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Mike Warriner joins the bank with a focus on setting its digital platform strategy.

PayPal is strengthening its services for e-commerce marketplaces and crowdfunding money-raising projects through PayPal for Marketplaces, while also adding Pay with Google for its Braintree merchants accepting Android Pay.

To become a major payments option, the technology has to improve its voice accuracy and handling of voice in different environments.

Amazon may be increasingly encroaching on the turf of traditional retailers, but there is one surprising arena where it may be vulnerable: Voice-controlled payments.

The tech giant won praise from consumer groups for its decision to ban ads for high-cost consumer loans. But the policy contains a big loophole, and advertisers have found multiple ways to exploit it.

Giving away its speaker to Pixel devotees isn't just about getting these devices into homes; it's about getting them to the users most likely to favor Google over Amazon, writes Daniel Wolfe, Editor in Chief at PaymentsSource.

Industry observers are skeptical of acting Comptroller Keith Noreika's claims that his agency could grant a fintech charter to a commercial firm like Amazon or Google, arguing that such a move could become "Walmart 2.0."

Meetings between bank regulators and technology giants like Amazon and PayPal underscore Silicon Valley's growing involvement in the financial services arena, and may presage pursuit of a bank charter.

The slow and difficult EMV migration has slowed major adoption of contactless cards, but there are signs that momentum may be turning around.

The grocery chain is speeding payments to counter grocery innovations from Amazon and Walmart.