Online payments

Montreal-based Acceo Solutions Inc. and Mastercard have formed a new partnership to expand Acceo’s in-store payment offering for global e-commerce merchants.

As consumers use digital channels more, merchants are under pressure to not only make payments seamless, but tie transactions to broader customer-facing and internal functions.

Discover and PayPal have signed an agreement to make PayPal payments available to Discover cardholders, acquirers and merchants.

By providing lots of data, and encouraging consumers to carefully examine their statements, merchants and payment companies can reduce fraud and chargebacks.

Several startups and Mastercard are looking to free companies from the limitations of traditional corporate cards and time-consuming expense reports.

Several startups and Mastercard are looking to free companies from the limitations of traditional corporate cards and time-consuming expense reports.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. pioneered shopping on the internet in China. Now it thinks it can teach old-school retailers a thing or two about real-world commerce.

Digital merchants don't necessarily have to open a store, but they can still benefit from the tactics of brick-and-mortar retailers, according to David Schwartz, vice president of e-commerce at Wix, a Tel Aviv-based technology company.

Integrations with software as a service providers are enabling small online retailers to partner with and compete against the mega-retailers across all major channels.

Miami-based NovoPayment, a payment provider with broad reach in Latin America, has upgraded its platform to support corporate bots enabling consumers to conduct person-to-person payments and other transactions within Facebook Messenger, the company said in a Jan. 9 press release.

Traditional checking hasn't faded nearly as fast as original predictions at the dawn of online banking. Checks will remain a major part of payments, though there are some signs of an eventual decline.

Clarity Money, an artificial intelligence-driven payment concierge, launched on Wednesday, a move its founders hope will provide consumers with an advanced financial health tool.

As payment apps that mix social media components gain momentum, industry experts are wary that law enforcement will place even more surveillance and policing roles on payment processors.

Ant Financial, parent of the Chinese online payment giant Alipay, may soon expand to South Korea with a new service called Korea Pay.

Kip began as a chatbot to coordinate staff members’ office-supply orders, and it has evolved into something that can weave its way into employees' everyday lives.

One of the highlights of the holiday season for retailers has been the vast growth of e-commerce, but subscription businesses are also enjoying a sizable bump, providing a potential threat to more static retail gifting.

The web hosting company GoDaddy has streamlined the checkout process for small business customers using its Online Store services, including adding Apple Pay to speed mobile e-commerce transactions.

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions has appointed Hubert J.P. Jolly as its global head of payments and receivables, effective immediately.

Online shoppers can expect fraudsters to be at the height of their creativity during the 2016 holiday season.

Banks are often taken for granted in digital wallets, treated as a "dumb pipe" for funding another account. PayPal is working to provide a more welcoming atmosphere with deals recently announced with Citigroup, FIS and two other banks.