Technology

The idea of financial institutions resembling utilities has caught on with some industry observers for reasons other than reducing systemic risk.

The Chargent payment processing software on the Salesforce AppExchange has integrated with Bank Centric Payments to create a new gateway option and bolster “real time” transaction processing.

The burgeoning market for pay-at-the-table solutions is drawing interest from many traditional payment industry players tackling restaurants’ problems, but one newcomer is gaining traction in the niche by making the consumer its primary focus.

Cyberthieves using malicious software discovered by IBM Security have stolen $4 million from business customers of two dozen financial services providers this month, IBM said.

Experts from across the payments industry gathered in Los Angeles for SourceMedia's annual Card Forum and Expo. Here are some of the biggest ideas discussed at this year's event.

The technology behind the snazzy new “bots” Facebook is rolling out for its Messenger chat app has enormous potential to internalize payments within social media experiences like shopping, travel and entertainment in new, more relevant ways.

Biometric authentication is coming to numerous e-commerce merchants who may not realize that it will be a part of their checkout process, depending on the issuers involved.

President Barack Obama has appointed MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga to an administrative commission focusing on Web security.

The inadvertent downloading of thousands of consumer records to a thumb drive at the FDIC could happen anywhere. Here's a look at what the FDIC did right and what it could have done better.

With fraudsters gearing up to assault mobile wallets, U.S. financial institutions considering a bank-branded mobile wallet would be wise to take note of the lessons learned when Apple Pay made its debut in the fall of 2014.