Merchant

The future of payment is already drastically affecting the retail industry. While retailers will need to adapt their digital strategy yet again, this shift in consumer trends presents yet another opportunity for success, Steve Davidson, vice president of warranty products for Fortegra.

As another possible shutdown looms, concerns about furloughed workers’ credit histories have shifted the reform discussion away from data security.

ACI Worldwide has added new digital in-store payment capabilities for merchants as an upgrade to its current real-time, cloud-based payments software.

If the government insists on forcing another shutdown, business owners are intent on letting Congress know how much the last one hurt.

The company on Monday also announced an initiative to boost economic opportunities for African-Americans that will focus on job training, career-leadership pathways and wealth building.

JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Citigroup, Pentagon Federal Credit Union and a handful of others have pumped more than 100 million contactless credit and debit cards altogether into the U.S. market recently, but it’s a drop in the bucket in the world’s largest card market.

Mastercard has dropped its name in many brand references but it’s adding a customized sound, which consumers may begin to hear soon as they pay in stores and through voice assistants.

With the backing of these establishments and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) protections, the cloud of uncertainty surrounding cryptocurrencies will begin to lift, writes Eric Solis, founder and CEO of MovoCash.

Today phishing scams have become so elaborate that they can take a variety of forms, including a phony job interview.

It’s past time for every organization handling sensitive data to lock down their security, and to stop relying personally identifiable information to verify users, writes Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success for NuData Security.