CardFlight has released a new reader for its SwipeSimple mobile point of sale offering to accept EMV-chip cards.

Throughout the U.S., many companies are still not covering the essentials when protecting their systems, but the enemy is getting increasingly sophisticated and relentless, Visa's risk chief said.

PayStand is launching a new mobile payment app and card reader to accept credit card payments, but promises to cut merchants' costs by also accepting e-checks and Bitcoin.

Phone-order fraud is expected to spike in the same manner as any other card-not-present fraud as a result of the U.S. migration to EMV chip-based cards at the point of sale.

The new digital currency entrepreneurs are stripping the bitcoins from Bitcoin, building new iterations of the underlying blockchain technology without clinging to any digital currency token.

Lending analytics firm Orchard Platform has cut a deal with alternative small-business lender Kabbage to allow institutions to invest in the latter's relatively new line of consumer loans.

You would think by now most merchants would know how to protect payment card information.

Google's planned integration of bill pay and presentment with its immensely popular Gmail service could quickly scoop away one of the stickiest offerings of online banking sites.

Social media data offers banks a vast, relatively untapped source of insights about everything from marketing to identifying new customers, talent and potential risk management issues. The key is assembling a team that knows how to mine social media for information.

Elizabeth Buse will become sole CEO for UK-based mobile banking provider Monitise Plc in a company shakeup stemming from a failure to attract a buyer in the first three months of 2015.

Google probably could have hired anyone it wanted to be chief financial officer. For those trying to ascertain why Google chose Ruth Porat of Morgan Stanley, her experience in banking is likely one of her key selling points.

PLANO, Texas — Alkami Technology, Inc., a provider of digital banking solutions, said Syracuse, N.Y.-based Empower Federal Credit Union has selected the company's ORB Platform for digital banking.

Retailers and financial institutions are teaming up to improve the flow of information regarding cybersecurity.

Selfies, or self-portraits typically taken with a smartphone's camera, are an all-too-common consumer habit. And the practice is now migrating to formal business use, such as for authentication.

By poaching Ruth Porat from Morgan Stanley, it's clear Google wants to forge closer relationships with banks. That's because banks hold the key to helping Google expand its Google Wallet mobile-payments product.

It's a sure thing that the founders of the Pony Express in 1860 didn't have a futuristic vision in mind of what a digital Pony Express might look like — but Google Inc. reportedly has chosen that branding for its next payment service.

Retailers and bankers are teaming up to improve the flow of information regarding cybersecurity.

Lendio, an online lending marketplace for small business, raised $20.5 million of equity capital in a recently completed funding round.

BURBANK, Calif. — Three years ago Burbank Community Federal Credit Union rebranded itself as UMe Federal Credit Union. With a mobile-first product strategy, the $165 million CU has realized significant market gains, including a 30% jump in real estate lending.

Zumigo, an identity provider, is expanding the reach of its mobile location verification service to online merchants.