Technology

In the coming years, biometrics will be the leading security metric to protect payment systems, but a single ultra-hack could derail this progression permanently.

EBay has become a member of the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, making it the first e-commerce company to achieve FIDO certification.

Google plans to end support for the physical Google Wallet Card, according to information included in the code of its latest Google Wallet app update.

Samsung Electronics and China UnionPay have joined forces to launch Samsung Pay in China.

The attention around tokenization — replacing static account numbers with a one-time-use token — has been good for security but worrying for businesses that rely on a static identifier for future reference.

By the time you finish reading this sentence, two more Americans will have fallen prey to credit card fraud.

Pep Boys' early results suggest there is something to the argument that successful mobile wallets are more about relationship-building and less about payments.

The U.K. bank's new business unit takes advantage of the massive amount of data it stores to offer a new array of products and services, including managing customers' digital identities.

Marriott International's efforts to acquire Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide — combining two major hotel chains that have suffered data breaches — should force both chains to reexamine the way they handle sensitive payment card data.

Credit card issuer MBNA has confirmed it will be among the first to offer its customers the Android Pay mobile wallet in the U.K., which Google is expected to launch in the coming months.