Technology

Some critics argue that it's a bad idea to introduce chip cards without PIN requirements. But this debate is a distraction from the payments industry's robust and multifaceted efforts to fight cybercrime.

Financial technology provider VSoft and payments technology provider Payveris have expanded an existing partnership to integrate payments technology into VSoft's new Iris Omni-Channel banking platform.

Knowing that fraudsters will target those unprepared to handle EMV chip cards when the liability shift takes place Oct. 1, payment processor Elavon has developed a data security package to protect small businesses.

Like most financial institutions, First Financial Credit Union was not an Apple Pay launch partner. And because of that, it was able to deploy Apple's mobile wallet with just $2,500 in marketing costs.

The merchant EMV liability shift is coming this week, and many merchants argue they don’t need to invest in new payment terminals because they’ve had only one or two fraudulent incidences in the entire history of their business.

Pushing for more businesses to convert to electronic payments rather than using paper checks, the Remittance Coalition plans to have a working model in place next month for a business-to-business payment directory and network.

Bankers, investors and analysts stop short of declaring a bubble. But the fintech startup and investor fields are getting crowded, and there's bound to be a culling of the herd.

The deadline for EMV migration in this country is this Thursday. Here's what will and won't happen on that day, and what challenges lie ahead for banks and their customers.

When Samsung Pay launched in the U.S. on Monday, it did so on schedule but with less issuer support than had been expected, with only Bank of America, Citi, American Express and U.S. Bank announced as participants.

Indra Financial Services has begun offering an IBM Watson-powered automatic expertise tool to its leading bank clients’ operations and sales teams.