Online payments

Consumers are increasingly concerned about payment card fraud, but it remains to be seen how much work they’re willing to do to protect themselves when they’re not directly liable for monetary losses from stolen cards.

China enacted sweeping changes to a business competition law to address fraud in the e-commerce industry, which is plagued by malfeasance ranging from fake positive reviews to merchants goosing sales numbers.

NetEase Inc., China’s second-largest video game publisher, is deepening a push into e-commerce with plans to increase spending on products from the U.S., Europe and Japan to sell to local consumers.

Because marketplaces are the fastest growing channel in the e-commerce space, many retailers and sellers that have multiple e-commerce channels will see Amazon’s service as a logical next step, writes Victor Rosenman, CEO of Feedvisor.

Jeanne Tisinger spent three decades working at the CIA, where her most recent position was deputy director overseeing the agency’s physical and cybersecurity and information technology spanning more than 100 countries.

As if its line of Echo, Alexa and Dash devices wasn't pervasive enough, Amazon has developed another gadget designed to infiltrate the home: Amazon Key, which via a connected security camera and smart lock can enable couriers to leave packages inside your home.

On selected billing dates, Qualpay will automatically charge customers on an assigned plan and provide reports of the transaction activity.

The problem could be even worse this year, thanks to a new round of consumer data breaches, including the huge Equifax breach that exposed protected data on more than 145 million Americans, writes Rafael, executive vice president at ClearSale.

While many consumers are indeed adding smartphone-driven digital pay and mobile order and pay options into their payments toolbox, cash continues to resonate with American consumers, who show little interest in being "all in" with cashless, or having their choices limited in any way, writes Brian Bailey, managing director of North America for Cardtronics.