Technology

Consumers enrolled in Denmark’s Dankort domestic payments scheme may sign up to make payments using only their finger in a pilot that the payments firm Nets is conducting in Copenhagen.

Its is one of a number of companies that argue that taking the side of consumers can be a viable business plan.

The timing is right for Congress to act sooner rather than later, defining what Is legal and establishing regulations, writes Cathy Beardsley, president and CEO of Segpay.

John Chiang says the bank “reeks of betrayal” a day before the bank’s annual meeting; the former chair of the CFTC has doubts about cryptocurrencies.

Bluestone Lane, an Australian-style café and coffee shop chain in the U.S., has been well-served by its move to cashless payments in October 2016. But even the most well-planned transition can encounter problems if customers aren't expecting it.

The partnership PayPal announced last year with Samsung Pay has come to fruition, with PayPal rolling out a new capability enabling its users to make purchases at any store that accepts cards via Samsung Pay.

A few handshakes among a small group of Silicon Valley techies are presenting the best chance yet to wipe out passwords in favor of modern identity protection.

Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem Networks FZ has revealed a cyber incident in January where hackers gained access to systems that hold customer and driver account data.

The agency's acting chief said hundreds of data breaches justified a halt on collecting information from firms, but experts question that logic.

With new data breaches becoming public on an almost routine basis, it’s no surprise that our findings revealed that consumers are starting to favor safety over speed and ease of checkout, writes Joseph Daly, COO of Paysafe Payment Processing in North America.