David Heun

Revel Systems plans to expand in Europe after securing a $1.2 million grant from Invest Northern Ireland.

Swift's initial move into faster domestic payments in Australia sets the groundwork for expansion into other markets, including the U.S.

Bitcoin wallet providers have had a touchy relationship with prepaid cards. But whether or not these companies care about plastic, they should care about how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prepaid proposal affects them.

The annual Cyber Monday shopping holiday is a boon to mobile payments, but remains a significant challenge for e-commerce security.

Discover's lawsuit this week against Visa stems from years of practices that have their root in the Durbin amendment's debit-routing mandates, and Visa will likely have several ways to counter its rival's allegations.

Discover's lawsuit this week against Visa stems from years of practices that have their root in the Durbin amendment's debit-routing mandates, and Visa will likely have several ways to counter its rival's allegations.

Seeing an opportunity to advance international and online debit transactions and take advantage of a growing mobile payment market, MasterCard is working to establish a debit card presence next year in Canada.

A year after the Target data breach prompted retailers to step up their migration to EMV-chip acceptance, many consumers finally have EMV cards or can access the same security through Apple Pay's new mobile wallet. But will they finally change their habits?

Chip testers FIME and Barnes International have developed a card personalization tool designed to help banks and card manufacturers get MasterCard-branded EMV-chip products to market sooner.

In a sign of the success PayPal has had in marketing its digital wallet, slightly more than half of consumers surveyed said they would choose PayPal over the other mobile payment options available for holiday shopping in stores.

BlueSnap says its partnership with First Data Corp. will result in fewer declined transactions for e-commerce merchants, thus convincing more of them to turn to the online gateway provider to support global sales.

Square CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN that his company wants to help businesses accept all payment forms, including Apple Pay.

Modern technology has turned the payments industry into a juggling act, particularly for those charged with deploying new techniques to protect payment card data.

Less than two weeks after expanding into 15 Latin American markets, online remittance provider WorldRemit has launched its services in the U.S.

Mobile payments provider iZettle is expanding into the Netherlands with its payments application, mobile card reader and business management software.

PayStand has established flat rates for online payments through electronic checks, saying its new format will allow non-profit organizations and service businesses to avoid credit card fees.

VendorSafe Technologies has named Kevin Watson as its new chief executive. The provider of cloud-managed security for payments and wireless systems for small businesses also announced Providence Equity Partners out of Rhode Island has become its majority shareholder.

Snapchat, in unveiling a person-to-person payment function this week through a partnership with Square Inc., joins a growing number of companies treating social media accounts as payment instruments.

A week after making Discover the first credit card offered in its mobile bill-pay service, PreCash Inc. has already seen a spike in the use of Evolve Money, which previously accepted only debit cards.

A week after making Discover the first credit card offered in its mobile bill-pay service, PreCash Inc. has already seen a spike in the use of Evolve Money, which previously accepted only debit cards.