Visa and PayPal have been at war for as long as PayPal has existed, and their recent cease fire could allow both companies to overcome the barriers they have spent years building between the worlds of digital and in-store payments.

Visa Inc., the world’s largest payments network, posted fiscal third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as customer card spending accelerated. The company said it will buy back as much as $5 billion of its shares.

Of the 10 fintech startups that pitched their wares at startupbootcamp FinTech New York on Wednesday, half plan to sell their software to banks. Only a few vie to take on established players.

The instant popularity of Pokémon Go has taught credit unions important lessons about engaging customers, rewarding them and getting them in branches.

Mastercard is betting its $920 million investment in the U.K.'s VocaLink gives it a significant edge in many emerging technologies, particularly in regions where it is lagging Visa in traditional card-based business lines.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent guidance on internal messaging software could impose significant hardships on banks and runs contrary to prevailing guidance on cybersecurity.

PayPal Holdings Inc. and Visa Inc. may unveil an agreement regarding data sharing, security measures and consumer choices on accounts linked to PayPal transactions, analysts said ahead of the companies’ earnings reports.

Mastercard has several longer-term initiatives underway in China and other parts of Asia, an effort that's become increasingly focused on customized services.

So here we are, just weeks out from a post-Brexit vote world, and a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the U.K. as it is left to try and carve out its new place in this new paradigm.

It is no secret to e-commerce merchants that Amazon, one of the giants in its field, has succeeded in part because it can make fast decisions about whether a transaction is legit or has fraud written all over it. And these decisions have to look at more than just whether a shopper is using a stolen card.

American Express Co., the biggest U.S credit-card issuer by purchases, said second-quarter profit rose 37 percent as customers increased spending and the company booked a $1 billion gain from the sale of its Costco Wholesale Corp. portfolio.

How credit unions can get the most digital branding benefits from being on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

HSBC is adding Samsung Pay support in the U.S., given the bank's customers access to all three of the major device operator-driven mobile payment systems.

Confusion among bankers on what real-time ACH payments are and how the transactions are processed is a major barrier to adoption in the U.S. Here's what banks need to know.

More big banks are committing to their digital wallet strategies, creating the opportunity to extend their brands into new realms as payments and shopping go mobile under their own brands—but there are some notable holdouts.

The industry-led EMV Migration Forum is changing its name and expanding its focus to accommodate the myriad changes that are happening alongside the move to chip cards.

As part of an organization that's waged a four-year campaign against passwords, Brett McDowell envisions wearable technology as the nail in the coffin of antiquated security.

Though an extremely effective solution to a very specific problem, tokenization is more of a single piece of the security puzzle than the end-all of stopping data theft and credit card fraud.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and Nasdaq have launched an index that tracks fintech companies.

Keefe Bruyette & Woods and Nasdaq have launched an index that tracks fintech companies.