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Financial technology and marketing provider Kasasa has launched a Credit Card As A Qualifier option for its community financial institution customers.

The promise of unlocking some of the "big data" within payments is coming nearer, with new technology expanding the way consumer purchase data is used to shape marketing campaigns.

A Canadian lawmaker has introduced legislation to establish new ceilings for credit card interchange, and though it has the support of some retail groups, experts say the bill faces headwinds.

Atlanta is flush with payment processors that handle more than 70% of the nation's transactions. These players now plan to expand their reach even further, hoping to make the southern city a fintech hub to rival Silicon Valley and New York.

Randy Conte, the $15.6 billion-asset bank's chief operating officer, will become chief financial officer on April 30 and remain operating chief.

Tri-State Bank of Memphis in Tennessee has hired Christine Munson, formerly of First Tennessee Bank, as its chief executive.

A new Federal Reserve Bank report opens the door for retailer groups to push again for even lower transaction fees by deflating the argument that small banks have been harmed by the Durbin amendment's reduced debit transaction fees for larger banks.

Apple Pay’s struggles to build its user base are nothing compared with the labors of Sionic Mobile, which has been on a six-year odyssey of inventing and reinventing its mobile payments app.

A significant gap remains between the credit scores of women-owned companies and those owned by men, according to a Biz2Credit.com survey.

Carver Bancorp in New York has named Christina Maier its chief financial officer. Maier succeeds David Toner, who resigned from the $754 million-asset bank last month to pursue other opportunities

New requirements and guidance from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council will be released to merchants in April, which is about six months earlier than its normal update cycle.

Of all the initials small to mid-sized merchants hear during the digital payments migration—"EMV," NFC," "mPOS"—an older abbreviation may finally pry open the door to widespread payments automation: CRM.

Planet Payment and Visa have formed an agreement to deliver a payment processing platform to acquirers and merchants worldwide.

Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss., has nominated the chief financial officer for the city of Tampa, Fla., to join its board.

The U.K.'s new MoneyGram Plus card seems at first like a standard loyalty card, but to MoneyGram it is a way to streamline the long and repetitive task of initiating a transfer through an agent.

The blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings has added Sallie Krawcheck to its board.

The U.S. migration to EMV chip cards has been rough, according to U.K.-based Creditcall, which hopes its new certification from First Data can smooth things out.

Quick service restaurants often have to make technology decisions faster than other restaurant categories, and the regional fried chicken chain Zaxby's is no exception.

Five months after the U.S. EMV liability shift for counterfeit card fraud went into effect, most restaurants aren't processing chip cards, and that's not changing anytime soon, according to a top executive at Heartland Payment Systems.

Pacific Mercantile Bank in Costa Mesa, Calif., announced four executive promotions Friday.