Technology

CHICAGO – Major retailers know what they are up against with Amazon, an e-commerce retailer pulling in 183 million visits per month on its site.

Restaurants are already busy adjusting to consumer trends toward mobile payments and a rough transition to EMV payments. But there's also a back office payment problem with slow, costly paper checks and invoices for payments to restaurant vendors and suppliers.

With its acquisition of the online pricing firm Paribus, Capital One continues a pattern in recent years of acquiring promising fintech startups.

CHICAGO -- Investment organizations are bullish on retail and its underlying payments and omnichannel technology, though Amazon's e-commerce dominance is throwing some cold water at the market.

CHICAGO -- At some point, the Federal Reserve Bank's three-year journey to create a faster payments system in the U.S. will run head long into one of its major challenges -- making sure it can operate within all networks.

Institutions should define data "liabilities" and "assets" and represent them in a way that both touts data successes and is transparent about data gaps.

Nok Nok Labs is upgrading its mobile device risk-based authentication software to improve support for biometrics and other alternatives to passwords.

"Artificial Intelligence" as a concept still eludes some financial executives, but for Signifyd the most important thing to understand is it can be a strong weapon in the fight against fraud.

Square Inc. tried to sell its food-delivery business, Caviar, but couldn’t find a buyer willing to pay enough, according to people familiar with the matter.

Fintech circles are abuzz about the possibilities for streamlining compliance work following IBM's deal to buy Promontory. Artificial intelligence software could help separate false positives from true violations, for example, or read and parse through lengthy regulations.