Technology

Discover's new consumer credit information product provides FICO scores and a summary of the data that determines that score.

Heartland Payment Systems has leveraged newly purchased merchant marketing company Beanstalk Data to build a restaurant analysis service.

As the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. grapples with a series of newly revealed cybersecurity incidents, the U.S. government is prosecuting a former agency employee over a 2012 breach.

Google revealed a dizzying number of projects at this year's Google I/O event, and it is courting developers to turn each of them into a thriving commerce platform. Whether or not Android Pay was mentioned by name, it was an undercurrent of nearly every offering.

Paul Fiore's path from online banking vendor Digital Insight to credit union mobile payment venture CU Wallet included a stop in the film business, where he saw firsthand the tricky task of bringing modern technology to a legacy industry where cooperation is in short supply.

Capital One in McLean, Va., has launched an accelerator program for U.K. fintech startups. The 10-week program, called Growth Labs, will operate from the company's Nottingham, England, headquarters in partnership with tech investor L Marks.

Google is helping developers cut steps out of the path to accepting digital payments with several key moves unveiled around the Google I/O developers conference taking place this week.

Total System Services Inc. has announced an agreement with Featurespace to apply machine-learning technology to fight fraud.

Users of the Walmart MoneyCard, issued by Green Dot, took to social media Wednesday to complain about problems they've encountered checking balances and accessing funds. The problems come at inopportune time for Green Dot.

There is merit to the 'coopetition' strategy, such as faster time to market and reduced consumer confusion. But time and again, bitter rivals such as telcos and big-box retailers try to work together only to see their efforts fall apart or vastly reduce the scope of their goals.