Payments

H&M will enable Klarna as a payment option in its 580 U.S. stores beginning this fall, building on a partnership the two Swedish companies established last year.

As blockchain use cases grow, retailers are seeing more reasons to use the distributed ledger technology for payments.

Many businesses mistakenly see alternative payment methods as only for consumers, but there are use cases for B2B, argues Pat Bermingham, CEO of Adflex.

Denmark-based payments technology developer Nets will develop new solutions for Vipps, Norway’s leading mobile payment app, under a new agreement.

As the global gig economy expands, more workers moving between the U.S. and other countries for jobs or school need ways to handle funds in different currencies.

The pressure on banks, financial institutions and payment service providers to act as effective gatekeepers in the fight against financial crime is intense. Real-time payments considerably complicates that challenge, writes Sophie Lagouanelle, head of solutions at Accuity.

Citigroup will be the first major issuer to use Mastercard technology to give U.S. credit card holders the ability to instantly redeem points on eligible purchases online and through a mobile app.

This year’s payments industry mergers have exposed numerous corporate, geographic, product and talent gaps, yet perhaps few payment types are more challenging and stuck in the past than health care.

Compliance can be complex and expensive, but failure puts merchants at risk, says FIME's Christian Damour.

Public-sector development of a speedier settlement service, to operate alongside the one being developed by The Clearing House, is crucial for seeing that institutions of all sizes are able to take advantage of this technology.