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Ingenico is planning to deploy a new lightweight payments acceptance device in North American markets this fall.

Difference Capital Financial is investing $2 million and will taking a 5% stake in Carta, a Canadian mobile payments company.

The PCI council continues to expand its reach, with the intent of remaining a strong guide for data security well into the future.

The San Francisco bank's CIO shares an update on an enterprise-wide customer analytics project and why CCAR is a "mixed blessing."

First Data has signed an extension of its merchant services partnership with Provident Bank, a $7.3 billion-asset bank that services central and northern New Jersey.

The Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University is home to many startups that hope to someday be as successful and famous as Square or LevelUp.

Mooney is joining AT&T’s (NYSE:T) board of directors, the telecommunications company announced Friday. She will sit on the corporate development and finance committee.

PayPal's $800 million deal to buy the payments processor Braintree fuels a fast-paced acquisition streak that has granted PayPal some of most disruptive technology — and people — in the payments industry.

PayPal’s parent company eBay has entered into an agreement to buy online payment processor Braintree for $800 million in cash, a deal that’s expected to close in the fourth quarter pending regulatory approvals.

Square Inc. sent a notice to customers today warning that updating their iPhones and iPads to the latest version of the iOS operating system could prevent Square’s card reader from working properly.

As the U.S. payments industry advances in its migration to EMV-chip cards, some merchants perceive the EMV push as "a giant head-fake" to establish a foundation for mobile payments based on Near Field Communication technology.

Merchants that use Square will be able to use it with Intuit's QuickBooks accounting software, as Intuit adds support for the mobile card reader in the newest version of its program, according to multiple reports.

MasterCard is working on new mobile payments functions that give shoppers the choice between Near Field Communication chips and QR codes — two mobile payments methods that have competed in the market and are typically treated as mutually exclusive.

Many if not all of the women on our ranking would tell you that their success at work has not taken place in a vacuum. It is one piece of their lives – lives that in some cases are filled with children, with aging parents needing assistance or any number of commitments that go along with being a well-rounded citizen.

Italian mobile point of sale company Jusp has launched a mobile chip-and-PIN card reader as a plug-in device, veering from the more common approach of using a separate Bluetooth device.

To succeed today, financial firms need to encourage female employees to take the right kind of risks, such as trying new innovations to serve clients.

Meet some of the women who are taking bold steps to bring more female leaders to the fore.
• Centric Bank's Patti Husic: Taking the Initiative
• Wells Fargo's Caryl Athanasiu: Preparing for the Post
• RBC's Janice Fukakusa: Going All In
• Citigroup's Cece Stewart: Reclaiming Yourself
• PNC's Charlotte McLaughlin: Stepping Back to Get Ahead

We need to encourage women to disrupt the status quo and take jobs in uncharted territory, like those in risk management, social media, mobile banking and big data analytics.

United Merchant Services Inc., a vendor of payment processing and point of sale systems, has received funding from The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to expand globally and to enhance its technology platform, client service and sales effort.

Promotion to CEO roles will continue to be a challenge for women as the industry continues to consolidate.