Retailers

Verifone has spent years clawing its way out of a crater it dug for itself, so a fresh coat of paint on its website might seem like a minor thing. But it signals the latest big shift in the company's sales strategy.

New mobile wallets and digital payment innovators are threatening banks' traditional relationships with consumers, forcing banking to respond.

InfineaPay is designed to improve time to market EMV compliance on the Apple platform for transportation, retail and hospitality companies.

Efforts to combine mobile wallets and loyalty programs have had mixed success over the years, but many companies are undeterred. Here are a few that are working to find the right mix of technologies.

Despite some mixed signals, the Chinese government has shown a willingness to loosen restrictions on imports. That would be good news for international payments players.

The company is diversifying from its traditional payments processing business into a broad-based provider of payments technology and data services.

As security threats increase, companies are placing more emphasis on safety and less on speed for new initiatives.

Final is a combination of a virtual and plastic card that brings an 'as-a-service' model to card issuance.

The speed of the crooks and the threat to retailers and customer data is more than enough reason to get aggressive with new identity protections.

The software allows chip card terminals to be operable much faster than with full certification. In other markets outside the U.S., semi-integration is widely used.