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Retailers must decide if they will heed this call and do the right thing by investing in the security we need today and the innovation of tomorrow, contends Jeff Tassey, executive director of the Electronic Payments Coalition.

While the Small Business Investment Companies program has reported disappointing results since its 2015 peak, participating funds are getting more looks from curious bankers.

Due to regulations that are designed to thwart money laundering, anyone attempting to transact on a global scale will encounter a patchwork of complex laws and local requirements that make payments anything but borderless, writes Brandon Spear, president of MSTS.

Since Amazon Go's announcement, there has been a rush to duplicate the company's cashierless store concept without the same level of tech investment. The latest competitors are focused on the cameras that identify items as consumers take them off of the shelves.

Even though much of PCI data is stored and maintained on mainframes, many are currently not being evaluated or scanned accurately for PCI DSS compliance, writes Ray Overby, co-founder and president of Key Resources.

Member Business Lending is a Utah-based provider of commercial, small business lending origination for credit unions.

FundKite executives watched the small-business lending sector evolve — and determined that the trend of mobile point of sale providers offering loans and cash advances was limiting the market.

Restaurant point of sale and back-office management provider Toast has received $115 million in Series D funding that the company plans use to develop technology and expand its market.

Once regarded as a safer option for consumers, BOPIS (buy online and pick up in store) has now joined the ranks of targets that cybercriminals are learning to exploit. It comes down to correctly identifying the shopper, writes Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success at NuData Security.

A cash management offering by Mastercard and Strands is the latest example of new answers to commercial clients' demands for better digital services.