The pieces for a robust digital payments market in India are in place, and are waiting for a merchant-friendly catalyst, says Srinivas Nidugondi, head of mobile financial solutions at Mahindra Comviva, which is partnering with First Data to offer a mobile point of sale product in India.

Tanjarine is looking to improve card security in restaurant payments as it deploys a tablet-based system that is also meant to improve the customer experience.

Ever since Google announced the availability of Host Card Emulation (HCE) in the last version of Android, the discussion in the world of mobile payments has taken a very interesting turn.

Braintree a payment technology business owned by eBay, is reportedly looking at accepting the popular and controversial digital currency, Bitcoin, as a form of payment.

Square is under pressure to adapt to the onslaught of competition from the likes of Amazon, PayPal, Groupon and Fiserv, all of which have applied their own spin to the mobile card reader concept. Square has recently made a number of moves to improve its offerings and its image.

First Data is bringing a new electronic payment offering to Brazil in collaboration with Bancoob, the banking arm of the credit union cooperative system Sicoob.

Using the format of a Top 10 list, Square Inc. attempted to set the record straight on various perceptions of its business that it insists "are totally bogus."

People are still using pedestrian passwords that are easy to break, security company Trustwave has found.

FREDERICK, Md. — Although software as a service is a common phrase due to wide market adoption rates, technology as a service is another idiom that is catching on for similar reasons.

TAMPA, Fla. — Grow Financial Federal Credit Union wanted a technology tool that captures results and interest so it invested in teller capture solutions.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — When credit union members need answers to questions these days, they want them easily and fast.

SmartMetric Inc., a maker of biometric smart cards, failed in its appeal of a court decision saying Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. don't infringe a patent for credit and debit cards containing chips.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — For many credit unions, selecting a new core provider is a cumbersome, tedious process that takes months and sometimes more than a year.

Supervalu Inc. said customers' payment-card details may have been stolen as the U.S. grocery chain with more than 3,300 stores became the latest to fall victim to hackers.

For some time now, I’ve been using the mobile alerting capabilities offered by my bank and card issuers. The reassurance from knowing that I’ll be notified via text message of typical and not-so-typical transactions puts my mind at ease and gives me a sense of playing a part in the fraud prevention game.

Companies like PayPal and Square reward hackers with "bug bounties" for finding and reporting vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by fraudsters, and their welcoming attitude toward the hacking community is paying off.

The launch of Visa Checkout has attracted more interest from consumers than the launch of its earlier incarnation, V.me, according to PNC Bank.

Pockio, a U.K.-based company that re-sells gift cards for cryptocurrency, has expanded the number of brands it offers from 30 to 160 in only a couple of months.

As consumers warm to the idea of using their phones to make payments and manage accounts, they are flocking to merchant apps to do so. Instead of using one unified wallet, a shopper's phone may be stuffed with any of these payment-capable programs.

NEW YORK — The U.S. payments system's march toward EMV is gaining steam, according to the Payments Security Task Force.