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Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said it has processed the 600,000 credit- and direct-debit transactions that were delayed last week in the government-owned bank’s latest payments failure.

Visa and MasterCard are putting more resources than ever behind their tokenization services as they push to improve their standing in the overall digital payment market.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined a medical debt collector and ordered the company to provide financial relief to consumers for mishandling credit-reporting disputes.

Banks are becoming interested in behavioral biometrics, or turning a consumer's unique physical handling of a mobile device into a security profile, but the more appealing use case could be for payment acceptance.

Financial services technology provider Fiserv has updated its capabilities to handle EMV-chip card production entirely in-house.

Most passwords rely too much on pet names, anniversary dates and other easily-guessed concepts. But replacing those words with pictures could provide a substantial improvement in security.

The nature of fraud in the U.S. is about to change radically, as fraudsters adapt to EMV security at the point of sale by shifting their attention to e-commerce channels. Accompanying this shift are changes to the consumer's role in spotting fraud — but this could be as much a burden as it is a benefit if banks and merchants are not careful.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said some customer payments went "missing" at its consumer bank in the latest glitch after the lender was fined for a computer failure.

Payment processor Elavon has signed a multi-year agreement to provide payment gateway and security technology to Wyndham Hotel Group.

Uber is a successful but sharply divisive brand. To Capital One, Uber is also an ideal partner for reaching a millennial customer base that would rather pay for everything through an app.