Technology

ExxonMobil has expanded the rewards program on its store-branded credit cards, to provide a larger discount on fuel sales.

The best customer prospects are specific individuals, so don't fall into the trap laid by surveys and articles that recommend a grand pitch to Generation Y as a marketing strategy.

Forced to find effective ways to authenticate customers, companies are evaluating physical biometrics for web passwords. But in the mad rush for alternatives to fight account takeover, could we be making the problem worse?

HSBC is testing a new money management app that uses push notifications to nudge customers into saving more and spending less.

HSBC said a cyber attack temporarily shut down its Internet banking on Friday, the second time the bank's online services have been disrupted in the U.K. this month.

Barclays is reportedly informing customers that it is planning to post an update to its U.K. website and through Twitter to indicate when it will support Apple Pay.

The digitizing of payment transactions has become important enough at Visa and MasterCard to remain a top investment priority, even as the networks brace for the economic fallout of collapsing oil prices and volatile stock markets.

The potential for more convergence between financial products and physical products raises a whole host of data and privacy issues that banks must deal with proactively.

The rush to be a "one stop shop" for merchants by bundling mobile, Web and in-store payment technology is prompting many companies to join forces, resulting in several high-priced mergers and acquisitions in recent years.

MasterCard Inc., the second-largest U.S. payments network, said fourth-quarter profit rose 11 percent as consumer card spending climbed.