Technology

BitPay has integrated bitcoin and cryptocurrency payments into Poynt’s Smart Terminal point-of-sale devices, reaching an addressable market of more than 100,000 retailers.

The advancement of mobile wallets has never quite aligned with U.S. dining habits, where patrons are accustomed to handing off their credit cards to wait staff — something they are less likely to do with their phones.

Traditional ATMs are vanishing in the U.K. and other parts of the world, but there may be a growing market for their crypto counterparts.

Western Union's online strategy is paying off, as web transfers help overcome softness in troubled local markets.

Relying on a "community-based" fraud approach can reduce friction and abandonment, increase sales and revenue, delight your customers, and help protect your brand and reputation, says Accertify's Jeff Wixted.

While many consumers and large businesses are keen to adopt digital, real-time payments, there are still some groups of users that tend towards longer-established payment methods that are inconsistent with the digital economy, according to Standard Chartered's Tarek Elyafi and Shantanu Vijaykumar Bhosale.

Visa Inc. said revenue from its consulting arm will climb 20% this year as the network makes more money selling data and analytics to banks and retailers.

Square is adding to its menu of services just as long-established competitors embed expanding payments technology into their own product mix.

The U.S. telco sector has worked hard to control the mobile wallets developed on its phones. While its earliest efforts didn't last long, companies like T-Mobile and Sprint took decidedly different paths to reach where they are now.

Tech sprints that bring regulators together with bank officials, data scientists and software companies originated in the U.K. and have crossed the pond into the U.S.