Since enterprises must maintain information about their customers, why is it that breaches happen constantly?

New software aims to help prevent wireless network hijacking, or "commjacking." But there are also steps financial institutions can take on their own to protect employees and customers from this seldom-discussed but ever-present threat.

American Express Co. President Ed Gilligan died Friday morning after becoming ill on a flight to New York.

Retail chain Sally Beauty knows that it was sick and when. Now the challenge is to figure out what made it sick.

Google's first attempt to work with banks in mobile payments was disastrous — it required banks to jump through hoops to link their brand to its wallet app, and only one issuer ever did before Google lowered the hurdle. But with Android Pay, that logic is reversed, and Google is the one going out of its way to be a part of bankers' apps.

Two of CUNA's professional councils teamed up to explore "physical-digital wallets" in a new white paper.

Paygevity, a payments processing and vendor services company based in New York, has raised half of its funding goal in its first week on securities-based crowdfunding website Crowdfunder.

Android Pay is far more than a rebranding of Google Wallet. It's a reboot of Google's approach to mobile payments, picking the best of Google Wallet and Apple Pay while shedding the ideas that distract from each product's core focus.

The Disney-Pixar movie "Finding Nemo" inspired a run on clownfish in pet stores across America. Banks should pursue the same effect with content that connects with customers on an emotional level and inspires them to take action.

Many would-be users are holding their collective breath after disappointment in Windows 8. Should CUs take a wait-and-see approach, or is now (finally) the time to jump to a new operating system?

MemberClose, a provider of a bundled mortgage settlement solution for credit unions, said it has added four CUs from Connecticut to its client list.

As the deadline nears for U.S. EMV adoption, more processors are partnering up to help their clients speed through the certification process.

Over the holidays, my wife and I took a short vacation to Napa Valley. We had the opportunity to visit a number of wineries and purchase a few bottles—an experience that also demonstrated the shortcomings of antiquated card security.

BBVA has introduced technology that its mobile wallet users in Spain may liken to switching channels on a TV.

Google plans to release a new mobile payment system called Android Pay, which will include many of the same features as Apple Pay, while the Google Wallet brand will live on as a peer to peer service.

he Cornerstone Credit Union League, which represents hundreds of credit unions across the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, said its board voted unanimously to join a class action lawsuit against Home Depot in connection with a massive data breach at the retail giant late last year.

A visit to an overnight shipping store in Napa Valley reveals that outdated payment-processing procedures remain de rigueur with some merchants — despite the fraud risk.

San Diego-based Mitek, a firm that specializes in capturing mobile data for customer acquisition, has acquired Dutch identity verification company IDchecker.

Merchants expect that payment card fraud will migrate to e-commerce as the U.S. gets more protection at the physical point of sale through EMV chip cards. That means chargebacks, already a problem in physical retail, will escalate in e-commerce as well.

The use of e-commerce payments technology as a portal to other business services is advancing rapidly, requiring point of sale companies to constantly add new tools that merchants and developers can use to add muscle to transaction venues.