Online payments

Retailers often try to counter Amazon's dominance by using the e-commerce giant's strengths against it, including its reliance on search engine optimization.

Belgian security researcher Xavier Mertens has discovered a piece of a banking malware campaign that appears to target customers of various U.K. banks.

Billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial is lifting its fundraising target to more than $12 billion by bringing in existing Chinese shareholders in a yuan-denominated financing round, people familiar with the matter said.

President plans to ease regulatory burden on the largest banks; online merchants say a Visa-Mastercard button blocks cheaper payment methods.

Avoiding repeating past mistakes will not be enough. Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover need to bring some added value that could trump PayPal’s already end-user-friendly solutions, writes Adriana iordan, vice president of product management for 2Checkout.

At least two cryptocurrency companies, Coinbase and ivyKoin, have talked to federal regulators about obtaining a bank license, but there is skepticism that it will happen. Here's why.

Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are adapting to digital payments technology at slower speeds and for different reasons than larger enterprises. Cash and checks still account for almost half of all SMB payments, and SMBs have lagged behind other merchants in the U.S. shift to EMV technology.

A borderless, interoperable global payments system makes it harder for vendors to charge high prices while forcing more innovation, writes Normand Provost, liaison chair of Nexo.

The bank found that mixing personal finance management with positive reinforcement allowed it to appeal to younger customers.

Adobe’s powers to drive digital customer experiences with cloud-based systems will reshape Magento's offerings and underscore how critical a robust payments stack has become to commercial infrastructure providers serving a global, omnichannel audience.