Payments

The patent office is getting buried in applications for distributed ledger systems, a mountain of documents that chart a clear course toward making static identity and password protection irrelevant.

Stripe is joining the throng of providers offering merchant loans based on payment receivables with Stripe Capital, a service for e-commerce companies already using Stripe for payments processing.

They’ve scrapped the newspapers and beefed up the food, but most Starbucks cafes in the U.S. don’t look all that different today than they did a decade ago. That’s about to change.

As bans on sports betting ease in more states, payment processors are counting on new revenue streams, particularly as the NFL season gets underway.

There are lots of reasons for companies to have multiple payment accounts, though reconciliation can be a pain. But there are ways the cloud can mitigate the headaches, says Nvoicepay's Mike Fortmann.

Amazon is reportedly testing technology that allows contactless payments via a hand gesture, applying technology that would provide valuable insight to fuel other initiatives such as Amazon Go.

The Fed's development of a real-time payments systems has sparked a pointless debate about paper checks.

Dwolla is quickly adding to its product line by arranging for clients to connect directly to the payment company's third party collaborators.

The European Central Bank’s key legal official Yves Mersch described Facebook Inc.’s plan for its Libra digital currency as “beguiling but treacherous,” in a defense of money issued by institutions such as his.

Young people prefer transfer apps, but privacy and authentication will need to be improved, says Sonarax's Benny Saban.