David Heun

Nearly 50% of consumers participating in a WorldPay survey about payment technology say they would like to use biometrics for security.

Total System Services Inc. has named Gaylon Jowers Jr. and Mark D. Pyke senior executive vice presidents, part of a series of promotions and additions the payment processor announced today.

Many small merchants operate a website not conducive to accepting payments on mobile devices, and many have not upgraded point of sale terminals to accept mobile payments.

Merchants, acquirers and issuers are preparing to handle EMV-chip debit cards that carry three application identifier codes — from Visa, MasterCard and Discover — as an earlier push to use one common code remains unresolved.

Some data breaches can’t be prevented. But too many occur when data-storage companies fail to use “aggravatingly simple protections,” a new Javelin Strategy & Research report says.

Payments serve as the base on which all other financial services can grow for unbanked consumers in low-income countries, says Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the non-profit Center for Financial Inclusion at Boston-based Accion.

ThreatMetrix is drawing a clear picture of how big online card fraud is by marking each fraud attempt on a map as it happens.

Apple's one nod to payments during its keynote address at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is its plan to store users' credit card info in a new iCloud keychain for online shopping.

Manufacturers of PIN entry devices have received updated Payment Card Industry security requirements.

Leading into Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, starting Monday in San Francisco, a patent application surfaced that provides fresh details on Apple's approach to mobile payments.

If most data breaches occur because consumers and businesses fail to take simple precautions, EZShield wants to help cut down on those mistakes.

Bell ID plans to offer software that will improve the appeal of Near Field Communication technology as a contactless payments option and quell debates over who should control the secure element in a phone handset.

Some data breaches can't be prevented. But too many occur when data-storage companies fail to make use of "aggravatingly simple protections," a new Javelin Strategy & Research report says.

Merchant Warehouse will make its Genius payments and marketing platform available to Retail Pro International LLC customers in what amounts to "future-proofing and a lot more" for the merchant payment terminals, says CEO Henry Helgeson.

Fortumo Ltd. has secured a partnership with handset manufacturer ZTE Joygor to provide in-app purchasing and billing software on ZTE handsets.

Card-linked offers, a concept commonly seen as a lure to attract consumers to use mobile wallets, is growing in popularity with plain old plastic.

Natural Security SAS hopes North America will be as receptive to its biometric payment authentication system as France is.

Mobile payments provider Fortumo Ltd. landed a major European carrier-billing deal last week, less than a month after revealing a significant partnership with Microsoft for mobile payment development on Windows phones.

With a data breach dispute between Visa Inc. and Nashville-based retailer Genesco Inc. heading toward a July 2014 trial, Visa lawyers are asking a federal judge to dismiss some claims in a lawsuit Genesco filed against the card brand.

CardSpring and VeriFone Systems Inc. allow consumers' credit and debit cards to act as loyalty cards for redeeming digital coupons.