Technology

French tech consultancy FIME is partnering with cybersecurity provider Thales e-Security to encourage use of Host Card Emulation technology for contactless mobile payments.

Boku has released a new, cross-platform carrier billing payment technology that is designed to mimic a credit card payment.

As the number of Chinese students studying abroad increases, Geoswift is building out relationships with language schools and universities to mend the disjointed process of collecting tuition payments.

Apple Pay has begun its foray into airlines, deploying about 3,500 iPad minis that can accept mobile payments, but it is making a slow approach to the industry.

Samsung's purchase of LoopPay preps the company for mobile payments move, but the initiative will face challenges because of the initial dominance of magstripe technology and other factors.

Google plans to release a new set of Android-based payment developer tools at its I/O conference in May, according to a report by the tech news site Ars Technica.

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday formally signed off on the creation of a national intelligence center to share information about cyber threats.

Machine-learning provider Feedzai has implemented upgrades to the fraud detection service API it released in November, the company announced Feb. 25.

Barclays is updating its Pingit person-to-person payment app to enable it to use Twitter usernames to identify recipients.

Merchants opposed to the U.S. migration to EMV-chip cards have long questioned whether the security benefit is worth the expense of putting in new payment terminals. American Express is taking some of the cost out of the equation, but even this move might not be enough to bring most merchants on board.