Technology

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.

Federal rules for technology-based firms providing the fast-moving sector certainty and consistency would be a benefit, even if rules are suboptimal.

Many consumers still prefer to use cash when they owe someone else money. And plenty owe the Internal Revenue Service money at this time of year.

A taxpayer's annual refund is a big prize that fraudsters are eager to steal. Many new risks are being introduced by new technology, but there are cross-industry efforts to combat these new schemes and make sure each refund gets to the proper household.

If merchants in the U.S. took a cue from their counterparts in Australia and began making consumers pay a surcharge for credit card transactions, it would attract more backlash than revenue.

Cutting out every step except one—opening the app—Domino's Pizza has introduced what may be the most streamlined approach yet to ordering and paying for delivery with its Zero-Click Ordering app, which launched this week for iOS and Android.