The Merchant Customer Exchange, a retailer-backed mobile wallet venture of over three years in the works, has postponed its plans for a national rollout of its mobile wallet.

Huntington Bancshares is the latest institution to add a cybersecurity expert to its board, highlighting the growing importance of guarding against hackers and other online dangers.

Walmart Pay, the mega-retailer's mobile wallet, has gone live at its stores in Texas and Arkansas in anticipation of a national rollout.

More banks in Australia are lining up support for Android Pay, giving Google's contactless payment system some firmer footing in international markets.

Too many fintech companies are selling superficial products. Entrepreneurs need to start solving hard problems and offering real value.

WePay's bread and butter has been offering a streamlined e-payments hookup for online merchant platforms, and it's now adding in-person payments to keep businesses with offline needs from turning to the likes of Square.

Transaction laundering is an increasingly popular scam, in which cyber-criminals hijack the legitimate payment process to sell all manner of illicit goods and services online.

SAN DIEGO – Credit union core processing vendor Corelation, Inc., on Friday said it has signed its 50th credit union to convert to its KeyStone core: $111 million Lone Star CU, Dallas.

As more fintech companies seek bank charters in the U.S., acquiring a community bank is one potential option.

Mitek Systems took advantage of the rise of smartphones by enabling remote deposit capture and identity verification on mobile devices. But that created a gap with laptops and desktop machines that Mitek is trying to address with an extra integration.

After hackers penetrated a second bank and accessed the Swift messaging system to steal money, it is clear that more needs to be done to thwart such attacks.

The rub is that the global messaging system's security is only as strong as the weakest link.

Like any long-term relationship, Walmart and Visa have had their ups and downs. Sometimes these interactions were solely between the two companies; but many times, Walmart and Visa's conflicts gave a voice to the entire retail and payments industries.

In an attempt to encourage small businesses and local entrepreneurship, Vermont State Employees Credit Union takes a stake in Green Mountain State equity crowdfunding platform Milk Money L3C.

Swift, the inter-bank messaging system embroiled in one of the largest cyber heists in history, warned customers that hackers have struck again, attacking a commercial bank client that it didn’t name.

If he's worried about fintech upstarts or bitcoin offering a high-tech alternative to Western Union's bread-and-butter business of money transfer, Chief Information Officer David Thompson doesn't let on.

Swift, the inter-bank messaging system embroiled in one of the largest cyber heists in history, warned customers that hackers have struck again, attacking a commercial bank client that it didn't name.

We all know bitcoin as an edgy and anonymous cryptocurrency. It provokes strong opinions. Department of Justice officials reference it in connection with real-life crimes, just as made-up bad guys reference it in movies.

As a supermarket chain with no supermarkets, FreshDirect has always been an early mover by design. That made Samsung's Internet-connected refrigerator a natural fit.

Walt Disney Co., having found success with its wearable MagicBand payment system, is retiring the paper "Disney Dollars" it has long accepted from parkgoers.