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One of the iconic images to come out of Google's Android Pay presentation last week is its app loaded with one American Express card — and three retailer loyalty cards.

Since enterprises must maintain information about their customers, why is it that breaches happen constantly?

Retail chain Sally Beauty knows that it was sick and when. Now the challenge is to figure out what made it sick.

Google's first attempt to work with banks in mobile payments was disastrous — it required banks to jump through hoops to link their brand to its wallet app, and only one issuer ever did before Google lowered the hurdle. But with Android Pay, that logic is reversed, and Google is the one going out of its way to be a part of bankers' apps.

Android Pay is far more than a rebranding of Google Wallet. It's a reboot of Google's approach to mobile payments, picking the best of Google Wallet and Apple Pay while shedding the ideas that distract from each product's core focus.

Over the holidays, my wife and I took a short vacation to Napa Valley. We had the opportunity to visit a number of wineries and purchase a few bottles—an experience that also demonstrated the shortcomings of antiquated card security.

BBVA has introduced technology that its mobile wallet users in Spain may liken to switching channels on a TV.

Google plans to release a new mobile payment system called Android Pay, which will include many of the same features as Apple Pay, while the Google Wallet brand will live on as a peer to peer service.

A visit to an overnight shipping store in Napa Valley reveals that outdated payment-processing procedures remain de rigueur with some merchants — despite the fraud risk.

San Diego-based Mitek, a firm that specializes in capturing mobile data for customer acquisition, has acquired Dutch identity verification company IDchecker.