Technology

Merchants are far from helpless bystanders as Apple and banks sort out who is responsible for stopping fraudulent cards from being enrolled in the Apple Pay mobile wallet.

Apple Pay, which pre-rollout was praised for its security features, was in the center of a storm this week when some called the security of Apple's mobile wallet into question, claiming that 6% of transactions are fraudulent.

Mobile malware has become easier for criminals to deploy, circumventing all antivirus and firewall solutions, as these viruses are delivered in the form of trusted applications we all install and can lead to m-commerce vulnerabilities.

Mobile technology has enabled financial services in a number of African countries, and MasterCard is working to expand this model by tying it directly to a national identity program in Egypt.

A stolen company laptop has left customers of Pioneer Savings Bank vulnerable, according to a consumer alert from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

The age of the interactive card may have finally arrived, ushered in by the U.S. shift to the EMV standard.

Despite a series of large-scale data breaches over the past two years, identity theft fell for the second consecutive year in a row in the U.S., according to a new study released this week.

Japanese mobile app provider Line Corp. will use CyberSource's e-commerce payment services to expand the Line Pay mobile payment service by supporting more payment options.

Mobile network operators have faced setbacks in mobile payments, but some experts insist they still have a place in the market. Others are not so sure.

PayPal will be an attractive payments partner and is open to new alliances after completing its spinoff from parent eBay Inc., PayPal's incoming chief executive Dan Schulman told investors.