Technology

Jeanne Tisinger spent three decades working at the CIA, where her most recent position was deputy director overseeing the agency’s physical and cybersecurity and information technology spanning more than 100 countries.

Apple's digital services group, which includes Apple Pay, generated $8.5 billion in revenue in the quarter for Apple, a jump of 34% from the previous year.

As the digital currency skyrockets there are plenty of opinions on the sustainability of the rally.

The iPhone X is a very different type of smartphone, shedding much of Apple's familiar hardware design and adding new, unproven features. Here are some of the ways the iPhone X is changing mobile payments.

Finance organizations serious about protecting their customers need two-factor authentication, which involves the mobile phone when logging in to transfer money, writes Michael Patterson, CEO of Plixer.

Readers weigh in on a blockchain-based credit bureau, react to the CFPB’s arbitration rule and chime in on calls to invest more in women.

In the U.S., Visa Direct has emerged as one of the few go-to tools for fast payments in a market that is overdue for such options. The product's true test begins now, as Visa launches it in Europe, where faster payments options are far more plentiful.

Neural network systems — which try to emulate the human brain — will become increasingly important as the stolen identities from the recent Equifax breach and others start surfacing in the coming years on fraudulent payment card or loan applications.

Telcos have long hoped to play a key role in mobile payments, and the mobile-only Orange Bank is a major push toward that goal.

The speculation around bitcoin is the "very definition of a bubble," Credit Suisse Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam said as the currency exceeded $7,000 for the first time.