Technology

A significant gap remains between the credit scores of women-owned companies and those owned by men, according to a Biz2Credit.com survey.

The payments industry changes fast, and a business model that was viable just two years ago may be obsolete today. Some companies are making major updates to their strategies to stay ahead of these developments.

In the payments industry, tokenization is often portrayed as a new or futuristic security method, better suited for the world of mobile wallets than the era of magstripe cards. But SeatGeak decided early on to make it a cornerstone of its mobile commerce experience.

Apple Pay’s struggles to build its user base are nothing compared with the labors of Sionic Mobile, which has been on a six-year odyssey of inventing and reinventing its mobile payments app.

Wells Fargo and Tangerine Bank are among those trying new communications tools that bring human conversations back into the channels where people bank by swiping and tapping.

Two parts of Powa Technologies, a once high-flying London technology company that filed for administration last month, have been sold in separate deals.

Facebook's big plan for payments is, true to its core mission, to build its network of friends as much as possible.

New requirements and guidance from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council will be released to merchants in April, which is about six months earlier than its normal update cycle.

Complying with legal and credit bureau criteria for data furnishers is just one of the compelling reasons why a marketplace lender may take a pass on reporting credit data.

Of all the initials small to mid-sized merchants hear during the digital payments migration—"EMV," NFC," "mPOS"—an older abbreviation may finally pry open the door to widespread payments automation: CRM.