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The video-game industry is amping up its defenses after hackers penetrated numerous payments systems last year.

Identity security and mobile payments are driving merger-and-acquisition activity in the payments industry as large companies strive to keep up with each other and the latest technology.

As preparations unfold for the U.S. payment system to convert to smart cards, merchants across the country would prefer to see a clearer process established to reach that goal.

To skeptics, fraud dangers lurk around every corner in the online shopping world.

All of Russia's Auchan hypermarkets will deploy Ingenico payment terminals by the end of 2012, the global payment technology vendor announced Jan. 24.

Increased consumer spending on credit cards in North America and Europe was enough to have executives from Total System Services Inc. singing the praises of solid fourth-quarter earnings and, for the time being, soft-pedaling the potential future loss of Green Dot Corp.’s processing business.

Bank of America Corp. is working with Cardlytics Inc. to test an online rewards system called BankAmeriDeals.

Client-transaction volume increases fueled card processing revenue, resulting in a 7.3% increase in fourth quarter revenue for Total Systems Services Inc., or TSYS, the company announced Jan. 24.

If the competition for providing payments hardware and software were akin to a boxing match, NCR Corp. just came out swinging in an attempt to keep smaller contenders on the ropes.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is working with a unit of Xerox Corp. to add contactless-payment acceptance at public-transit turnstiles.

The dollar volume of online fraud rose last year, but actual incidents of fraud dropped, according to a report released Jan. 24 by CyberSource Corp., a unit of Visa Inc.

Independent sales organizations are preaching specialization as they brace for a shakeup caused by giant consumer-facing companies angling for positions in the payments industry.

It may be as close to a David versus Goliath story that the payments industry can muster in the United Kingdom.

Some payments-industry experts feel progress toward widespread support of EMV smart cards in the United States within the next three years appears on target, fueled by the added security they bring to card-present transactions at the point of sale.

PayPal Inc., which has been testing a point-of-sale payment system with Home Depot, reportedly is testing the same system with Office Depot Inc.

Scott Lang wants folks using NACHA's automated clearinghouse network to watch their language, particularly when discussing the actual service.

The world of card acceptance on BlackBerry smartphones has just become more complete.

With Visa debit card spending for online purchases reaching new heights in Europe and the United Kingdom, the timing appears right for consumers to tie those cards to mobile payments.

A startup is attempting to create a mobile-payment system that focuses on digital receipts and rewards. And it leaves payments out of the process.

The new president of the Electronic Transactions Association does more than just talk about turning challenges into opportunities.