Technology

Challenger banks like Spiral and Greenwood Financial make charitable giving easy through their apps to build stronger relationships with socially conscious customers.

DLocal, a Montevideo, Uruguay-based payments startup, has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering that could occur as soon as this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The $925 million deal would bring Zego's real estate management and payments software to Global Payments, which views real estate as a $6.5 billion market.

Payment facilitators give the power back to field service companies and allow them to run their business their own way, says WorkWave's Rick Agajanian.

Though she acknowledges pressure to say digital currencies and blockchain are the technologies of the future, Bank of America's Cathy Bessant favors the more practical benefits that could stem from advanced mobile data networks and even 3D printing.

The retailer's mobile app didn't allow sales staff to earn commissions. An arbitrator's ruling requires Macy's to update its app — and signals another complication in the shift to all-digital payments.

This Apple/Epic battle is likely to encourage more companies to play the field, find the right payments solution for them, and avoid higher costs, says Credorax's Igal Rotem.

Bank of America is devoting more resources to fighting cyberattacks after seeing a jump in threats amid the pandemic.

Citing the risk of bias and misidentification, cities and civil liberties groups are calling more loudly for a ban on the use of face scans.

The debate over whether NFC or QR codes is the best technology to adopt persists. So far, there has been plenty of room for both.