Technology

EMV will require new payment processes that, while seemingly small to those instituting the change, require a shift in behavior that could feel monumental to consumers.

MasterCard is betting that there is a third choice besides plastic cards and mobile wallets. And that choice is one that has sputtered in the past.

Sales of cyberinsurance are rising among financial services companies, a sign of the times as data breaches, distributed denial of services and other types of attacks continue. But policies can be misleading, and they definitely are no silver bullet.

Google's rumored bill presentment service, called Pony Express, is still in development and has not been officially announced. But the email-based payment service has the potential to disrupt the banking world — if it can overcome the significant obstacles ahead of it.

MasterCard has joined forces with celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson to deploy its Qkr app at the product's first restaurant location in the United States.

No two digital wallets are alike, but there is a growing interest within the payments industry in standardizing a base layer for digital payments.

Modern consumer cars may not be as full-featured as the Batmobile or Knight Rider's KITT, but they are getting closer, and a growing number of financial companies want to put their products under the hood.

While Google may be the behemoth in web search, its payments initiatives leave a lot to be desired.

Taco Bell will start its first customer-loyalty program later this year in an effort to keep diners coming into the restaurants regularly.

Chief Executive Officer Ken Chenault is under pressure to demonstrate how Amex can recover from setbacks including the end of a partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp.