Merchant

Deadlines imposed by U.S. and EU regulators are giving banks intercontinental whiplash.

Businesses are already entering partnerships with some of the biggest players in the Chinese payments market, such as AliPay, and WeChat Pay, with the goal of offering tourists the ease of payments that they are accustomed to, writes Igal Rotem, CEO of Credorax.

For Whole Foods, the potential to tap into the sheer volume of new customers via the Amazon Prime premium loyalty program is unprecedented, writes Tom Caporaso, CEO of Clarus Commerce.

PayPal has agreed to acquire iZettle—often called the Square of Europe—in a move that could blunt Square’s prospects in key markets.

Watermark Bank would focus on business banking and entrepreneurs, with technology and concierge services designed to target those customers.

Both executives have changed the cryptocurrency narrative with supportive statements, but attracting merchants to a payments market will require work.

Card issuers have long feared that third-party mobile wallets would erode their brand power by rendering them an invisible part of the payment process — and issuers like Barclays and TD Bank are finding ways to fight back.

The reality behind the confusing "05: Do Not Honor" refusal is some issuers (or their processors) do a poor job of returning the appropriate refusal reasons to the merchants, writes Chris Laumans, product owner at Adyen.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney has dropped agency plans to crack down on overdraft programs and large marketplace lenders. Here's what else he's changing.

Mark Begor said Wednesday that banks and other customers will receive regular updates on the credit reporting agency’s efforts to improve its cybersecurity in the wake of last year’s massive data breach.