Technology

Trump’s nominee for head of bank supervision at the Fed may tackle Volcker Rule revision; rising home prices and improved job market give borrowers more options as lines of credit reset.

Mobile and online P-to-P services may be the popular, mainstream payments service of choice for young people who don't prefer cash, but it also has a seedy underbelly, according to new survey data.

Information sharing is about to get much different in Europe, giving bank alternatives such as Klarna more to work with as they compete against the financial services establishment.

Advanced operating systems can run marketing and support services such as Apple Pay. Merchants would be well served to consider the diverse options of new terminals, writes Ben Wagner, director of solutions at Ingenico Group, North America.

As the CFPB prods banks to improve their debt collection processes, tech firms are applying artificial intelligence, chatbots and self-service portals to create a more enlightened approach.

North American Bancard Holdings has completed its acquisition of Total Merchant Services, a merger that NAB says will make it the seventh largest processor in North America in terms of merchant locations.

Some merchants, issuers and processors are concerned that the card brands will tout their "ownership" of payment card prefixes as a basis for requesting that mobile transactions on their cards be routed to their networks and screened through tokenization services they provide.

PayPal is launching a cross-border trade service to help small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S. improve their international presence and sales.

WorldRemit is working with China-based handset maker Huawei Technologies to make WorldRemit’s money transfer service available on Huawei’s platform in Africa.

Among the sneakers, diapers and pet food for sale on Taobao, China’s biggest e-commerce platform, is a listing that may take up a little more space in the online shopping basket.