Technology

On the heels of the recent barrage of payment card theft, banks are scrambling to roll out EMV based solutions, but is it enough?

French payment companies are stepping up the use technology that can spot certain types of card fraud that are not prevented by EMV-chip security.

The extended leave of Starbucks' chief operating officer, Troy Alstead, could indicate that last year's creation of the COO post has succeeded in furthering the coffee chain's mobile payments initiatives.

Apple Pay will expand to Canada this year, according to a report by 9to5Mac, a news site that follows Apple's activities.

A Swiss bank has partnered with acquirer SIX Payment Services to issue a debit card that enables both contactless and regular transactions.

ICICI Bank has launched what it calls India's first contactless debit and credit cards using Near Field Communication technology.

Nine Polish banks are pushing ahead with the country's mobile payment efforts, promising to launch a Visa-backed, cloud-based contactless service early this year.

One of the clearest things that sets Apple Pay apart from other mobile wallets is its incorporation of Touch ID fingerprint recognition. Now that Apple has opened up Touch ID to outside developers, the fingerprint tech is spreading throughout — and in some cases beyond — Apple's ecosystem.

Until last April, the young adviser now at the center of Morgan Stanley's massive client data breach was a sales assistant who spent the majority of his career under the tutelage of one the firm's wealth management teams.

Kofax, a financial technology company in Irvine, Calif., on Thursday released a product that allows lenders to capture and process electronic signatures.