Retailers

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.

Bank earnings could be hurt this year as big retailers close stores and file for bankruptcy. The situation has sparked a debate about how much CRE and C&I books will suffer just as lenders were putting other commercial woes behind them.

Harland Clarke's acquisition of RetailMeNot provides a broader range of marketing technology to serve merchants that are looking to improve mobile-driven sales against competitors such as Shopkick and Foursquare.

Harbortouch seeks to add marketing services to its existing point of sale equipment line.

As mobile apps that allow consumers to order and pay before reaching the retailer expand, traditional hardware providers are rushing to adopt the technology, as evidenced by Ingenico's expanded Five Guys deployment.