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Despite Apple's attempts to keep the next iPhone's features secret until it is formally announced, developers are unearthing more clues about the handset's support for payments.

Oracle Corp. is offering a payments application programming interface based on the ISO 20022 standard that will allow banks to more easily collaborate with fintechs and other third parties.

Usernames, passwords, device authentication and even biometrics have vulnerabilities. Behavioral identity is much harder for crooks to crack, writes Robert Capps, a vice president at NuData Security.

The cashless ATM is meant to make it easier for legal dispensaries and other high-risk stores to accept card payments. But for Alden Linn, owner of World of Weed, it became a hassle.

Merger creates a $20 billion payments processor; government seeks to delay fiduciary rule so it can make revisions.

For issuers, higher online and mobile conversion rates should translate to increased payment volume transacted on their cards, but it opens up a new avenue for intense jockeying over top of wallet status, writes Michael Jabbara, director of digital development markets for Visa.

The ransomware threat is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better — if it ever does. And small merchants and ATMs may be the most at risk.

A look at how some CUs are using data analytics to improve operations and boost business.

Heather Tuason is now chief product officer of StreetShares, an online lending and investing platform.

West Milton State Bank uses biometrics for employees to log in to workstations, saying it is quicker and more secure than passwords.