David Heun

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is integrating with digital payments technology provider ModoPayments so the bank's clients can access broader global payment networks.

Stores are realizing that they don't want to duplicate Starbucks' success.

Mastercard's $924 million buy of VocaLink was the highest value acquisition in the payments industry during the third quarter.

Businesses and consumers using Ingo Money will be able to pay credit card bills through U.S. MoneyGram locations.

Mobile payments are catching on in Europe at a fast clip, as the number of consumers regularly using a mobile device for payments has tripled since 2015, according to new Visa research.

If people can send e-mails and other data instantly to others, the ability to do the same with payments shouldn’t be far behind.

The “Pays” of the world – Apple, Android, Samsung and others – get a lot of attention for changing the face of the payments industry, but will have little or nothing to do with actually reframing the next generation of payments, experts say.

CHICAGO – Major retailers know what they are up against with Amazon, an e-commerce retailer pulling in 183 million visits per month on its site.

CHICAGO -- Investment organizations are bullish on retail and its underlying payments and omnichannel technology, though Amazon's e-commerce dominance is throwing some cold water at the market.

CHICAGO -- At some point, the Federal Reserve Bank's three-year journey to create a faster payments system in the U.S. will run head long into one of its major challenges -- making sure it can operate within all networks.