Payments

The organization moved forward with a new name in order to maintain brand consistency.

By understanding how bias becomes embedded in how we lead, recruit and advance others, we can change patterns and create inclusive organizations, says Wnet's Lisl Dutterer.

By using host card emulation, issuers can gain more control over their own mobile payment apps, says FIME's Christian Damour.

Discover Financial Services has promised to issue all new and replacement cards in the contactless format.

The Salvation Army is rolling out contactless payments technology at its 25,000 red kettles nationwide to combat the declining amounts of cash in donors’ pockets.

The team has already built three customer-facing AI tools this year, which it hopes to keep building upon.

Large tech companies have been driving home the message that they can help the many Americans who struggle financially. But there are good reasons to be skeptical of their intentions.

Japan’s JCB payment card network has formed a partnership with Ukraine’s state-owned PrivatBank to expand card acceptance in the region.

Google's $2.1 billion deal to buy Fitbit is primarily a hardware play. But it also brings Fitbit Pay under Google's umbrella — potentially repairing part of Google's fragmented mobile and wearable payments ecosystem.

A payments platform created by India’s largest retail banks surpassed a billion transactions in October, a milestone that affirms the tremendous growth of services offered by U.S. giants from Walmart Inc. to Amazon.com Inc. and Google.

APIs have opened a window for banks to capture a greater share of business payments, leading JPMorgan Chase to seek partners for faster results.

AI can be utilized for back-office efficiencies like conducting compliance tasks and automating manual, paper-based processes. This redirects resources and human capital in a way that is likely to increase productivity, says Episode Six's John Mitchell.

Back in early 2013, the website BitcoinTalk.org asked users to select a slogan for the embryonic cryptocurrency. The winner was “Magic Internet Money,” with runners-up “In Crypto We Trust” and “You Asked for Change, We Gave You Coins.”

Apple CEO Tim Cook has called Apple Card the "most successful launch of a credit card in the United States ever." If that's true, the company is banking on it to jolt lagging iPhone sales by adding an installment payment option.

Revenue growth, especially at scale, is never an accident, and requires a different approach to payments management, says Chargebee's Krish Subramanian.

Issuance of securities backed by the ostensible Libor replacement hit by money market turmoil; Jho Low will surrender luxury assets.

Dave & Buster’s will introduce mobile payments technology to its self-service kiosks dispensing game cards at the North American restaurant chain that combines dining with video games and other entertainment.

In launching a new international account for its business clients, Starling Bank is converting the bank's debit card to support payments in either pounds or euros.

Consumers needed payment platforms that could handle internet payments, and startups quickly filled the void, says Chief Outsiders' Mark Coronna.

PayPal is adding rewards to its Venmo credit card in a way that seems to echo Apple's strategy with Apple Card.