David Heun

At long last, the National Retail Federation has won the support of several U.S. attorneys general in its demand for chip and PIN security at the point of sale. But even this isn't enough.

With the outlook for mobile payments improving, American Express has brought together several initiatives in this area under a new umbrella dubbed Amex Enabled Digital Solution.

Canada has joined a growing number of nations seeking to adopt the International Standards Organization 20022 payment messaging standard to initiate faster payments at less cost.

Despite many merchants' resistance to the EMV migration in the U.S., the chip-card technology can become more appetizing when it is baked into another item on the terminal maker's menu.

Mobile ticketing for mass transit has a rare quality in mobile payments — it addresses a pain point that consumers actually long to have solved.

After years of supporting payments research and building a reputation of being friendly toward technology startups, American Express is bringing its key technologies under the Amex Enabled Digital Solutions umbrella.

First Data and NCR Corp. are flexing their scale muscles in an agreement that brings the technology strength of both companies to the grocery, petroleum and convenience store industries and expands NCR's ATM footprint.

A point-of-sale malware that steals payment card data has resurfaced after a few years with a diabolical twist — it cleans up its crime scene, making it difficult for businesses to realize their networks are infected.

After unveiling Square Payroll in California earlier this year as another component in its strategy to aid small businesses, Square Inc. is expanding the service for businesses with hourly or salaried employees into Texas.

Gas stations have until 2017 to upgrade pumps for EMV chip-card acceptance, but first things first — the indoor point of sale at convenience stores at those stations were included in the October 2015 liability shift for merchants.