Payment cards

Jack Henry will be able to provide full-service credit and debit card processing to all existing core bank and credit union clients on a single platform.

Mastercard is trying very hard to get people to use "Masterpass" as a verb, and there is more to this mindset than promoting the card network's digital wallet.

Virtual cards are starting to gain ground, and WEX sees a big opportunity in hotel chains' need to beef up security.

Mastercard has promoted longtime executive Ed McLaughlin to president of operations and technology, where he will oversee all of the card network’s technology functions.

The widespread use of fingerprint authentication in mobile devices has made many consumers comfortable with the technology. So is Mastercard's test of a biometric payment card a case of plastic catching up to a modern tech trend, or is it instead dragging biometrics back in time?

As the smartphones become ATM cards, a new set of security risks emerges. Thorough ID protection is necessary to keep no-card ATMs secure.

Payments volume and cross-border business helped drive the strong performance.

Final is a combination of a virtual and plastic card that brings an 'as-a-service' model to card issuance.

The software allows chip card terminals to be operable much faster than with full certification. In other markets outside the U.S., semi-integration is widely used.

Shugar has previously held technology positions at eBay, Yahoo, Verisign and The Thomson Corp., among other companies.

The deal had been held up by U.K. regulators over concerns about competitive balance.

The company's selling product that's similar to a store-branded card, but without the physical plastic. It hopes to appeal to small or midsize stores that don't want to run their own credit programs.

Australian regulations recently denied banks the right to negotiate with Apple Inc. to directly add Apple Pay to their digital apps, but the victory may do little for Apple, considering consumers in the country appear to have little interest in using mobile wallets.

Charlie Scharf, the former chief executive officer of Visa Inc., was named chairman of the New York City Ballet, the largest dance organization in the U.S.

Instant card issuance is an older technology, but it's tailor made for the digital and mobile world, where instant gratification is key.

There are lots of new technology driven payment startups, though most still at least partly rely on the traditional card/bank model.

Thousands of U.S. merchants are still holding out against EMV because they see no immediate threat from counterfeit card fraud, and business goes on. But a less obvious change in payment card acceptance may finally force them to upgrade.

Shoppers are going to have to choose which apps to keep and which to delete or hide, making it important that retailers develop an app that's worthy of repeated use.

President Donald Trump's plans to deregulate the financial services industry still lack detail, though Mastercard is betting on a more favorable legal environment in the future.

Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga was among the financial services, payment and technology executives to express worry or opposition to President Trump's travel ban for certain Middle Eastern countries.