Retailers

Blockchain and payments have come to go hand-in hand since it emerged to power bitcoin, but the real pain financial institutions are looking to solve is enhancing global currency transactions and shortening settlement cycles.

Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the double-edged sword that comes from broadly sharing their personal data.

Costco Wholesale Corp. reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, even as falling grocery prices cut into its sales growth.

Mobile wallets are poised to dramatically change the payments landscape, but what is holding them back from seeing more rapid adoption?

Generation Z, the generation following what is commonly referred to as the Millennials, has only just formed its identity, yet its older members are already preparing to enter the workforce and take part in modern commerce.

It looks like the U.S. market will finally join a large number of other countries and offer real-time payments—but can ubiquity be achieved?

After several years of a sharp decline in B-to-B check payments, in the last year or so the trend has begun to level off, the latest AFP data suggests.

Data breaches aren’t going away. What’s also frustrating for those tasked with protecting data is that poor consumer habits regarding online security aren’t going away, either. Weak passwords shared across all online accounts continue, despite ever-growing threats.

For merchants still on the fence about whether to buy Square Inc.’s $49 contactless card reader, there’s a new enticement to consider: Square has sped up the time it takes to accept EMV cards by 1.5 seconds.

In 2010, lawmakers passed bipartisan reforms to bring transparency and competition to a debit card swipe fee market that had previously been void of both. Now, members of Congress want to undo that progress.