Payments

Petal is using machine learning in its new card program to make the most of the scant financial data available from young consumers.

Cybercriminals know people want to resolve tax payment issues, and they take advantage of it, writes Matthew Gardiner, senior product manager at Mimecast.

As long as we can create enough trust between the parties involved in a payment transaction, the system works, writes Francis Limousy, principal adviser for UL Transaction Security Advisory Services.

The bank is also working with Fit Pay Inc. to allow its customers to make contactless payments with their credit or debit cards through connected devices.

A new initiative from CO-OP Financial Services aims to help two CUs support MasterCard’s payments services for Garmin and Fitbit wearable devices

Efforts to cut down on paper checks are one of the most significant factors driving the growth of prepaid cards that are used to pay employees.

The institution launched the PayQwig digital wallet in 2015 and made the mobile app available earlier this year to link a mobile wallet to Tesco shoppers' Clubcard to earn points each time it was used.

Targeting customers and linking mobile marketing to in-store sales is a challenge for retailers, but mobile payments can make a difference, writes Marissa Tarleton, chief marketing officer for RetailMeNot.

The Wall Street giant on Wednesday played up its customer service skills, saying that representatives of its Marcus personal-loan unit answer calls within 10 seconds.

The central bank said Wednesday that it will assess a range of options regarding its operational role in a modernized payment system, an issue that divides large and small banks.

It's only a matter of time before U.S. banks are forced to cede control over payments, says Brett King in this week's episode.

Onosys enables ordering ahead at Outback Steakhouse, Round Table Pizza, Boston Pizza, and others.

The directory has ways to get deeper information or contacts on Mastercard’s tokenization engine MDES, Masterpass, Mastercard Send, Qkr and mPOS providers.

The cross-border payments specialist has developed a workaround to comply with a format that requires Chinese characters for certain transactions.

China's Metaverse Foundation collaborated with Russian crypto investment bank CyberTrust to create the Cryptocurrency Fund to support ICO projects from China and Russia through KICKICO's crypto crowdfunding platform.

SIA also plans to power payment cards in other currencies for solarisBank.

Phishing crooks are like security analysts with more weapons, creating a danger for payment and other companies, writes William MacArthur, threat researcher for RiskIQ.

Despite significant efforts by stakeholders to move the needle on mobile payments, the category simply isn't taking off.

It's a common lament that businesses cling to checks and other forms of paper-based transactions while consumer payments rush into a digital future.

Online payments and services provider Secure Trading will partner with payments marketplace COMO Global S.A. to make its gateway and acquiring services available to more providers and merchants worldwide.