Twitter's move to pluck American Express' top exec for digital partnerships as the social media network's first marketing chief was more than an executive reshuffle—it signals a new strategic direction for Twitter to double down on in-app e-commerce, some observers say.

Apple Inc. measured a strong pickup in mobile payments during the last six months of 2015, CEO Tim Cook said on Jan. 26 during a discussion about the company’s results from the final quarter of the year.

Wendy’s Co., the third-biggest U.S. burger chain, is investigating reports of unusual activity with payment cards used at some of its 5,700 domestic locations.

Capital One Financial's fourth-quarter profit fell short of projections as the McLean, Va., company boosted its reserves in anticipation of higher loan losses.

Fintech companies are threatening banks on many fronts, but it is in peer-to-peer payments that banks may be most at risk of being reduced to "dumb pipes."

Any way you slice it, 2015 was the year of fintech. From Bitcoin to marketplace lending and everything in between, fintech was a venture capital honey trap and a cocktail party buzzword.

Verifone, which is challenged to move beyond its reliance on selling traditional payments hardware, is producing an almost dizzying array of products in hopes of diversifying.

Fintech is a chic topic at Davos, but it's barely a blip on the radar of analysts who lock in on hard numbers during earnings calls. Yet with tech taking a bigger role in financial services, mobile banking or the blockchain might soon become as topical as efficiency ratios or net interest margins.

Samaha Associates, a consulting group for financial institutions, announced that Fort Bragg Federal Credit Union and SkyOne Federal Credit Union sought out its services to find a way to ensure that their respective electronic funds transfer (EFT) systems are optimized, efficient and meet regulatory standards.

Retailers often worry that their customers won't return after a breach, but as logical as this expectation is, it may be far from the truth.

Twitter Inc.named Leslie Berland chief marketing officer as it undergoes a major overhaul of its top ranks in an effort to reboot growth.

Consumers may not care much about mobile payments, but many of them care a lot about mobile loyalty.

Vending machines were among the first categories to accept contactless mobile payments, but they still rely heavily on cash for impulse snack purchases — at least for now.

The payments landscape was on the rise in in the past year with the launch and adoption of several new virtual wallets.

Banks are looking to beef up ease and convenience in P-to-P payments to avoid being reduced solely to back-end payments processors for fintech startups.

CPI Card Group in Littleton, Colo., has joined the FIDO Alliance, a consortium of players in the payments security industry that works on improving authentication.

Visa has nabbed an executive from media company Time Inc. to be its chief marketing and communications officer.

Calls with analysts to discuss the fourth-quarter results were dominated by questions about energy exposure, efficiency and the growing worry about when the next credit cycle may begin. Still, some banks managed to get in a few thoughts about how technology is reshaping their businesses.

There have been many reports of bitcoin's demise, but the fate of one currency doesn't eliminate the many use cases that virtual currency could still address in payments, according to Evan Duffield, a Phoenix-based developer and founder of the virtual currency Dash.

To plan for the inevitable, issuers need to consider three essential risk-management strategies including a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, a diversified partner strategy, and continued education for EMV cardholders and merchants.