Roam is approaching potential U.S. clients with a product that allows businesses to deploy and centrally manage a broad network of mobile point of sale terminals.

Credit unions across the nation are moving up their EMV conversion timelines, considering more class action lawsuits against Target Corp. and calling on Congress to create rules requiring greater payment data security from retailers.

Visa has launched a new communications campaign that takes emerging payments channels into consideration.

PayPal plans to deploy a checkout system that contains the payment entirely within the merchant's website, one of several payments technology initiatives underway in at eBay's payments subsidiary.

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. said Jan. 10 that some unauthorized purchases may have been made with customer cards, the second retailer after Target Corp. to be struck by hackers during the important holiday season.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CUNA expects approval of the Internet domain name .creditunion (dot credit union) by the worldwide Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, anytime now.

Swift, the financial messaging service, is creating a global Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralized location to collect and share information to help banks vet the risk posed by other banks that handle transactions for corporate clients.

Linking loyalty to payment cards, especially through cobranded products, is a relatively new practice that retailers say helps them target offers to their best customers.

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. said Jan. 10 that some unauthorized purchases may have been made with customer cards, the second retailer after Target Corp. to be struck by hackers during the important holiday season.

Bitcoin is gaining legitimacy as an alternative to cash and card payments, but for all its popularity, the digital currency has many limitations. Here are a few.

SmartMetric Inc. is launching a Bitcoin card protected with biometric fingerprint authentication. The card can be used as offline storage for bitcoins, but in the future it might also be used for payment.

Ingenico SA's partnership with mobile commerce software provider Starmount will allow the terminal maker to provide U.S. merchants with information needed to complete sales in any part of their stores.

The Washington, D.C. Metro transportation system says it will test new electronic fare equipment after completing a deal with Accenture to replace older systems.

The CardLinx Association is working with its members to form standards to measure the link between advertising and marketing campaigns and payments performance.

Petrosoft, a business software provider, is offering quick service retailers and their customers new products to streamline the point of sale experience.

OnPoint Community Credit Union is using person-to-person payments as the foundation of building consumer comfort with mobile as a channel for money movement.

American Express Co. said it's appealing a federal judge's order approving Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.'s $5.7 billion settlement that ended years of litigation with U.S. merchants over allegations that credit-card swipe fees are improperly fixed.

MasterCard's recent commitment to its U.S. EMV-chip card migration timeline is only one piece of the puzzle. Now, all eyes are on Visa to see if it will support or counter its rival's move.

Target Corp., the second-largest U.S. discount retailer, cut its U.S. unit’s fourth-quarter forecast and said the recent security breach affected more people and more information than previously thought was taken.

Telefonica O2 UK Ltd. is shutting down the Near Field Communication-based mobile wallet it launched for consumers in the U.K. nearly three years ago.