Technology

Braintree is viewing consumer purchasing behavior at multiple merchants to improve fraud mitigation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a stark warning Wednesday to banks and other firms that exchange information with consumer reporting agencies, saying such companies will be heavily scrutinized for how they resolve customer disputes.

Fiserv has introduced a service to help companies predict their customers' behavior.

The launch of PayPal's revamped mobile app is a coming out party for the eBay unit to prove it's laid the foundation to be a serious offline payments player by employing strategies that differ greatly from how it achieved success as an e-commerce payments scheme.

Total System Services has signed a long-term acquiring agreement with Irving, Texas-based Anovia Payments.

Target has emerged as a leader in store-branded debit cards. The goal of such cards is to use data analytics and discounts to cement customers’ loyalty.

With all the various payment methods now available to consumers shopping online, more than 80% still prefer to use cash for online purchases of £10 (U.S. $15.55) or less, according to a survey by a U.K.-based online cash payments provider.

A new group of payment terminal providers will add Isis’ specifications for payments and loyalty programs, enabling the telecom-driven mobile wallet to reach approximately 90% of the addressable market for point of sale hardware in the U.S.

Elavon has hired Realex Payments to provide a number of digital payments services for the Elavon Payment Gateway in Europe.

It appears Google may not be satisfied with the prospects of consumers only wearing its Glass headsets and using its mobile wallet on Android-powered smartphones.