John Adams

First Data is looking to sell shares of its stock to address its "indebtedness," the company announced Monday.

Toronto's mass transit system is embarking on a mobile ticketing initiative that the system's operators hope will become the dominant payment system within three years — a time frame that demonstrates how hard it is to migrate to new payment technology.

Samsung has begun piloting its mobile payment system in South Korea, the first step in a gradual rollout of a system that's designed to play nice with retailers' older point of sale systems.

C-Spire is looking to increase the use of its self-service kiosks, so it's installing ones that borrow several design cues from Apple's handsets.

As PayPal sets to formally split from eBay on July 20, President and CEO Dan Schulman is setting a goal to vastly increase how often consumers use PayPal.

Google is firming up plans for a feature that allows consumers to buy products directly from a retailer's ad on a mobile phone, part of a Silicon Valley-driven trend that would place card issuers at a disadvantage.

Finding Apple Pay-accepting merchants in the U.K. isn't quite the needle-in-the-haystack proposition that it is in the U.S., but it's still enough of a challenge to raise concerns among Apple's partners during the mobile wallet's launch in the country.

Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.

Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.

Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.

Zapp is racking up bank and merchant participants for its mobile payment venture in the U.K., filling the gap left by the telco-led Weve initiative and providing scale as Apple Pay launches.

The new Amex Express Checkout service bears a passing resemblance to rival products like Visa Checkout, MasterPass and PayPal. But that similarity is only skin deep.

The new Amex Express Checkout service bears a passing resemblance to rival products like Visa Checkout, MasterPass and PayPal. But that similarity is only skin deep.

Vantiv has bulked up its merchant services capabilities through a series of acquisitions, a strategy that's making it more attractive to financial institutions.

Many e-commerce companies are pressured to enable sales in multiple nations without the benefit of a local presence.

New merchant technology is rapidly hitting the Australian payments market, putting acquirers on the spot to address the changes or risk losing relationships.

Western Union, which last week suspended activities in Greece amid the country's debt crisis, has restarted some of its services.

The ride scheduling service Uber and PayPal have added nine markets to their integration, upping the total to 19.

Canada's suretap mobile wallet provides service to most of the country's mobile carriers, but its coverage map omits Apple handsets and most Canadian banks.

To address the impact of American Express President Ed Gilligan's death in May, the card network has changed some executive roles and revised its internal corporate structure.