David Heun is an associate editor for technology at American Banker.
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Similar to a sports team landing a major free agent, the Faster IDentity Online Alliance has scored a major victory for its identity modernization cause in revealing Apple has joined the organization.
February 13 -
The advancement of mobile wallets has never quite aligned with U.S. dining habits, where patrons are accustomed to handing off their credit cards to wait staff — something they are less likely to do with their phones.
February 12 -
Traditional ATMs are vanishing in the U.K. and other parts of the world, but there may be a growing market for their crypto counterparts.
February 12 -
Western Union's online strategy is paying off, as web transfers help overcome softness in troubled local markets.
February 11 -
Fare payments software provider Masabi has completed an investment from Shell Ventures as an extension to the fintech's recent $20 million growth fund through Smedvig Capital and MMC Ventures.
February 6 -
Visa typically adjusts its interchange rates every April and October, but this year it is getting an atypically strong response.
February 6 -
Lightspeed POS is combining a new payments platform with its business management tools for small businesses and restaurant merchants in the U.S. and Canada.
February 6 -
Stock markets have endured dramatic swings since the coronavirus erupted in China and talks of pandemics surfaced. But the notoriously volatile bitcoin market has been steadily climbing as investors see value in crypto's ability to thrive as traditional financial rails are under pressure.
February 4 -
Of all of the valuable consumer assets that fraudsters like to steal, loyalty or rewards points or cash is becoming a favorite.
February 4 -
The World Wide Web Consortium pushed for an answer two years ago to the mounting problem of mobile and online payment fraud in its release of the Payment Request API, designed to secure the exchange of payment requests and verifications on browsers.
January 31
