Online payments

Even consumers are fed up with passwords, which seem to do little to deter hackers, but Visa says there's still some life left in the dated authentication method.

Less than a month after eBay dropped PayPal's status as its preferred payment provider and implemented a new payment process for some users, one in 10 of those users is completing purchases via Apple Pay.

The international payments infrastructure has reached a point where consumers can use their cards in many parts of the world as easily as they can in their own country. But finding retailers who can accept all of these cards is a completely different story.

American Express turned its loss of its Costco card business in 2016 into a pivot to a more technology-heavy strategy, a plan that is paying off with major deals with large partners and solid earnings.

Cross-border e-commerce is seeing explosive growth, driving a race among payment providers and acquirers to equip online sellers with the technology to accept any kind of payment in virtually any region. Credit and debit cards are the dominant payment type North American merchants accept, but are much less common elsewhere.

In/PACT wants to encourage higher charitable donations by having donors use their banks’ online platforms instead of going directly to the charities.

Banks and merchants are rapidly deploying chatbots for answering basic account questions, shopping and accessing the internet of things. But new data suggests consumers don’t fully trust chatbots yet with payment account details and personal information. Here’s a look at what consumers think of chatbots and why it matters.

Visa is pursuing the online criminals to prevent future fraud. Visa also works with law enforcement agencies to quantify potential losses and, where possible, assist in the threat mitigation.

John Thomas, head of U.S. payments and data strategy at TD Bank, says banks are approaching innovation the wrong way.

The variety of these new devices may seem random or experimental, but each is responding to a specific threat to Amazon's work in voice-controlled commerce.

Subscription payments are supposed to happen in the background with little or no effort. But what happens when another “automatic” and constantly changing product is tossed on top of the subscription?

In a continued effort to expand beyond China's borders, China UnionPay will reportedly work with a U.K. company to issue issuing virtual corporate cards next month in Europe.

Swedish financial services provider Klarna Bank has boosted its U.K. foothold by agreeing to buy merchant bankers Close Brothers' retail financing portfolio.

DraftKings has added PayPal as a payment option to its New Jersey Sportsbook, following similar moves from rivals FanDuel Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook and SugarHouse Sportsbook.

Even as online shoppers demand the best security, they demonstrate an astonishingly low tolerance for inconvenience.

PayPal's new Funds Now service should be the norm, according to the company, which will provide immediate funds access to small businesses in good standing.

Ring's smart doorbell was its billion-dollar ticket to Amazon's empire, which bought the company as part of its move into consumers' homes and communities.

International e-commerce is booming these days and so too are the opportunities—and challenges—for payments players.

Wirecard is expanding its reach in Brazil by enabling small businesses and to send funds and pay bills through its digital platform, with plans to add card payments this year.

In the same way a card skimmer steals credentials at an ATM, gas pump or point-of-sale terminal, the Magecart malware hides beneath the surface of a website with a digital skimmer to obtain card and personal information.