Technology

Adyen is launching a portable card reader that accepts both mag-stripe and EMV chip-card payments — the latter a feature that’s still rare in the U.S. even at hard-wired point of sale terminals.

Student loan debt has grown every quarter since at least 2003, and delinquency rates look worse than previously believed.

It appears Near Field Communication payment technology is on the verge of coming into its own — at least in terms of its availability, though not necessarily in consumer adoption.

JPMorgan Chase's approach to instantly issued debit cards today seems like that of many other banks — it helps checking customers get cards faster. But its future plans for the technology suggest a more ambitious goal.

Pageonce, a money management and bill pay company, announced bill pay enhancements made to its Money & Bills app. Its new archive capability could make it a competitor to banks' mobile bill payment offerings.

With each new mobile-payment function developers create for smartphones, a correlating new security risk arises. The riskiest aspect for merchants, issuers and consumers remains the initial phase — when consumers enroll for a product, says ValidSoft Ltd.

SCVNGR-created LevelUp announced today that it has 500,000 users, which it says is validation of its unconventional approach to point of sale payments.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council's participating organizations voted that third-party security assurance and best practices will be the two key areas for the PCI special interest groups to study in 2013.

The deal to buy FSV would provide U.S. Bank access to a crucial piece of the prepaid market it can do a lot with — the corporate payroll segment.

WikiLeaks lost more than $50 million in potential donations after Visa Europe, MasterCard and American Express blocked payments to the anti-secrecy group, according to its founder Julian Assange.