Digital payments
Digital payments
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South Africa doesn't rank as high on Mastercard's mobile readiness rankings as some other countries, but a need for convenience and security is drawing more attention to the channel, particularly among the young.
April 13 -
Despite some mixed signals, the Chinese government has shown a willingness to loosen restrictions on imports. That would be good news for international payments players.
April 13 -
The company is diversifying from its traditional payments processing business into a broad-based provider of payments technology and data services.
April 12 -
The new controls include transaction-screening parameters users may adjust to their own risk and compliance policies.
April 12 -
As security threats increase, companies are placing more emphasis on safety and less on speed for new initiatives.
April 12 -
Final is a combination of a virtual and plastic card that brings an 'as-a-service' model to card issuance.
April 12 -
Shelton Shugar, the new CIO of Barclaycard U.S., shares his thoughts on fintechs, the merits of cloud computing and paying through Amazon Alexa.
April 11 -
From fraud to ongoing EMV issues and the challenge of getting to the top of consumers' wallets, there are no shortage of payments challenges facing credit unions.
April 11 -
Facebook is enhancing is transaction technology as payments increase in popularity on messaging apps.
April 11 -
Shugar has previously held technology positions at eBay, Yahoo, Verisign and The Thomson Corp., among other companies.
April 11 -
As mobile apps that allow consumers to order and pay before reaching the retailer expand, traditional hardware providers are rushing to adopt the technology, as evidenced by Ingenico's expanded Five Guys deployment.
April 11 -
Given the spike in online fraud that accompanies the chip card migration, there are a lot of new authentication methods. Most of them still rely on information that's not dymanic and vulnerable.
April 11 -
The company's selling product that's similar to a store-branded card, but without the physical plastic. It hopes to appeal to small or midsize stores that don't want to run their own credit programs.
April 11 -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi and PNC Bank are the first three banks to adopt the service, which is aimed at customers who use Visa commercial cards to buy supplies from Amazon Business.
April 10 -
A technology development program will provide access to mentors and collaboration for developers.
April 10 -
Bank of America has added new features to its mobile banking app in an effort to build flexibility in mobile wallet options and more closely tie payments to financial services.
April 10 -
Australian regulations recently denied banks the right to negotiate with Apple Inc. to directly add Apple Pay to their digital apps, but the victory may do little for Apple, considering consumers in the country appear to have little interest in using mobile wallets.
April 7 -
Switzerland's UBS is adopting an advanced type of digital signature technology, with a range of uses that include the capability to secure high-risk digital payments.
April 7 -
As more of China's citizens engage in travel and commerce across the nation's borders, more companies want to help them pay and collect money. Many of China's dominant payment brands are extending their reach globally, but U.S. and European companies are also focused on this audience.
April 7 -
Singapore-based ride-sharing company Grab is looking to expand its reach in Indonesia through its acquisition of Kudo, an e-commerce platform for unbanked consumers who would be unable to use Grab's own digital payment platform.
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