An advanced strain of malware is capable of attacking Windows point of sale terminals, stealing cardholder data and upgrading itself while hiding in plain sight.

Even with the card networks' U.S. EMV migration deadline half a year away, basic knowledge of EMV technology is still poor. Fime is addressing this concern by offering its expertise to American issuers such as credit unions and community banks, which may need additional knowledge but are reluctant to outsource their entire EMV project.

When a mobile wallet fails, it doesn't go away. Companies can upgrade dormant apps and remove their functionality, but the apps stay on users' phones, each one a headstone in a growing digital graveyard.

It's been a year and a half since Twitter Inc. hired the CEO of Ticketmaster to be its head of e- commerce. While the social site hasn't exactly morphed into a shopping destination, hints of the company's plans are starting to emerge.

Google Wallet is making a significant change in how it handles funds, in the latest of a series of moves that gives Google a stronger footing against Apple Pay's rising tide.

CoinTent, a San Francisco-based micropayments company, has released a product to enable media companies to sell individual articles to non-subscribers.

Amazon long ago redesigned the way consumers shop and pay online, and it envisions a retail environment where payments happen just as seamlessly and shoppers never even need to slow down to check out.

EMV will require new payment processes that, while seemingly small to those instituting the change, require a shift in behavior that could feel monumental to consumers.

MasterCard is betting that there is a third choice besides plastic cards and mobile wallets. And that choice is one that has sputtered in the past.

China's renminbi is quickly climbing the ladder of global acceptance, but many multi-national corporations are not prepared to accept cross-border payments using that currency.

Sales of cyberinsurance are rising among financial services companies, a sign of the times as data breaches, distributed denial of services and other types of attacks continue. But policies can be misleading, and they definitely are no silver bullet.

PORTLAND, Maine — Synergent Technology Services has signed Manchester, N.H.-based Members First Credit Union to use the Episys Core Processing Solution by Symitar.

Google's rumored bill presentment service, called Pony Express, is still in development and has not been officially announced. But the email-based payment service has the potential to disrupt the banking world — if it can overcome the significant obstacles ahead of it.

MasterCard has joined forces with celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson to deploy its Qkr app at the product's first restaurant location in the United States.

American Express' financial performance is already suffering from the pending loss of its Costco card business in U.S., pressuring the company's focus on emerging payments technology to provide a financial lift to calm nervous investors.

No two digital wallets are alike, but there is a growing interest within the payments industry in standardizing a base layer for digital payments.

Modern consumer cars may not be as full-featured as the Batmobile or Knight Rider's KITT, but they are getting closer, and a growing number of financial companies want to put their products under the hood.

While Google may be the behemoth in web search, its payments initiatives leave a lot to be desired.

Taco Bell will start its first customer-loyalty program later this year in an effort to keep diners coming into the restaurants regularly.

Chief Executive Officer Ken Chenault is under pressure to demonstrate how Amex can recover from setbacks including the end of a partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp.