David Heun

Companies have struggled for years to find a simple way to get consumers to set up a payment account without derailing the checkout process. One company is taking a step back and asking: Why delay a sale by demanding money?

Google will provide McDonald's customers in San Jose, Calif., this weekend with free burgers as a promotion for its Hands Free payment app at any of 47 participating restaurants.

Cyber risk analytics provider Bay Dynamics has completed a $23 million Series B financing round through Carrick Capital Partners.

As financial institutions dive into the newest channels to reach consumers and accept payments in every moment of their lives, they enter riskier scenarios that create a greater need for multi-factor authentication.

Starbucks Corp. is taking its highly success mobile payment app into China, a country in which consumers have quickly adopted mobile payment methods.

For three years, the Fast Identity Online Alliance has focused on replacing static passwords through stronger device authentication technology, with a long-term goal of translating those advancements into payment security as well.

MasterCard has taken a broad view of the "smart cities" concept, working with multiple organizations toward a common goal.

Amazon's Prime Day event is marketed as a summertime version of the Black Friday shopping holiday, but it also serves as a proving ground for the retailer's most experimental ways of selling its products.

Developers of smartwatches deliver numerous capabilities and features on those devices that consumers typically use on a smartphone, including payments. But a consumer in the U.K. no longer needs an expensive smartwatch simply to move money from their timepieces.

Seven months after revealing its branded mobile payment app, Walmart is making Walmart Pay available in more than 4,600 of its stores throughout the U.S., with early figures indicating consumers approve of its "connected" app model.