest move to promote Venmo for retail payments may be the company's clearest admission of the limitations of the PayPal brand.

Vantiv's $11.6 billion acquisition of U.K.-based Worldpay Group in August was the largest transaction in the financial technology and information sector during the third quarter of 2017, according to the latest report from investment bank Berkery Noyes.

Santander Group's fintech venture capital fund is investing in ePesos, a Mexican mobile funding and payments startup targeting underbanked small businesses.

Cash is resilient, especially during times of crisis or uncertainty. But there are significant efforts to make cash less relevant in areas where it has typically been a mainstay.

Airport security is coming to the sports stadium through a program initiated by Idemia, formerly known as OT-Morpho.

In the digital age, a lot has changed about how businesses operate — and a lot of new data is being generated in the process. American Express is tapping into this data for instant credit decisions.

An organized crime ring in Eastern Europe has orchestrated sophisticated cyber and physical attacks that have drained millions of dollars from banks in Russia, and FIs in other countries could be targeted next.

An organized crime ring in Eastern Europe has orchestrated sophisticated cyber and physical attacks that have drained millions of dollars from banks in Russia, and banks in other countries could be targeted next.

Payments services provider INTL FCStone is offering a real-time exchange rate feed for its corporate customers to better calculate the cost of cross-border payments.

The digital era is changing a lot of habits, including dining. Mobile devices and other technologies now play a vital role in bringing patrons into coffee shops, fast food restaurants and sit-down establishments.

With AT&T dropping out of the program and Macy's focusing more on its own loyalty scheme, American Express is absorbing the first serious blows from key members in its multi-merchant Plenti Rewards Program.

Adyen says it has developed a platform that will simplify and speed up payments, seller onboarding and other tasks for the e-commerce global marketplaces using its payment processing services.

In service now for a decade in Africa, India and parts of Europe, M-Pesa is expanding its telco-driven mobile money service to include tap-and-go payments through wristbands, stickers or cards.

No matter how good a company's e-commerce strategy is, the customer experience can still fall apart on the checkout page — especially when introducing new features.

The desperation in Puerto Rico for life's essentials — food, gas, water and electricity — in the wake of Hurricane Maria illustrates the need for payments providers to move as quickly as possible to get the U.S. territory in a position to reinstate some semblance of modern commerce.

It has taken nearly two years since the EMV liability shift in the U.S., but restaurants are adapting to new point-of-sale technology that includes EMV and mobile capabilities.