Technology

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A quarter of banks say they’ve experienced a mobile security incident in the past year. Many still lack basic security protections on employees’ devices, according to a newly published study.

The North Carolina bank is the latest regional to experience a widespread outage.

Nearly a year after integrating with major mobile wallets, Punchh is expanding its cloud-based platform to integrate loyalty and payments for quick-service restaurants.

The Boston mutual, which lost its innovation team when it spun off Numerated last year, has hired a State Street executive to oversee a plan to encourage all employees to be more creative.

Even before PayPal and eBay split, their relationship wasn't perfect. PayPal may have seemed like a service that was destined to fuel sales for eBay in the early days of e-commerce, but even after the companies merged they found occasional reasons for conflict.

Retailers should also notice that each transaction with customers contains more than the currency, it contains the potential opportunity to establish a relationship, writes Franklin Chu, managing director of Azoya International.

Ant Financial, which operates China's popular Alipay wallet, has a plan for the U.S. that goes beyond its abandoned purchase of MoneyGram.

Wirecard has partnered with SES-imagotag, which makes electronic shelf-labeling systems, for a new technology enabling consumers to buy products directly from store shelves with their smartphones.

Citing a need for merchants to better understand payments behavior across various digital channels, Visa has launched Token Management Service for its global clients.