Retailers

Alipay's fast growth is partly attributed to the huge size of the Chinese market, but it also deploys strategies that can serve as an example for mobile wallets in other parts of the world.

As retailers, banks and technology companies continue to suffer data breaches, issuers and merchants need to take extra care when selecting payment vendors.

Just weeks after it shook up its executive ranks and suspended efforts to pursue new customers, the New York-based business lender confirmed Friday that it is eliminating dozens of jobs.

Online shoppers can expect fraudsters to be at the height of their creativity during the 2016 holiday season.

Bluetooth beacons, which communicate with consumers' apps as they enter and leave stores, have been bouncing around the retail industry for a few years looking for the right combination of foot traffic, product and customer experience.

Merchants should check operating systems, since the PC-based operating systems which run most legacy point of sale software have security flaws and are targets for malware.

Too many data breach reports show that companies suffering compromises were unaware that cardholder data was present in their systems. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council wants to fix this.

Crooks are getting more clever when hacking e-commerce sites to hide illegal activity, requiring banks and processors to developer a broader picture of merchants and payment activity.

Mobile payment initiatives have largely failed because they focus on changing transactions instead of changing the way consumers and merchants engage with each other, according to Carta Worldwide, which touts new tokens as a way to reverse that.

LevelUp has worked mostly with smaller merchants. It's relationship with the merchant-focused Chase Pay will give it access to a much larger group of retailers.