Kate Fitzgerald

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has entered China’s booming mobile payments market with Mi Pay, a contactless payments service running on China UnionPay’s network with support from 20 local banks and six mass-transit systems in the country.

As the threat of card not present (CNP) fraud continues to rise, a recent survey suggests many consumers are willing to take extra steps during a transaction to block online card fraud if their bank offered the option.

Ingenico and Worldpay have renewed their partnership in Britain, affirming Ingenico’s role as Worldpay UK’s preferred supplier of payment terminals until 2020, a move that creates stability as both companies address merchant needs for in-store digital technology.

Swift is warning its member banks to quickly upgrade their software and security protocols for the global financial messaging system following a wave of new, recent hacks triggering more bank losses.

Swift is warning its member banks to quickly upgrade their software and security protocols for the global financial messaging system following a wave of new, recent hacks triggering more bank losses.

Australian banks wants Apple to open up its payments system to third parties. U.S. banks are likely following the situation closely as many are looking to renegotiate their contracts.

Just weeks after welcoming a new CEO and launching a fresh marketing push following some unwelcome technical issues, UniRush LLC is rolling out a new mobile app for its prepaid RushCard with improved security features.

Visa’s little-noticed purchase last year of a Silicon Valley-based rewards platform is playing a central role in a new loyalty program targeting Uber riders, starting in California’s largest cities.

Banks in Australia want Apple Inc. to open its Apple Pay NFC controller to third parties, and while regulators weigh the case, U.S. banks are itemizing their own, related grievances as the mobile payments service nears its second anniversary.

A few years after a deal with Starbucks didn't boost processing volume, Square's returning to partnerships to jog its volume.

Large merchants are EMV-ready, but they're less likely to support NFC-based mobile payments; the opposite is true for smaller merchants.

It would have to take something big for consumers to flock to a mobile wallet en masse. Whether it meant to or not, California-based RadPad found out what consumers wanted, but it wasn't prepared for the aftermath.

Fuel card issuers in recent years have consolidated operations through acquisitions. Norcross, Ga.-based Fleetcor in 2014 purchased Comdata for $3.45 billion, and WEX in 2012 bought Fleet One.

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expected to release tighter rules for prepaid cards in the next several weeks, prepaid issuers are pushing what they see as advantages over banks, such as fast access to payroll funds.

There’s no way to gift-wrap the EMV woes for issuers and retailers around the upcoming holiday sales season.

Diebold Nixdorf’s shiny new corporate moniker is already threatened by a possible deep investigation by U.K. authorities into the company’s possible anti-competitive violations.

As it charts a long-term digital payment strategy, TSYS has hired Karim Ahmad, a management consultant with a background in financial technology, to be as head of global product and innovation.

A new national push for financial inclusion in India is getting results, triggering a recent surge of growth for RuPay, India's evolving domestic payments scheme.

Phillips 66 is the third major merchant to come aboard for JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s upcoming launch of Chase Pay—alongside Starbucks and Shell Oil—and the byproduct of this deal is an overhaul of the gasoline and convenience retailer’s existing, relatively bland apps.

China UnionPay has launched its NFC-based QuickPass mobile payment system in Canada, marking its first acceptance by merchants in North America.