Technology

You would think by now most merchants would know how to protect payment card information.

Google's planned integration of bill pay and presentment with its immensely popular Gmail service could quickly scoop away one of the stickiest offerings of online banking sites.

Atlanta-based Global Payments has entered an agreement to buy the European online payment gateway Realex Payments.

Elizabeth Buse will become sole CEO for UK-based mobile banking provider Monitise Plc in a company shakeup stemming from a failure to attract a buyer in the first three months of 2015.

Google probably could have hired anyone it wanted to be chief financial officer. For those trying to ascertain why Google chose Ruth Porat of Morgan Stanley, her experience in banking is likely one of her key selling points.

Selfies, or self-portraits typically taken with a smartphone's camera, are an all-too-common consumer habit. And the practice is now migrating to formal business use, such as for authentication.

By poaching Ruth Porat from Morgan Stanley, it's clear Google wants to forge closer relationships with banks. That's because banks hold the key to helping Google expand its Google Wallet mobile-payments product.

It's a sure thing that the founders of the Pony Express in 1860 didn't have a futuristic vision in mind of what a digital Pony Express might look like — but Google Inc. reportedly has chosen that branding for its next payment service.

Retailers and bankers are teaming up to improve the flow of information regarding cybersecurity.

Lendio, an online lending marketplace for small business, raised $20.5 million of equity capital in a recently completed funding round.