Online payments

Square Inc. is introducing a new e-commerce tool that lets merchants collect payments on their websites, putting the San Francisco company in more direct competition with online payments leader PayPal Holdings Inc.

Credit card issuer MBNA has confirmed it will be among the first to offer its customers the Android Pay mobile wallet in the U.K., which Google is expected to launch in the coming months.

If Apple Pay has had trouble finding new markets overseas, perhaps it's no surprise that reports are surfacing of another new frontier: E-commerce.

The international transfer business has become a game of spotting and quickly delivering new innovation, and the open development strategies that have worked so well for other types of digital commerce are finding a home at companies such as World First.

American Express Co. took a big hit last year when it failed to extend a lucrative partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp. Now it’s hopping in bed with a would-be Costco killer.

President Barack Obama is in Cuba, and Silicon Valley is tagging along for the ride.

PayPal Holdings Inc. said an updated order-ahead function on its redesigned mobile app is helping the company win more customers in the digital wallet race.

Incorporating stronger data elements and automated processes within aging payments infrastructure remains a monumental task for Swift and any others working to streamline networks or initiate faster payments.

Cross-border online payments provider Payoneer has added escrow payments to its services after completing its acquisition of Armor Payments.

Payment processing and technology provider Vantiv Inc. is partnering with merchant acquiring bank Credorax to expand cross-border e-commerce payments for Vantiv clients.