Cards

The payments industry's next big challenge may be to get out of its own way and allow innovation to unfold in an open and collaborative manner.

The National Association of Convenience Stores’ latest column on debit-card interchange fees is the most recent in the organization’s years-long effort to obtain government-mandated price controls. But such controls would only increase large retailers’ profits.

Small to medium sized businesses are often cast as unprepared for the card network's October deadline for EMV-chip card migration. But how bad can it really be?

With several of its products aimed across all demographics, American Express has no intention of turning back from what it says has been a long journey to become more inclusive as a card brand.

After the Oct. 1 EMV liability shift takes effect, the process of handling chargeback disputes could get messy for merchants unfamiliar with the new factors in play.

Fiserv has completed a test run of its card-free ATM software, in partnership with VyStar Credit Union.

It's no secret that restaurants are going to be slow to adopt EMV relative to other retail categories, but in the past two months more dining establishments have begun to focus on the business-side issues and changes to customer interaction brought on by chip cards.

The mobile technology craze is starting to sweep up loyalty programs, placing pressure on banks to brush up the reward redemption experience to meet consumer expectations.

Visa's ATM biometric trial in South Africa has the potential to spread a security technology that has encountered resistance in other parts of the world, including the U.S.

Mobile wallet providers are trying lots of strategies to widen the audience for mobile payments, including increasing transaction size and, in suretap's case, adding support for prepaid cards to attract younger consumers.