Western Union has restored its outbound money transfer service from Greece, following its June suspension due to a temporary shutdown of Greek banks amid the escalation of the country’s debt crisis.

The expected launch of Android Pay mostly hit a false alarm last week, but a few signals support the obvious — that the mobile wallet reincarnation of Google Wallet should be right around the corner.

Competition among e-commerce payment gateway providers in Australia has heated up, as key companies have had more than a year to get footing in a country increasingly adapting to new payments technology.

Swedish payments startup iZettle AB has raised 60 million euros ($67 million) to expand in Europe and fund a plan to offer merchants cash advances on future card sales.

Old-fashioned banks and neobanks are both finding the battle for acquiring customers to be treacherous. So BankMobile, a mobile-first banking service, has launched an innovation lab-like division seeking new tech that could attract thousands of new customers per month.

London-based mobile point of sale provider SumUp has received 10 million euros [$11.2 million U.S.] in funding from investors, including American Express, Groupon and BBVA Ventures.

Application programming interfaces (APIs) have driven a technology revolution for small businesses that use the open development tools to add payments to e-commerce sites.

The smartphone can add significant security to payments, but it is also a tool that fraudsters can exploit. Researchers and scammers have already found several unique attacks that rely on mobile devices.

Technology provider Hyland on Thursday said five Canadian credit unions have selected the company's OnBase solution to eliminate paper, automate processes and increase member service.

This fall, the United States will finally transition to EMV—but it’s too little too late.

The "buy buttons" that are popping up on social media platforms are intentionally simple, often meant to enable one-click purchases of individual products. But as the technology's popularity grows, so must its capabilities.

The heavy costs of fixing broken trades and the need to become more efficient as trade settlement times shorten are driving Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley to invest in a reference-data utility.

PayPal Holdings Inc. is increasing prices for thousands of small businesses as the company looks to maintain revenue growth and boost profit margins as a stand- alone business separate from EBay Inc.

European mobile point of sale gateway provider payworks will offer its service through Miura Systems' EMV and Near Field Communication mobile terminals.

Hackers can already take control of a car. And as vehicles become rolling shopping malls, cybercriminals will have an opportunity to snatch your identity, too.

Frequently reserved for large, international banks, Celent's Model Bank awards program tapped Maps CU for the coveted Innovation Award.

Fidelity Investments is considering dropping American Express and Bank of America to find new partners and better terms for one of the top-rated cash-back credit cards in the U.S., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The mobile payments industry’s view on wallets has been myopic.

Dylan Richard was the lead engineer for President Obama's reelection campaign, where the use of unstructured "social data" forever changed how presidential win the support of their constituents. Four years later, he's one of PayPal's newest recruits.

Electronic multi-card device maker Coin has added technology to enable contactless payments at some retail locations.