Merchant

An engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has created software that allows shoppers to pay for food by scanning their hands.

The Minnesota-based agency agreed to pay a civil penalty in North Carolina to refund processing fees customers in the state submitted along with monthly payments.

Navient, a company formed from Sallie Mae, will launch next month and take over Sallie Mae's loan management and asset recovery business.

This rise in data breaches and their resulting cost have companies asking “Am I doing enough to protect my data?” As breaches are expected to continue escalating, taking the proper steps to protect your data has never been more relevant or important.

The odds are stacked against anyone who uses the telephone to make a living. Before you get a word in, people are quoting bits and pieces of anti-collection propaganda - and they often are misinformed.

Mobile wallets and mobile point of sale systems have tried many tactics to win over merchants by cutting costs. Some vendors have been extremely inventive in how they push cheaper payment options.

A South Dakota-based payday lending operation settles charges after using tribal affiliation to illegally garnish wages.

An Indiana man allegedly charged $170,000 in personal expenses to his company credit card before a supervisor discovered the wrongdoing.

One of the largest UK debt buyers is adding jobs and moving into offices that will accommodate more than 1,000 people.

The future belongs to mobile payments, but that future remains unclear, as many competing technologies are vying for consumers' attention.