Technology

The bank's first chief data officer, A. Charles Thomas, is training his analytical eye on cross-selling opportunities, delivering instantaneous client data to employees and hiring techniques.

Tokenization, a security method that eliminates account data from exposure, is fast becoming linked to the advancement of mobile payments. American Express' latest service is designed to push both technologies along.

CPI Card Group, a provider of EMV payment services in Littleton, Colo., has launched a new service to support Near Field Communication-based mobile payments.

Verifone is changing its logo and marketing to signal the many pivots it is making to provide a broader range of services to merchants that must embrace mobile and digital technology to stay relevant.

Ingo Money, which specializes in digitizing check payments, has entered an agreement to buy Salt Lake City-based Fuze Network, which handles cash loads for credit, debit and prepaid accounts.

Airlines are looking to new technology to mitigate loyalty program fraud, which has typically been difficult to control.

The payments industry has long been creating new innovations to combat fraudsters in order to create a secure environment for financial transactions.

YellowPepper hopes its existing mobile banking relationships in Latin America will give it a head start as it faces off against a number of other companies when bringing its mobile payment platform to new markets.

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center is calling attention to the security risks and potential fixes to a common practice: consumers handing over online banking credentials to financial advice sites.

JetBlue Airways Corp. is in talks to replace American Express Co. as its credit-card partner, according to two people briefed on the matter.