Technology

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.

MasterCard has approved a pair of EMV-chip cards jointly developed by Inside Secure and CPI Card Group.

July Systems provides tools for merchants unfamiliar with programming to put together revenue-generating mobile experiences — with a hint of social media and a dash of mobile commerce.

Law enforcement officials have arrested 11 people suspected in a $200 million global credit card fraud operation, according to the Serious Organized Crime Agency, a unit of the British government.

VeriFone is blunt about the issues plaguing the terminal maker and is working to restore its customers' confidence as it seeks a permanent chief executive.

Signature Card Services will give away EMV-enabled point of sale terminals to client merchants in the U.S. in an attempt to ease the transition to the chip-card standard.

Visa is aggressively building its presence with mobile point of sale vendors in an effort to attract the merchants that still don't accept electronic payments and rely heavily on cash and checks.

Check has partnered with Alltel Wireless, allowing Alltel customers to track and pay bills on their smartphones with Check's Money & Bills app.

Kuapay has finished a design upgrade and enhancement to its mobile wallet that borrows from the past—consumers see actual images of cards and coupons when looking at the screen

Some data breaches can't be prevented. But too many occur when data-storage companies fail to make use of "aggravatingly simple protections," a new Javelin Strategy & Research report says.