Technology

The Merchant Customer Exchange's mobile wallet is still taking form. The retailer-driven initiative hasn't even given its product a name in the year and a half it's been in development, but a steady stream of news about its technology and partnerships show what the fully assembled product might look like.

Target's cybersecurity staff urged the retailer to review the security of its payments system at least two months before hackers compromised its network, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Data security is becoming a higher priority in board meetings at corporations, but IT teams are feeling the stress of implementing new security technology in addition to its various other tasks, a new Trustwave study says.

A bank-owned payment organization in Hong Kong will use technology from Gemalto to help it create a Near Field Communications mobile payments service.

Orange has launched its Orange Cash mobile contactless payments system this week in two French cities.

A new security update on PayPal's mobile application aims to prevent fraudsters from taking over customer accounts.

High-tech credit cards have often been a tough sell because of their cost and complexity, but two companies are pushing two very different approaches that they hope hold enough appeal to consumers to outweigh the up to $100 fee for the cardholder.

Shopping and banking on a mobile device has always been clunky, as processes designed for a full screen and keyboard have often been crushed inelegantly to fit a smartphone's much smaller screen.

A new report from Moody's suggests that roughly a dozen regional banks are at risk of sustaining meaningful credit losses on home equity lines of credit that were originated in the boom years and are scheduled to reset over the next three years.

Square's plans to install payments technology in Whole Foods stores will not hurt the processor Vantiv, CEO Charles Drucker contends.