Merchant

Digital merchants don't necessarily have to open a store, but they can still benefit from the tactics of brick-and-mortar retailers, according to David Schwartz, vice president of e-commerce at Wix, a Tel Aviv-based technology company.

Integrations with software as a service providers are enabling small online retailers to partner with and compete against the mega-retailers across all major channels.

Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay may seem to have a marketing edge over retailers' mobile wallets, but there is strong momentum among apps that serve individual merchant brands.

ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf plans to unveil its smallest EMV-enabled payment terminal yet, a self-checkout unit that’s designed to fit into small retail spaces and supports cash, cards and contactless payments, but lacks a magnetic stripe reader, the company said in a Jan. 9 press release.

British consumers, who helped the economy emerge largely unscathed from the Brexit vote, now face their next big health check.

Uber and other digital commerce plays are drawing attention to online fraud and innovation. Payment companies and merchants will need to adjust to meet the pace of change in the year ahead.

Artificial intelligence is moving from science fiction to practical reality fast, and it's in banks' best interest to gear up now for the changes ahead. Here are some strategies to consider.

Regulators here made strides to encourage innovation in 2016, while Brexit cast doubt on the London fintech boom. Yet the cross-Atlantic payments battle is just beginning.

For years, there's been a lot of talk about personal information as an unalloyed asset. But by now it should be clear that the more information a company has about its customers, the bigger a target it is for hackers.

Prior to the October 2015 EMV chip-card liability shift in the U.S., various merchant groups expressed concerns about factors that would keep them from meeting that deadline — some of which remain beyond their control.