Merchant

To eke out growth in the mature payments terminal market, Square is taking its newest NFC-enabled hardware to markets outside the U.S. with heavy contactless card penetration, where some merchants are likely to be behind the technology curve.

As the tech giant restructures and reinvents its current lending program, it must take advantage of this increased access to borrowers’ banking data to strengthen and inform its lending decisions, writes Become's Eden Amirav.

In a sign of how much Walmart Inc. is betting on e-commerce, the retailer’s revamped credit-card program with Capital One Financial Corp. offers better rewards for online shopping and checking out with its mobile app.

Months after retooling its Amazon Go store checkout process to accommodate customers who prefer to pay with cash, the e-commerce giant had added a way for consumers to pay for Amazon e-commerce purchases with cash at U.S. Western Union outlets.

Retailers have raised the bar in how they attract customers through rewards and loyalty programs, but not all are well-versed in how their technology also lures fraudsters.

With more players joining the lending industry, it's becoming a more crowded space, and business owners weighing their options are a bit overwhelmed, says Luke Intuit's Luke Voiles.

The popular program could go idle next month for the second time in less than a year if lawmakers are unable to approve a $99 million credit subsidy.

To accommodate Asian tourists, Banco Santander has launched JCB merchant acquiring operations in Spain after obtaining a license with JCB International, the international operations unit of the Japanese global payment brand.

Goldman Sachs, Elevar Equity and QED Investors are among institutions financing Mexican lenders that fund SMEs.

Consumers and banks are both concerned about security tied to contactless payments, says Fingerprints' Lina Andolf-Orup.