Compliance

The latest revelations about the National Security Agency confirmed what many in the payments industry had long suspected: the agency is watching electronic transactions along with communications.

Kiind, a business-to-business rewards startup, is the latest to offer a gift card platform in which senders don't pay for the gift until the recipient uses it.

ARLINGTON, Va. – A new survey by NAFCU found that 24.5% of credit unions believe the NCUA examination process is better than it was in the past – twice as many (12.2%) as those who believe the process is worse.

There has been an avalanche of new mobile technology in just the past few weeks. The iPhone 5s, Samsung Galaxy Gear and Google Moto X bring with them a wide range of new systems for payments — and companies like PayPal and Fiserv are making noise with new products of their own.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it will police employer usage of payroll cards to ensure workers don’t face hidden fees or other abuses.

PayPal, following a highly publicized clash with a crowdfunded company, is putting crowdfunding under a microscope to avoid compliance and security risk.

The antitrust complaint against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. will continue, prolonging the eight-year battle, after both proponents and defendants were heard during the fairness hearing Sept. 12.

Payments technology company TIS will work with SAP to streamline Single Euro Payments Area [SEPA] compliance.

If you stop by bar Room77 in Berlin's Kreuzberg neighborhood for a beer, you can leave the euros in your wallet and instead pay with the digital currency Bitcoin—a growing phenomenon in Germany and other countries that are changing their views on the currency.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. may settle regulators’ probes into the bank’s credit-card debt collection practices and sales of identity-theft products as early as next week, said two people with knowledge of the matter.