Merchant

Fears are growing that the rapid rise in fee-charging ATMs could have catastrophic consequences for the U.K.’s fragile SME market, with major supermarkets and card networks predicted to be the biggest beneficiaries.

The private sector will be able to provide more efficient and innovative technologies for the industry.

First Internet will gain lenders and servicing staff, along with offices in Chicago and Indianapolis, from the deal.

Improvements in digital receipts should be enough to spur greater adoption, argues Mike Golebiowski, president of IBT.

Amazon.com Inc. has launched many brick-and-mortar experiments in the past few years: bookstores, grocery pickup kiosks, cashierless convenience stores. Yet none of these have shown as much promise as the e-commerce giant’s unlikely partnership with Kohl’s Corp., the very definition of an old-school retailer.

Ticketmaster has battled fraud in paper ticketing for years — but mobile technology introduced new ways for fraudsters to steal, resell and counterfeit high-priced digital tickets.

Shift4 Payments is giving away free payment terminals to restaurants again, but this time it's using a cloud-based approach with richer marketing tools, including links to social media.

The fintech M&A wave is sweeping over the dining and fast-food industries, with major companies like Amazon, Walmart and American Express spending on smaller firms that focus on digital food delivery and payments.

Farmers were already taking on more debt to cover losses from falling crop prices. New tariffs and other retaliatory moves could hurt ag borrowers further and lead to loan losses and tighter underwriting.

Azlo will offer customers the ability to apply for a Kabbage loan through a new program called Mission Street Capital.