David Heun

PayPal's recent updates to its software tools for developers provide a clue to its long-term plans for the Card.io, the mobile payments tech provider PayPal bought last year.

Samsung and Visa will likely demonstrate the full potential of their contactless mobile payments alliance at this week’s unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S IV smartphone.

With so much attention on cybercrime, it may be surprising to realize plastic cards remain an appealing target for theft.

Vacation property rental companies and bed-and-breakfast operators will now be able to accept online payments as they book clients through cloud-based WebReserv.com.

Monitise PLC and Visa Europe have agreed to a new three-year deal to further develop mobile payments and mobile commerce for Europe's top banks.

After spending eight years analyzing potential fraud factors of online transactions, Iovation Inc. says it is now ready to immediately tell clients which shoppers they can trust based on the devices they use.

Fraudsters are deploying a new malicious software attack that steals card data from consumers by making them believe they are providing extra authentication when shopping online, Trusteer reports.

"Shopping is boring," says ShopSavvy CEO John Boyd. His company is working with Capital One to turn the stale process of buying a product off the shelf into an eventful experience built around a mobile wallet.

MasterCard Inc. says it has secured a partnership with a mobile wallet provider in India that furthers its goal of serving cash-only segments with plastic and electronic payment alternatives.

A state regulatory body has issued a cease-and-desist order to Square Inc., claiming that the San Francisco-based company is handling payments in Illinois without a license in place to do so.

Co-op Financial Services just finished an active week, announcing separate deals with MasterCard Inc. and The Members Group that built on past investments.

Cybercrooks have plenty of new tricks up their sleeves to steal card data from merchants. The attacks aren’t likely to let up, mainly because retailer payment and business systems remain a treasure chest for data pirates, a new study says.

Nearly a month has passed since Visa Inc. offered its technology for the creation of a common debit code for EMV chip-card payments — a necessity under federal regulation. Yet it is becoming apparent that issuers remain in a waiting game that could last several more months.

Within five years, companies in the card business will have to choose a new label for their trade, especially if they embrace current technology and trends.

Mobeam Inc. has formed a partnership with an Austrian micro sensor company to create a bar-code format that any point of sale scanner can read for smartphone-based payments or coupon redemption.

Could the cost of preparing the U.S. retail market for EMV smart-card technology over the next few years create problems for some retailers, adding to their burden in an already fragile economy?

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has positioned its merchant processing unit to provide far more services to merchant clients through its 10-year partnership with Visa Inc., a deal which potentially shifts more power to the issuer.

Visa is making several moves to demonstrate that it is willing to adopt new payments products on the Visa network. In an interview with PaymentsSource, Matt Dill, head of global business development and emerging products for Visa, provides a look into the card brand's future.

Amex says it will offer ezeClick to its card members in India as an online payment option that is meant to improve security and speed up the checkout process.

Today, many gas stations add a fee when motorists pay for fuel with a plastic card. Royal Dutch Shell PLC is ramping up promotion on an alternative: pay with the decoupled debit card it introduced in 2009 and save two cents a gallon.