Merchant

Federal bank regulators increased the asset-size thresholds for the definition of a "small bank" and "intermediate small bank" for certain bank exams on Friday.

Large security incidents this year included JPMorgan Chase's August breach affecting 76 million households and seven million small businesses, Home Depot's breach of 56 million card account records it confirmed in September, and the Sony hack discovered in November, in which emails were stolen and hard drives destroyed. Here are some educated guesses about some of the security threats that will crop up next year.

LevelUp, a mobile payments provider known for its playful office culture — and a CEO who prefers to be called a chief ninja — may need to mature as its competition gets serious.

Thirteen St. Louis suburbs are named in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office for alleged predatory traffic ticketing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing a Texas-based company, Union Workers Credit Services, for allegedly deceiving consumers into paying fees to sign up for a sham credit card.

It’s clear that merchant acquirers and processors need to find a way to provide a fast, scalable and merchant-friendly certification path to EMV.

WASHINGTON - One day a mobile phone giant, the next day a furniture store catering to military service members.

An audit of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania found the school's financial status has deteriorated in the past five years, partly because of failed collection efforts. Bad debt increased 348% since 2010.

One of the defendants behind a massive landline cramming operation that placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’ phone bills has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges against him.

The Texas Attorney General's office is investigating an alleged identity theft ring where the callers sometimes are claiming to be collecting on behalf of a government agency.