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Heartland will use Ingenico's software and experience with EMV-chip cards to help deliver new terminals and PIN pads in the U.S. as the country migrates to the EMV standard for payment cards.

E-commerce company LivingSocial revealed last week it endured a breach in which attackers accessed its users' encrypted passwords. And while no payment data was exposed, cardholders should still be concerned.

VeriFone has made several attempts to become a major player in mobile payments. A few months after altering its strategy with its second mobile card reader, the terminal maker says it is still learning.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has launched two bilingual TV commercials promoting its services as “how banking’s supposed to feel.”

Square has hired retail, consumer product and payments veteran Alex Petrov to be its vice president of partnerships.

Wex Inc. announced its succession plan today, naming Melissa Smith, a 16-year employee of Wex, as president of the company. She will take over as CEO in January 2014.

MasterCard is planning to rapidly broaden the scale and scope of its digital wallet and prepaid card offerings.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Passersby can be seen craning their necks this morning to look up at an 80-foot mural of a killer robot from outer space wrapping itself around the Fairwinds CU offices, a promotion for the new “Transformers” ride debuting this summer at nearby Universal Studios.

CHICAGO – Why are some people and some teams so consistent in making creative things happen again and again, and others are not?

CHICAGO – America may “run on Dunkin,” but what gets America running to Dunkin’ Donuts?