Technology

American Express and ShopRunner are promoting a system designed to mitigate online 'cart abandonment' as more e-commerce moves to mobile devices.

Tango Card is pitching its online gift card platform as a way to let big companies provide small-dollar awards to their employees.

Leading into Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, starting Monday in San Francisco, a patent application surfaced that provides fresh details on Apple's approach to mobile payments.

Mobile payments company, Boku Inc. and PlayJam, which provides a platform for games on televisions, are working together to allow consumers to make purchases on smart TVs.

Though Apple doesn't have a dedicated mobile wallet, its plans for mobile payments are at least as old as the iPhone itself. Here is a rundown of the many ideas Apple has explored in its mobile payment patents.

The data security risk that accompanies the growth of electronic commerce can be met by surgical removal of the data itself, Chase Paymentech says.

If most data breaches occur because consumers and businesses fail to take simple precautions, EZShield wants to help cut down on those mistakes.

Bell ID plans to offer software that will improve the appeal of Near Field Communication technology as a contactless payments option and quell debates over who should control the secure element in a phone handset.

Three years ago, Visa executives told investors that one of their goals was to enter new businesses, but Visa CEO Charlie Scharf, who joined the company in October, says that is no longer the case.

Mobile payments worldwide will grow significantly in transaction volume and value in 2013, but Near Field Communication payments won't be part of that momentum in North America, according to new Gartner research.