Technology

PayPal has worked to build support from retailers and consumers, positioning it well in the competitive e-commerce game, writes Lauren Freedman, senior vice president of digital strategy at Astound Commerce.

Pizza Hut has played a large role in building China's middle class. It's also a major cog in Ant's investment in Yum China.

Hackers installed software to grab customer data from point of sale systems earlier this spring.

Jo Ann Barefoot, a former deputy comptroller of the currency, discusses her regtech startup Hummingbird.

Grow Financial alleges that a former employee stole private credit union information and passed it on to GTE prior to obtaining a job there.

SkyShopper enables Emirates NBD’s credit and debit card customers to make purchases from retailers through a single portal.

The consortium joins a growing list of cross-industry groups exploring uses for distributed ledger technology.

The integration is designed to improve user experience for international transactions.

Pangea’s instant-transfer app serves six Latin American countries and it’s eyeing expansion to Asia, with a formula based on speed and simplicity.

Today’s primitive question-and-answer programs will mature into sophisticated conversational agents, which will help customers transact and may even be capable of understanding emotional cues, experts say.