Technology

PayPal Inc.on Jan. 18 reported a jump in fourth-quarter revenue, driven in part by mobile payments.

NEW YORK–With so much attention on turning mobile phones into payment devices through hardware upgrades, banks may be missing a growing opportunity in the mobile Web browser.

American Express Co. has begun licensing its digital wallet, Serve, in China.

If there is a silver lining to the Zappos Retail Inc. data breach, it may be that more merchants, including the shoe-marketing giant, have taken key steps to prevent thieves from stealing customers’ full credit card account numbers, which will blunt potential losses.

If financial-services companies have any reservations about being appointed the front-line enforcers for copyright protections under proposed anti-piracy legislation, now would be their time to strike.

Five more credit unions have agreed to settle pending civil suits alleging they violated the Electronic Funds Transfer Act’s fee-disclosure provisions, but at least one of the settlements is raising questions about the more than three dozen suits filed against credit unions and banks by a Michigan retiree and her boyfriend.

Data-security vendors generally acknowledge they are up against extremely high-tech, organized and relentless cybercriminals looking to steal identities and payment card data to execute fraudulent transactions.

The economy may not be booming, but new data show that personal bankruptcies in 2011 declined for the first time in four years, providing another positive sign for consumer credit card performance.

Experian, the global credit information firm, reported Tuesday that revenue grew 12% in the three months ended Dec. 31, helped by earlier acquisitions and steady growth in emerging markets.

The economy may not be booming, but new data show that personal bankruptcies in 2011 declined for the first time in four years, providing another positive sign for consumer credit card performance.