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MasterCard will begin offering tokenization for app, e-commerce and recurring payment programs as it expands MasterCard Digital Enablement Services (MDES).

As Apple Pay grows, the security of Apple's mobile devices becomes more critical. With fingerprint identification built into every new iPhone built since 2013, why is Apple now strengthening its rules for PIN authentication?

Before Target, there was TJX, the major 2007 breach that impacted about 45 million credit cards. The crime and its prevention were basic, and provide a lesson for today's retailers that are battling a new wave of data theft.

Reconnecting to his youthful punk rock days, billionaire Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money U.K. is offering a credit card featuring the Sex Pistols.

Citizens Financial in Providence, R.I., has signed a five-year agreement to outsource some of its IT infrastructure to IBM.

Banks are under significant pressure to modernize payments or lose customers to more nimble digital challengers. But regulatory obligations, which at times hold banks back from being innovative, are also the reason banks become the hero in resolving disputes over charges.

The October deadline for EMV-chip card adoption is fast approaching, and banks that are behind the curve are turning to instant issuance to quickly get chip cards into the hands of their customers.

The Bitcoin Foundation's goal of promoting the new digital currency was quickly overshadowed by the personal and legal problems of its management. Now, under new leadership, the group aims to return to its original mission.

PayItSimple is extending the distribution of its installment payment technology by partnering with merchant services company North American Bancard (NAB).

A criminal planting malware to render payment card data unusable and seeking a ransom from the victim to decrypt it, on average, is getting an astronomical 1,425% return on his investment, security vendor Trustwave says.