Online payments

A full year into the EMV migration, crooks are expected to be even more aggressive about attacking soft spots in online and mobile transactions.

Illegal methods of moving money are just as likely to be low-tech and old school as high-tech and sophisticated. Surveillance methods and processes need to be able to counter both.

Comdata says the majority of fleets are relatively small, and are underserved by most existing platforms.

The two-year old APASS has helped Alibaba persuade wealthier consumers to up their spending at Tmall and Taobao shopping emporiums.

Forget about municipal governments. Through transactions such as payments, banks have a trove of data that can be used to revolutionize how cities work.

Temasek Holdings Pte pared its investment in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in the third quarter, as shares of China’s biggest online retailer rallied, while emerging as a shareholder of software maker Dell Technologies Inc.

There are security gaps in chip cards that are vulnerable to new types of skimming. Biometrics can help solve this problem, and will also prove handy as EMV cards migrate to smartphones.

Google last month quietly bought Undecidable Labs, a startup founded by a former Apple Inc. director that focused on turning online searches into purchases, according to a person familiar with the deal.

Payments technology plays a major role in web connected city projects globally.

Consumers visiting sites using WP Engine’s checkout technology will use Chrome to obtain payment and shipping details with a few taps.