Online payments

PayPal Holdings Inc. shares dropped the most in four months on concern about the cost implications of a new agreement between the digital payments company and Visa Inc.

Visa and PayPal have been at war for as long as PayPal has existed, and their recent cease fire could allow both companies to overcome the barriers they have spent years building between the worlds of digital and in-store payments.

Mastercard is betting its $920 million investment in the U.K.'s VocaLink gives it a significant edge in many emerging technologies, particularly in regions where it is lagging Visa in traditional card-based business lines.

PayPal Holdings Inc. and Visa Inc. may unveil an agreement regarding data sharing, security measures and consumer choices on accounts linked to PayPal transactions, analysts said ahead of the companies’ earnings reports.

It is no secret to e-commerce merchants that Amazon, one of the giants in its field, has succeeded in part because it can make fast decisions about whether a transaction is legit or has fraud written all over it. And these decisions have to look at more than just whether a shopper is using a stolen card.

Verifone Inc. still faces challenges in certain aspects of its business, but the terminal manufacturer is learning with experience how to fit into the fast-changing world of omnichannel technology.

Banco Popular North America in New York has launched a digital-banking platform.

The faster payments revolution has arrived for person-to-person payments, but it’s also disrupting business-to-business payments in a way that might render certain payment options obsolete.

Under the hood, the new Masterpass ties directly to banks' own digital wallets with support for Near Field Communication-based mobile payments via Android devices and the ability to centralize features for supported cards, including balance display and purchase alerts, and support for paying with loyalty points.

Companies have struggled for years to find a simple way to get consumers to set up a payment account without derailing the checkout process. One company is taking a step back and asking: Why delay a sale by demanding money?

BillHero, a bank-agnostic bill pay app, now lets users pay their bills through a Facebook Messenger chat bot.

Amazon's Prime Day event is marketed as a summertime version of the Black Friday shopping holiday, but it also serves as a proving ground for the retailer's most experimental ways of selling its products.

Despite the many big companies opening their programming tools to external developers and merchants, the market for user-friendly technology is just getting started.

E-commerce seems to have a better memory than brick and mortar stores, quickly scrutinizing shoppers' purchasing and browsing habits to provide recommendations and offers to keep them coming back.

As the banks behind Early Warning's clearXchange network start to flex its muscles, one of their important tasks will be to convince business clients it's worth it to collect funds through a process designed for person-to-person payments.

Bottomline Technologies and Global Processing Services have partnered to bring consumers 'banking lite' card services.

With the rise of global e-commerce, small and midsize companies are pressured to streamline the way they handle increasingly diverse types of payments.

Facing more payments because of high-deductible insurance plans, 72% of consumers say they prefer to use electronic payment methods such as payment cards, Automated Clearing House or digital wallets to cover health care costs.

Battling a sea of technology companies and major incumbents like Western Union and Travelex for a share of the international payments and currency exchange pie may seem like an uphill climb for a smaller company with less of a track record.

Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a mobile wallet for its small share of the smartphone market. But the company has been steadily developing this technology across much bigger platforms.