Payments

Transit has pushed contactless payments in the U.K., and it will happen in the U.S. too, according to Daniel Kornitzer, chief business development officer for Paysafe Group.

European mobile wallet providers Bluecode, ePassi, Momo pocket, Pagaqui, Pivo, and Vipps are working together with China's Alipay for the first time to promote a unified, interoperable QR code that would connect Europe's current fragmented mobile payment landscape.

The social network's GlobalCoin has the audience to be a huge currency but it may not deliver on the concept of decentralization that underpins the cryptocurrency industry, contends Richard Dennis, founder and CEO of temtum.

Targeting consumers with poor or thin credit, Amazon is offering a secured card with rewards on par with those offered to mainstream cardholders.

The payments space is expected to see continued consolidation, new fraud patterns and more contactless cards for the second half of 2019.

Financial institutions have different levels of breach protection than health care, heightening the risk, according to Brad Keller, senior vice president and program director at Shared Assessments.

While there’s been dramatic innovation in the banking sector in recent years, regulators and startups can better collaborate around these developments.

Digital Asset Holdings eyes blockchain for 'smart contracts'; readying for a marathon is like competing for a big client.

Developers of new payment methods often court big retailers to show off their brand, but the card networks' universal buy button is launching with security features designed for smaller shops.

Coffee and doughnut shops such as Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme have been at the forefront of mobile payments, and this technology could soon develop into a completely cashierless experience.

Mark Graf, who joined the Riverwoods, Ill.-based credit card issuer in 2011, will participate in the search for his successor.

Over time, real-time payments could become the predominant payment type while virtually eliminating cash and checks.

The Sign in with Apple deployment runs parallel to the card networks' efforts at tokenizing payment credentials and expanding those services.

On-demand wage delivery has caught on in other industries. Banks have taken notice.

Mobile technology has improved the process of sending cross-border remittances, but most international money transfer services still have a long way to go before they’re streamlined and real-time.

JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. credit card issuer, is reviving a controversial policy that forces credit card customers to use arbitration instead of court to resolve payment disputes.

Credit card issuers are wrong about why card balances are falling — fintechs are luring customers away, according to Wayne Best, Visa's chief economist

The U.K.’s Nationwide Building Society has invested in Ordo, a fintech that protects consumers from invoice and payments fraud by allowing billers to send payment requests directly to it.

Retailers can control traffic flow and simplify payments and checkout, writes Scott Reese, chief technology officer at Harbor Retail.