Technology

Game day is a big day not just for athletes — anyone who sells pizza, chicken wings and beer will also win big if they have the capacity to handle all of the orders that come in. Many are turning to mobile and online technology to increase sales and remove friction from the payment process.

The payment systems within these games are conducive to various types of fraud, including account takeovers, that can result in crippling chargeback claims, according to Suresh Dakshina, president of Chargeback Gurus.

The European Commission says eight unnamed banks operated as a cartel in the €7 trillion eurozone government bond market; authorities detected a 150-foot tunnel leading to a JPMorgan Chase branch in Florida.

Criminals are going to get smarter, but banks can implement a modern authentication solution to meet unique use cases and security requirements without sacrificing user convenience, writes Mike Byrnes, senior product manager at Entrust Datacard.

Gatsby, which has built an app to let novice investors buy puts or calls, has received funding from Barclays, Radius Bank and others. Radius is considering offering the service to its customers.

Often considered a rival to mass transit, Uber is inching closer to public transportation by embedding Denver's system for routes within its app, with the capability to purchase and use tickets coming soon.

Venmo is not a moneymaker for PayPal yet, but that's not stopping the online and mobile payments giant from dreaming big about where its P2P service is headed.

Just as Silicon Valley companies are happy to supply their employees with millions of dollars in free meals and snacks at the office to supplement incomes, many Chinese companies are similarly, indirectly liberal outside the office, around expenses, writes Josh Anish, director of marketing at AppZen.

The U.S. has long lagged in contactless payment adoption — despite aggressive efforts to bring the technology to market years ago — but there’s finally signs of a turnaround as more consumers and merchants get on board.

Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Mexico's central bank, is developing a free mobile payment system to increase digital transactions — and while it is meant to target cash use, it may inadvertently cannibalize card payments as well.