Technology

The ATM is one of the oldest self-service technologies in banking, and mobile is one of the newest. But surprisingly, this odd couple of technologies has a lot of synergy.

Businesses that don't take full advantage of their security software are wasting money and facilitating the hackers seeking access to their payment data.

With the introduction of Apple Pay, mobile wallet payment systems promise to disrupt long stagnant payment card status quo. But will these new services make our data and transactions safer?

Merchant acquirers can learn a lot from their new competitors about how to stand out in a crowd where everybody appears to be the same.

Cloud-based payments and financial services provider Bottomline Technologies has acquired Intellinx Ltd., enabling it to offer clients anti-fraud and risk management software.

Mobile payments provider Spindle signed an agreement with Transaction Data USA, a payments industry consulting firm, to expand the sale of its products to merchants.

Retailers are adopting many innovations to counter the lure of online shopping, which is becoming more of a threat to brick-and-mortar stores as e-commerce spreads to a growing number of Internet-connected devices.

Wirecard, the German payments company, has introduced a wearable wristband for contactless transactions.

Organizations may be being misled about their security risk exposure, and are in serious danger of becoming victims of a security breach, which has become a major problem for merchants and payment companies.

Banks in Europe are selling digital gift cards alongside traditional bank accounts, allowing online consumers to buy credit for Facebook, Nintendo, Spotify and other content providers.