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Chicago-based Akouba will offer its origination and underwriting platform to ABA-member banks, which will receive preferred pricing.

Hotels and other hospitality businesses need to adopt new security technology methods such as biometrics to stay ahead of the crooks.

The scenario where someone uses a check's "float" to purchase something before they have the funds is still more common than many people think, according to the founders of Float, a startup that sends emergency "credit" to a consumer's debit card.

Consumers want to use e-commerce, digital payments and other new card innovations, but are still wary of fraud. Here's how to help them get over that fear.

Malicious software may have been installed on the restaurant’s payment card systems in October.

Rather than push for looser rules on robo-calls, the industry should focus on policy related to the channels consumers prefer: email and text messages.

KKR & Co. said fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled as its private equity portfolio gained and it sold its final stake in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

Consumers still primarily use cards and shop at brick and mortar retailers. Merchants need to take that into consideration when forming a technology strategy.

Most recently Thomas Pahl worked on debt collection and credit reporting issues as a partner at Arnall Golden Gregory in Washington.

The latest cyberattacks on banks (and others including the Democratic National Committee) can no longer be found by traditional means, as they lurk in memory and necessary computing tools.