Mobile technology

OfferUp, a secondhand mobile marketplace, closed its latest funding round $11 million higher than previously reported and added PayPal co-founder Max Levchin as an investor.

The incoming administration's proposals would be a mixed bag for financial technology innovation.

Policies to encourage financial technology have had bipartisan support thus far.

PayPal has added support for Apple Inc.’s Siri voice-command feature for person-to-person payments, following Apple's decision to open Siri to third-party developers.

Small merchants need to adopt omnichannel, but it can be difficult in a low resource environment. Staying flexible to add technology fast is key.

Security software-maker Gemalto NV Chief Executive Officer Philippe Vallee says sales growth will accelerate as soon as this quarter.

The leading US bitcoin exchange, Coinbase, has begun using Jumio’s face match software for digital identity, adding another layer of legacy financial services on top of something that was created as an alternative to the traditional system.

The rules can be tricky, but social data can add lots of detail that can help prove identity and reduce fraud.

Citibank has launched Touch ID sensor authentication for its iOS mobile banking users in Hong Kong.

Like Uber, Airbnb has become a popular partner for payment companies.

Payment companies are increasingly adopting biometrics to replace more traditional authentication. That's a good move, but it also comes with a whole new set of risks.

Citigroup customers can now dispute credit card charges through its app, one of several mobile enhancements the company rolled out Wednesday.

While some banks allow existing customers to pay by selfie, BBVA is using them to get new customers.

Application programming interfaces have grown so quickly, they're no longer the future of payments. They're the present.

Payment security isn’t the highest priority for millions of consumers who increasingly use smartphones to buy games online, a new study suggests.

By establishing its e-commerce fraud prevention system as a "mobile first" platform, Forter worked to get a step ahead of a growing trend — that many new retailers accept only mobile payments through their apps.

As cars' onboard computers get smarter, payments are coming along for the ride—but always taking a back seat to other features.

IBM took the banking world by storm last month when it revealed its planned acquisition of Promontory Financial Group. Now, it has unveiled IBM Pay, a perhaps unexpected and yet unsurprising addition to the technology giant's Watson Commerce unit.

Bluetooth beacons — small transmitters that retailers can use to broadcast offers to shoppers' mobile phones — have always lived at the periphery of the payments world. But that may be changing very soon.

The EMV and mobile wallet movements have split the retail industry, leaving payment companies in the delicate position of having to support clients with very different technological profiles.