Payment processing

After 18 years heading the U.S. Payments Forum and Secure Technology Alliance, Randy Vanderhoof will retire at the end of the year.

Millions of workers are still displaced from offices, pushing financial services designed for the trend, such as Barclaycard Payments' Precisionpay Go app for businesses to issue virtual cards for corporate expenses.

Amazon-owned PayFort has changed its name to Amazon Payment Services and will offer installment payments to the markets it serves in the Middle East and North Africa.

U.S. consumers wanting to use cash for online payments will have the option to do so through a collaboration between Paysafe and Incomm Payments.

Tokenization, click to pay and other advancements boost efficiency and safety, says the Electronic Payments Coalition's Jeff Tassey.

Demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in the U.S. is surging as cash-strapped consumers welcome the opportunity to get instant loans minus any official credit inquiry.

Paying on delivery with tokenization, biometric fingerprint cards, vein scanning or phone-to-phone with a variety of card payment options helps create a universe of consumer choice, convenience, personal preference and better fraud protection, says Radar Payments' Jane Loginova.

Global collaboration among researchers creates a network effect to share resources and spot threats, says Bugcrowd's Casey Ellis.

During his 18-year run at Visa driving innovation and strategic partnerships, one of Jim McCarthy’s frustrations was seeing how long it sometimes takes for financial institutions and issuers to embrace new technology.

Mastercard said it won’t allow its cards to be used on Pornhub.com after the network’s review of the website uncovered unlawful content, and rival Visa is suspending acceptance of its cards on the site pending completion of its own investigation.