Technology

GORUCK sells what's called "rucking," something so unusual that one of the first things on its website is a link called "what is rucking?"

Banks are slowly warming up to the idea of open APIs, essentially tools that allow banks to easily connect with others, but BBVA's Shamir Karkal says that they will likely also push banks to modernize their core systems.

A former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. employee took off with data on some 44,000 customers of closed banks when she left the agency in late February, according to an agency memo uncovered by The Washington Post.

AOC Solutions in Chantilly, Va., has launched Transact Global, a processing platform exclusively for digital payments among businesses that still rely on manual processing.

Allied Wallet, a London-based online payments processor, completed a payments gateway integration with Marco Fine Arts Inc., enabling the printing specialist’s customers to accept payments in 196 countries, the companies said April 11.

Could blockchain be the backbone of a universal digital identity system?

Ingenico Group has acquired a startup company that will help the French terminal manufacturer advance "screen commerce" by connecting devices to display screens for payment, marketing or loyalty programs.

"Omnichannel" isn't just a buzzword to describe marketing and payments in different formats—it also applies to corporate dealmaking as merchant acquirers catch M&A fever.

Blockchain technology could power the digital identity of the future, with banks serving as designated authenticators on behalf of their customers.

Nowait is adding payments to an app that manages customer wait lists at restaurants that don’t take reservations.