Retailers

There is a greater likelihood of an individual clicking on a piece of malware via a mobile device than a laptop, and this, in turn, provides issues for the amount of single sign on applications, writes Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success at NuData Security.

Until recently, many of the fraud prevention tactics employed by organizations have added to, not reduced, customer friction across the buying cycle, writes Michael Lynch, chief strategy officer at InAuth.

Electronic payments offer hospitals and practices a quicker, more efficient, trackable and safer way to collect, writes Jeffrey Brown, president of VPay.

Cate Luzio leads roughly 900 HSBC bankers worldwide who serve 33,000 subsidiaries of large multinationals.

The benefits of adopting an end-to-end payments solution are substantial and will help businesses collaborate with vendors and customers, while saving time and money, writes Stephen Markwell, head of treasury services product strategy for commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase.

As ISOs evaluate payment partners, it’s important that to dig into their existing tools and also gain an understanding of what the company’s continued investment is going to be for the future, writes O.B. Rawls IV, CEO and president of iPayment.

The grocery chain is speeding payments to counter grocery innovations from Amazon and Walmart.

CB Bank will distribute contactless Mastercard credit cards to consumers and work with local merchants to upgrade point of sale technology.

With the explosion of data, and rapid advances in technology, we’re reaching a point where any company can take down the barriers to frictionless payments, writes Jason Tan, CEO of Sift Science.

Historically, the industry has placed much greater emphasis on preventing fraud at the point of transaction without doing enough to stop fraudulent account openings, writes Melissa Townsley, co-founder and CEO of GIACT systems.

Consumers and merchants in a digital ecosystem are changing the way people interact with each other and machines, changing payments and requiring an updated approach to security, according to Mastercard.

Menusifu receives a $3 million round to boost a system that integrates with Alipay and WeChat Pay, enabling Chinese travelers to make direct payments with renminbi from Chinese bank accounts and digital wallets.

With the integration to Payveris’ platform complete, FedComp will turn to enhanced digital payments for its credit union clients.

Software PIN pads can be compromised by crooks who intercept the PIN after it's typed. MagicCube attempts to position itself "in the middle" to block these hacking attempts.

The company has used word of mouth for its marketing, but will use the new funds to reach different channels.

Alipay has worked with First Data, Verifone, Ingenico and others to connect with merchants in North America, but more as a service for Chinese travelers than a direct competitor to existing payment providers.

Seeing the successful “private label” debit programs at Target and Cumberland Farms has inspired more merchants to launch their own initiatives, writes Adam Frisch, CEO of Buy It Mobility Networks.

TSYS has expanded its relationships with ISOs or entered into joint ventures with companies such as super ISO Central Payment. TSYS has been gradually increasing its stakeholder share in Central Payment as part of the collaboration.

Providers leave out a majority of lower-volume companies that would happily accept an electronic payment or card, writes Sue Ellen Hodnot, vice president of sales for the west region at Nvoicepay.

The renaming is designed to evoke a provider of end-to-end technology, beyond payments systems.