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Square has released a new mobile card reader that is meant to improve accuracy and durability.

While Diane Vogt Faro was "growing up" in the payments business, she helped the entire industry mature.

Small and medium-sized merchants plan to adopt multichannel retailing in a big way in the next 12 to 24 months, says an executive at SecureNet, an Austin, Texas-based payments processor and acquirer.

Nacha says the industry wants faster processing and is “working to make it happen in a way that is a win-win for all.” The biggest banks are in no rush.

Schemes that rely on social engineering and other attacks to steal consumers’ sensitive information are especially dangerous when Americans let down their guard during the holiday season.

RevolutionCredit is looking to partner with creditors on its behavior data software for underwriting and prospecting.

As treasurer of the Northeast Acquirers Association, Jacques Breton handles logistics for the regional trade group’s events. He's used that role to help shape the industry.

With a new CEO and an infusion of private equity funding, Cynergy Data plans to grow both organically and through acquisitions.

McDonald’s has more than 34,000 locations in nearly 120 countries, making it an ideal testing ground for payments innovation. As such, many payments providers try get on its menu.

With a new CEO and an infusion of private equity funding, Cynergy Data plans to grow organically and through acquisitions.

Spire Payments’ point-of-sale terminals will be available to merchants in Australia through a partnership with independent sales organization Keycorp Services Ltd.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) this week.

Many of the payments industry's longtime veterans and new entrants started their careers in other industries or founded their companies with a different purpose in mind. Here are some highlights from the many diverse career paths in the payments world.

The wireless carriers' Isis mobile wallet venture is using acquirers to build merchant support for its technology.

The wireless carriers' Isis mobile wallet venture is launching a new program to build merchant support for its technology.

Google Wallet now offers a plastic Google Wallet debit card designed as an alternative to using a smartphone to pay at the point of sale.

Don’t get distracted by the big-name telecoms that designed the Isis mobile wallet, or you’ll miss the wizard behind the curtain: American Express.

Two decades ago Mary L. Gerdts did something that was quite unusual at the time. She started an ISO that focuses solely on one industry—hotels.