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Total System Services is implementing software at Walmart and Sam's Club locations nationwide to link loyalty rewards to health care payments, while also recognizing qualified purchases from a consumer's health plan.

It’s not just hourly workers who struggle to make ends meet — many managers also often find themselves short on cash each month. To help employees cope, the retail chain is using a tool developed by the fintech Even to give them access to their wages before the next pay period.

Walmart is the first major merchant to add Fiserv’s Accel signature debit service following the debit network’s recent expansion of routing options, in a move to cut costs for card acceptance.

QR codes, NFC and host card emulation are all favored among among merchants and mobile wallet providers, writes André Stoorvogel, director of product marketing at Rambus.

Chase Pay was years in the making, and it's still finding new ways to reach its intended audience. On the surface it seems like a simple QR code-based mobile wallet, but underneath it's far more complex.

After nearly two years since the news broke of its plans to launch its own digital wallet, Target has finally launched Target Wallet, joining the myriad retailers that have gone with their own proprietary mobile payment solution.

New York's World Trade Center-based Oculus will host Chase Pay Village until Jan. 7 with an emphasis on holiday wares. Part of its mission is to determine which of Chase's mobile wallet features — if any — are most compelling to shoppers.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s $2.9 billion deal to buy a slice of China’s largest hypermart chain pits it against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the world’s largest retail arena.

After 10 years in operation, Amazon Fresh didn’t grow quickly and the company shifted more focus to its fast delivery service Prime Now, which also offers grocery products.

Since e-commerce and digital payments' inception, the state of the retail industry has been fluid, always facing new challenges and battles, writes Erik Morton, vice president of strategy and corporate development at CommerceHub.

A big reason Wal-Mart Stores Inc. paid $3.3 billion for Jet.com last year was the startup’s unique “smart-cart” system. Now, it’s coming to Wal-Mart’s own site.

Few lawmakers have stated positions on fintech applications for industrial loan company charters. It may not stay that way.

Not only did Walmart's bid for an industrial loan company galvanize bankers, it also turned the ILC world upside down.

Bank earnings rose nearly 11% in the second quarter, according to the FDIC; Goldman lobbying to kill or weaken the rule to boost its bond trading performance.

Critics of the industrial bank charter, as well as those who support more mixing of banking and commerce, describe the intent of industrial banks inaccurately.

Not content to have Amazon and Walmart steal all the thunder, Target has begun a pilot of a grocery delivery service called “Restock,” with terms that are designed specifically to make its rivals look slower and more expensive.

For years, Amazon.com Inc. was the go-to place for online merchants. Increasingly, however, the e-commerce behemoth has competition for the hearts and minds of millions of mom and pops.

The agency recently sent a letter to nine banks urging them to stop offering deferred interest cards, arguing that consumers are often unaware of the risks involved.

Walmart is piloting a delivery program that leverages its store staff as delivery drivers in a decidedly manual response to the digital threat of Amazon.com. And it just might work.

In this market, Amazon no longer has the advantages it once held over physical booksellers. As grocery stores prove increasingly innovative and tech-savvy, can Amazon viably compete in their domain, where digital expertise may not be enough?