Online payments

As a supermarket chain with no supermarkets, FreshDirect has always been an early mover by design. That made Samsung's Internet-connected refrigerator a natural fit.

PayPal next month is cutting off purchase protection for payments to crowdfunding sites, as the model for raising seed money for projects online begins to mature. The new policy goes into effect June 25, the company noted in an update to its user agreement.

Dwolla has forwarded its proposal for faster payments to a Federal Reserve Board task force studying submissions as part of a national initiative, and its voice is one of several seeking to make a difference in the country's move to faster payments.

Counterfeit card fraud is finally on the way down as EMV creeps into the U.S. marketplace, but card not present (CNP) fraud through online channels is skyrocketing. It's too soon, however, to blame the EMV shift.

While it's generally good news when a business gets larger, that growth can quickly get stunted if the company gets hamstrung by a more complicated supply chain.

Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal has selected Ingenico ePayments as the platform to accept payments in 45 countries.

Five years ago, Dwolla took its ambitious approach to speeding up payments to financial institutions, viewing banks as a core audience in need of modernizing its aging infrastructure. But more recently, the company had to make a sharp course correction in its strategy.

The expansion of devices connected to the Internet of Things is raising security and privacy concerns, spurring the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) to take action.

Loyalty marketing is considered a substantial lure for mobile payments, but the introduction of new channels also complicates the strategy, according to Kevin Wray, the chief commercial officer at Switchfly.

Visa launched its Visa Developer platform earlier this year to open up to third-party developers and bring more attention to digital commerce, a move that gives its second annual "Everywhere Initiative" even more meaning.