Technology

Many times, it seems, the best way for a company to learn whether it was compliant with the Payment Card Industry data security standard is to experience a data breach.

LevelUp is offering users a monthly cash back bonus for linking a debit card as a funding source for its mobile payment app.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sued Visa Inc. for allegedly conspiring to fix credit card transaction fees, according to a complaint filed March 25 in federal court in Fayetteville, Ark., the latest salvo in multi-year litigation fight between retailers and card companies.

The payment processors Global Payments Inc. and Optimal Payments Plc have begun supporting MasterCard's MasterPass digital wallet.

TSYS has signed a long-term agreement with Virgin Money to provide payment processing services for the retail bank's consumer credit card business.

GoDaddy, a web hosting provider, has designed an online invoicing system using the alternative payment company Dwolla's network application programming interface (API) and services.

Allied Payment Network and Malauzai Software plan to use video and chat to develop new mobile payment methods.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a national payment system, according a report of an address he delivered Thursday to the Russian parliament.

EMV-chip technology has driven down fraud on Canada's Interac debit network, but that fraud isn't moving online. It's fleeing the country.

Lawmakers keep trying to move legislation aimed at strengthening data security even if they are still not finished upbraiding retailers for recent breaches.