Merchant

Premier Health Exchange Inc. has formed a business division to deliver electronic payments to health care providers upon settlement of valid and payable medical claims and reconciliation, the provider of health care cost management services announced March 19.

One of South Korea’s major card issuers faces a boycott beginning April 1 from the country’s large small-retailer segment upset over the institution favoring a larger retailer with a much lower card-acceptance fee.

How long will U.S. merchants wait to fully upgrade their point-of-sale terminals to the EMV standard?

Direct-response merchants, including many that sell products online and through TV infomercials, are reaping tangible benefits from the Durbin amendment that cut their debit card transaction costs.

Providing security to block cybercriminals determined to steal payment data represents a complex task involving software applications and connections throughout a network.

When Discover Financial Services last week announced its EMV smart card conversion timetable for the United States, it again stoked debate over whether card networks and issuers should embrace the chip-and-PIN or chip-and-signature formats.

Hewlett Packard Co. has developed payment software-as-a-service to help merchants reduce the scope of Payment Card Industry data security standards compliance and improve business processes, the business technology provider announced March 19.

Transaction Network Services Inc. is launching a mobile-payment gateway service for its customers, the company announced March 19.

John Tonetti, debt collection program manager for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on Thursday told an audience of collection industry leaders that the regulatory agency is listening to debt collectors.

Tony Zazula made headlines for banning cash from his upscale New York restaurant. Now he's trying to bring that policy to the masses.