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With smaller screen sizes and increased levels of distractions ranging from a text or a notification, pitfalls in the checkout process can result in more abandoned carts than successful transactions, writes Andre Lyver, director of engineering for financial services at Shopify.

Microchip implants could be considered the ultimate form of mobile payment — skipping the smartphone altogether in favor of giving people bionic abilities. And a small segment of the population is already lining up to try it out.

The bank on Monday launched a loyalty and rewards program aimed at small businesses.

Bank of America is giving its small-business credit card customers some of the key features of the credit card rewards it offers consumers.

On Dec. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands, except for average loan amount.

The mastermind behind malware attacks that programmed ATMs to spit out cash on demand and caused more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) of losses has been arrested in Spain.

PSD2's open banking wave is attracting lots of attention from payments technology firms, and Zafin is making moves to cement its place in the market.

Driven by big breaches like the Equifax incident, all stakeholders in card payments will have to demonstrate multifactor authentication, writes Michael Magrath, director of global regulations and standards at VASCO.

Only North Dakota has its own state-owned bank, but policymakers in other states say more public banks are necessary to fully meet society's needs. Among those who proponents say would benefit the most: small-business owners and legal marijuana suppliers and distributors.

As new customers visit a restaurant for the first time, Punchh Acquire delivers information about the customer and assigns them with digital identities and profiles.