Technology

Under the hood, the new Masterpass ties directly to banks' own digital wallets with support for Near Field Communication-based mobile payments via Android devices and the ability to centralize features for supported cards, including balance display and purchase alerts, and support for paying with loyalty points.

USAA now offers voice-guided check deposit on its mobile app for visually impaired customers.

Companies have struggled for years to find a simple way to get consumers to set up a payment account without derailing the checkout process. One company is taking a step back and asking: Why delay a sale by demanding money?

USAA now offers voice-guided check deposit on its mobile app for visually impaired customers.

Lawmakers investigating a slate of cybersecurity breaches at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have accused agency staff of purposefully muddying the waters in an effort to evade Congressional scrutiny.

Google will provide McDonald's customers in San Jose, Calif., this weekend with free burgers as a promotion for its Hands Free payment app at any of 47 participating restaurants.

Cyber risk analytics provider Bay Dynamics has completed a $23 million Series B financing round through Carrick Capital Partners.

The hit smartphone game Pokemon Go is not a mobile wallet or a loyalty app, but it is arguably far more successful at driving traffic to retailers' stores than many of the apps designed for that purpose.

As financial institutions dive into the newest channels to reach consumers and accept payments in every moment of their lives, they enter riskier scenarios that create a greater need for multi-factor authentication.

Starbucks Corp. is taking its highly success mobile payment app into China, a country in which consumers have quickly adopted mobile payment methods.