Hoteliers, U.S. military brass and bankers are in very different lines of work, but they share at least one common concern—cybersecurity.

PayPal is targeting what it estimates to be a $51 billion global market for small debts owed between friends and family members, enabling consumers to set up their own URL to collect payments.

A data breach-related court case involving Wyndham hotels and new Defense Department rules governing contractors provide banks some dos and don'ts in bringing vendors' security practices into line.

K2 Intelligence, an adviser on compliance and cybersecurity, has hired a former FBI cryptocurrency expert and a former regulator who worked on New York's digital currency regulations.

Even though consumers generally avoid liability if their payment card or account is breached, their troubles can go well beyond the initial financial hit for the bank or merchant, said long-time data security expert Brian Huntley.

As Samsung Pay’s Sept. 28 launch date nears, industry analysts and credit unions alike have measured expectations due to uncertainty surrounding the platform it will use.

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.