Technology

Mastercard has formed a strategic partnership with Tappy Technologies, a Hong Kong-based internet of things firm, to develop designer branded contactless payments-enabled wearables, starting with Timex.

Consumer identities are becoming increasingly digital and more prone to privacy risks. Lawmakers cannot sit idle.

A week after U.K. fintech Curve announced its integration with Samsung Pay, it is doing the same with Google Pay in a move that will allow its users to link all of their bank cards to Google's mobile wallet.

Isolationist politics are creeping closer to the payments industry, with European banks threatening to build a localized payment ecosystem to push back against the major American card brands.

Firms often say they’ll increase conversion rates and offer discounts, but the reality is more complicated, contends 2Checkout’s Erich Litch.

A June data breach at Desjardins Group, Canada's largest financial cooperative, is now believed to have impacted 1.5 million more members than first reported.

Experian is adding DataVisor, which specializes in advanced machine learning, to its CrossCore platform to identify unusual patterns signaling new fraud activity.

The right mix of AI and machine learning can help credit unions balance customer service with security.

Tanushree Luke played a key role in Capital One's use of a conversational artificial intelligence technology known as Eno, and she previously worked for the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Ant Financial's success is instructive in the way it developed products that reach many different areas of their finances. And it's hardly the only success story to come out of the Asia Pacific Region, says Rapyd's Eric Rosenthal.