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Katie Lorenson will join the $3 billion-asset company on Aug. 31, when CFO Gary Ortale plans to retire.

Contactless payment company Zapper is integrating PayPal's One Touch to power faster execution for contactless transactions.

First Choice Bank in Cerritos, Calif., has promoted Nicole Swain to the newly created position of chief banking officer.

At the four-month mark after the U.S. EMV liability shift went into effect, it's still a waiting game; larger issuers and merchants tend to be on top of the chip-card situation and many smaller ones are not, but experts say it's too early to draw conclusions.

ExxonMobil has expanded the rewards program on its store-branded credit cards, to provide a larger discount on fuel sales.

People talk the talk, but women in the workplace are still advancing slowly. Why? A former Wall Street exec explains arbitration's role; B of A's Anne Finucane suggests it's a struggle to balance work and early parenthood.

East West Bancorp in Pasadena, Calif., said higher income taxes and lower interest income were partly to blame for a 3.87% drop, to $91.8 million, in its fourth-quarter profit.

The rush to be a "one stop" for merchants by bundling mobile, Web and in-store payment technology is proving to be a heavy lift, in terms of cash, resources and IT skills.

Verifone, which is challenged to move beyond its reliance on selling traditional payments hardware, is producing an almost dizzying array of products in hopes of diversifying.

The $649 million-asset holding company for Malvern Federal Savings Bank promoted Karen Walter to chief operating officer.

The number of men involved with gender diversity efforts is falling, according to a report Mercer plans to release Wednesday.

The pressure on merchant acquirers to enable transactions in more channels for more merchant types is accelerating, and TSYS is turning to the M&A market to accelerate its digital diversification, announcing an agreement with Vista Equity Partners to acquire Vista portfolio company TransFirst for $2.35 billion in cash.

Retailers often worry that their customers won't return after a breach, but as logical as this expectation is, it may be far from the truth.

Twitter Inc. named Leslie Berland chief marketing officer as it undergoes a major overhaul of its top ranks in an effort to reboot growth.

Consumers may not care much about mobile payments, but many of them care a lot about mobile loyalty.

Vending machines were among the first categories to accept contactless mobile payments, but they still rely heavily on cash for impulse snack purchases — at least for now.

PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh has tapped Karen Larrimer to lead its retail banking division.

Visa has nabbed an executive from the media company Time Inc. to be its chief marketing and communications officer.

Reeling from the loss of the Costco account and other setbacks in 2015, American Express is looking to the future the same way any investor might — banking on the diversification of its portfolio to slowly climb back.

The newest audience flocking to omnichannel shopping is the one no one invited—fraudsters.