Merchant

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s business-to-business trading platform has forged its first U.S. partnership with a large company as it teams up with Office Depot Inc.

To keep up with demands for instant digital payments, retailers should explore options to make their payment processes quick and easy, according to Steve Davidson, vice president of warranty products at Fortegra.

Equifax's massive breach and Facebook's scandals have made data privacy a big issue for state and federal lawmakers. Here's why banks need to be worried.

Criminals attempted to defraud five credit unions – including two of the nation's largest – of at least $1 million.

Amazon is focusing more on the virtual and voice-powered reordering on its sites and apps, and as a result is no longer producing new plastic Dash buttons.

Through its acquisition of digital payments and fundraising provider Benefit Mobile, the National Gift Card company is positioning itself to help charitable organizations grow and to strengthen the mobile offerings of retail merchants.

Leading a credit union can be exhausting. Implementing these best practices can help ease the burden.

The move by Kroger Co. comes in response to rising interchange fees on Visa's premium credit cards. The cards will be banned at 142 Smith's stores in the western U.S.

Consumers are willing to pay a bit more for repeat business at a merchant. By passing these fees on to shoppers, small retailers no longer have to cut vital operational costs to accommodate for lower margins from loyalty programs, says Robert Maynard, the founder of SurchX.

EBay Inc. has reached an agreement with Elliott Management Corp. and Starboard Value, appointing two new directors to the board and paving the way to potentially carving off some of its businesses.