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Familiar recriminations and calls for legislation from lawmakers followed the massive hack of the Starwood hotel chain, but will Capitol Hill actually do anything?

By giving options, business can ensure that when users are in a hurry and suddenly faced with an elaborate setup for a new logon procedure, they won’t leave for a different provider, writes Marco Lafrentz, a vice president at tyntec.

Walmart is already a retail heavyweight, and it has never shied from innovative projects to change the way people pay.

The legislation would ban legal clauses that force small-business borrowers to give up their right to court proceedings before obtaining a loan.

It might be too early to determine the full impact of the new Visa Claims Resolution process designed to streamline and limit chargebacks, but 52 percent of respondents surveyed claimed no decrease in chargebacks since VCR, and most of the 33 percent reporting a decline cited a decrease of less than 5 percent.

Today’s customers demand seamless experiences. They want simple loyalty solutions without the clutter of tracking their rewards and coupons, according to Francis Hondal, president of loyalty and managed services at Mastercard.

Amid negotiations with Synchrony Financial over the potential purchase of a $10 billion portfolio, Capital One's Richard Fairbank indicated Wednesday that he is willing to walk away.

Since banks are under constant attack by hackers, the startup XM Cyber is offering them a simulator that seeks to do its virtual worst in order to prevent a real breach.

It's commonly thought that retailers are loath to upgrade the point of sale as the holidays approach, since they don't want to introduce any variables that could lead to lost sales.

A shopping experience so easy that you feel like you’re shoplifting may be appealing, but it also raises privacy concerns, writes Peter Zaborszky, founder of BestVPN.com