Technology

PayPal is now a payment option for Samsung Apps and Samsung Hub, and a payout option for Samsung Apps developers.

Maria Rueda, Heartland Payment Systems' chief financial officer, submitted her resignation on Sept. 25, according to an 8-K filing on Oct. 1.

Total System Services plans to deploy FICO fraud prevention technology to protect 1.8 million cardholders in Brazil.

The credit bureau Equifax has joined with a mobile security firm to improve the two companies' fraud protection systems.

The payments industry has a significant security challenge on its hands as too many consumers become "chronic oversharers" of their personal and payment card data, says Ellen Richey, chief enterprise risk officer for Visa Inc.

Visa plans to include more data in its advanced authorization technology to better protect banks' gas station clients.

In his first day as Global Payments' chief executive, Jeff Sloan shared his thoughts about how a new security initiative from Visa, MasterCard and American Express could affect his company.

Daon, an identity services provider, is providing its biometric authentication system to online payments provider Optimal Payments to support high-risk businesses with stringent Know Your Customer requirements.

The details of Clinkle's new payments service appear to have been leaked in an online video, though the company says the video is not a legitimate representation of its service.

Visa, MasterCard and American Express introduced a proposed framework for new global standards that would replace traditional account numbers with a digital payment "token" for online and mobile transactions.