David Heun

The PCI Council is likely to benefit from the heightened awareness around ATM security, particularly MasterCard's push for EMV chip-card acceptance at ATMs, as it seeks feedback on its ATM Security guidelines.

Each time the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council felt it was ready to establish a written-in-stone requirement for securing mobile payments, the technology — and the fraud committed against it — changed.

Apple's decision to leave Near Field Communication payments technology out of its next iPhone might be seen as a huge misstep, as both Microsoft and Google have embraced the technology for their latest phones. It is, of course, also a brilliant move on Apple's part.

Verifi, a payments gateway and risk management provider for online merchants, intends to reduce the friendly-fraud chargebacks these merchants face by using Jumio's payment card scanning technology.

The Near Field Communication chip used in many mobile wallets was conspicuous by its absence during Apple Inc.'s unveiling of the iPhone 5.

The Near Field Communication chip used in many mobile wallets was conspicuous by its absence during Apple Inc.'s unveiling of the iPhone 5.

To develop a successful mobile wallet, many agree industry collaboration is necessary. But how much collaboration is too much?

Only Apple knows for sure, but there are signs that new iPhone, which many expect Apple to announce at a press event Sept. 12, could revolutionize payments by putting an Apple mobile wallet into consumers' hands.

A Walmart store or CVS Pharmacy may not be the first places that come to mind to make rent payments, but those locations and thousands of others are now part of the mix for paying rent with cash through WilliamPaid.com, a Chicago-based online rental payment website.

ATM operators have long expressed confusion about the migration to EMV chip-card technology in the U.S., since the card brands were focused mainly on point of sale terminals. MasterCard made things far clearer today with its announcement of an October 2016 deadline for a liability shift for ATM operators.

Advanced encryption methods, mobile payment security and various other technologies figure to be major topics once again when the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council's participants meet this week.

As technology evolves, Square is proving its savvy by making the most of its social-media expertise. It uses Twitter not just as a highlight of CEO Jack Dorsey's resume (Dorsey co-founded the micro-blogging company) but as an effective channel for immediate sales.

Google, like its mobile-pay rival Isis, relies on phones built with Near Field Communication chips to support its mobile wallet. So the growing number of NFC-equipped phones should give the Google Wallet a strong boost — shouldn't it?

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council plans to recruit more soldiers in its ongoing war against fraudsters and cybercrooks. A new program allows any qualified individual to become a certified PCI Professional.

Google, like its mobile-pay rival Isis, relies on phones built with Near Field Communication chips to support its mobile wallet. So the growing number of NFC-equipped phones should give the Google Wallet a strong boost — shouldn't it?

Acculynk says it has hit "an absolute home run" in completing an acquisition that brings its online PIN-debit technology to small and midsize merchants.

PayPal's deal to receive point of sale payments over Discover's network may not be as beneficial for Discover's offerings, particularly its Pulse PIN-debit network, as it is for PayPal's. But it's still a good deal for Discover.

Awareness of contactless card payments in the UK has nearly doubled in the past year, resulting in more than a million payments per month, according to research that provides plenty of food for thought for the U.S. and other countries where such cards are available.

SCVNGR's LevelUp, which announced a charitable-donation option today, is not the first to spot a link between charities and mobile spending and rewards. Shopkick's mobile rewards app began life in 2009 as CauseWorld, which had a strong focus on donating any rewards earned to charities.

Google Wallet is under increasing pressure — though the mobile wallet has been in consumers' hands for over a year, Google still has fewer issuer partners than its rival Isis, and with the Merchant Customer Exchange wallet on the horizon, Google now faces competition from the very retailers it seeks to attract.