Sean Sposito

American Express said Monday it is working with Twitter to expand its cardholders' ability to shop over the social networking site.

American Express says it is working with Twitter to expand its cardholders' ability to shop over the social networking site.

Bit9, a software security company that says three of the top 10 Fortune 500 banks are among its clients, has been hacked and was temporarily being used by criminals to help spread malicious software.

Apple (AAPL) has been notoriously slow at venturing into mobile payments transactions. The latest iteration of its mobile operating system, iOS6, is a testament to the crawl.

Financial malware toolkits Tinba and Tilon hijacked communications between banks and customers in real time. Now they’re taking a simpler approach.

Diebold said it's paying its investors 28.75 cents a share.

The subsidiary of the Purchase, N.Y. card network is working with analytics company Mu Sigma to better aggregate anonymous purchase behavior data that is sold to merchants.

The network's president of payment services, Diane Offereins, shares Discover's ambitious growth plans.

Fintech provider Jack Henry fell short of analysts' estimates by almost three cents, in part because of costs related to Hurricane Sandy.

Don't try this at home — thieves glean identity and account information off websites, then impersonate their victims over the phone and in person.

Michael Dell and Silver Lake are buying back the company for $24.4 billion.

The credit bureau said it is aiding Cardplatforms in the roll-out of its prepaid cards, worldwide.

Facebook is further dipping its toe into physical payments and launching a new, branded gift card for its users. The closed-loop card is redeemable at several national retailers.

The online giant's prepaid card will be usable at four large retailers.

Marc E. Rothman, a former chief financial officer at Motorola, is now VeriFone's chief financial officer.

VeriFone announced Monday the appointment of a new chief financial officer. Marc E. Rothman, a former chief financial officer at Motorola, is becoming an executive vice president at VeriFone and its CFO. He will succeed Robert Dykes, 63, who will retire from his post at the end of the month.

Apple is playing with the idea of creating an app that would allow people to borrow cash from one another, according to a patent recently made public by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Small IT teams can be nimble and forward-thinking, as our picks for top community bank technology projects prove. Digital fingerprints, cloud computing and responsive web design are among the innovations at these banks.

Profits at the prepaid card issuer Green Dot fell sharply in the fourth quarter but still came in higher than analysts had expected.

Profits at the prepaid card issuer Green Dot (GDOT) fell sharply in the fourth quarter but still came in higher than analysts had expected.