Square Inc. has purchased food delivery company, Caviar, in a move to add non-payment features to its mobile payment and ordering system.

General Motors' auto-finance arm has received a Department of Justice subpoena related to the underwriting criteria it used on securitized subprime auto loans, the company said Monday.

P.F. Chang's has provided an update on the data breach it disclosed in June, revealing that the incident affected 33 restaurants with a specific timeframe for each location.

Authentify is unveiling an extension to its mobile device-based authentication software.

Roam, a Boston-based unit of Ingenico, has begun offering its mobile payment services on Leapfactor, a business software platform.

WASHINGTON — The banking industry is stepping up pressure on the Senate to pass a cybersecurity bill this fall that would expand information sharing on cyber threats between private companies and the federal government.

Even though the adoption of the EMV initiative is voluntary, you don’t want to be the one looking for a chair when the music stops. Missing the October 2015 deadline for implementing Chip and PIN could come with a costly price tag for banks and merchants.

Amazon's new mobile wallet can't make payments, but it benefits from working with Blackhawk Network to connect to gift and loyalty cards from Blackhawk merchants.

As consumers extend their spending across the globe, the various hurdles they face are becoming targets of innovation.

MasterCard is putting its digital payment efforts in the spotlight. The Purchase, N.Y. card network is also adding to the number of non-payment services it offers to digitally focused companies.

While banks continue to be optimistic about the potential growth possibilities of mobile photo bill pay, in which customers pay invoices by taking pictures of them, trade groups and imaging experts note the technology is not as straightforward as mobile check deposit.

Stellar, a new protocol for transmitting money, is launching under the guidance of several payments industry experts.

We're teaming up with BAI on new initiative focused on providing bankers information and perspective to aid in future technology decisions.

Boku has signed direct carrier billing agreements with the leading telcos in India.

As the payments industry attempts to standardize the process of using a token to replace sensitive data, the end result may still involve several different approaches.

If Capital One can lure a highly regarded expert like Dan Makoski from Google to head up the bank's payment technology development, it stands to reason other banks would do the same. Maybe. But it won't be easy, experts say.

Historically, only lenders have had unlimited access to consumers' complete credit files, while consumers are generally restricted to obtaining just one free credit report a year from major credit bureaus. Credit Karma is making that data even more accessible so that consumers can better understand how lenders evaluate their creditworthiness.

MasterCard's digital wallet is currently live in 10 markets and the company has plans to add four more countries this year in a push to strengthen the card network's capabilities in an increasingly digital world.

Apple has big plans for payments, but it's not outspoken about what they are. However, more of its behind-the-scenes efforts are starting to leak; these six reports came in just the past two months.

SCVNGR's LevelUp is launching a gift card program to allow merchants to sell physical cards in-store and digital cards through the company's mobile wallet app.