SAN ANTONIO – Digital Defense, provider of online fraud detection for credit unions, on Monday said it was awarded patent-pending status for its scanning technology’s host reconciliation process.

Apple's one nod to payments during its keynote address at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is its plan to store users' credit card info in a new iCloud keychain for online shopping.

The National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program has sparked a major outcry over phone monitoring, but the less-publicized government accumulation of credit card and other payments data can provide far more granular intelligence, according to payments experts.

Microsoft confirmed that the company will eliminate Microsoft Points, its digital currency, in favor of pricing digital content in local currencies.

MasterCard will make the card network's Expert Monitoring Fraud Scoring for Merchants available to Kount's merchant clients.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU has introduced eAlerts, real-time notifications sent by email or text message to members based on the recurring or one-time information they choose to receive regarding account-specific or general credit union information.

MasterCard will make the card network's Expert Monitoring Fraud Scoring for Merchants available to Kount's merchant clients.

Manufacturers of PIN entry devices have received updated Payment Card Industry security requirements.

Wex Inc. and Alegeus Technologies are offering an electronic settlement method for healthcare claim payments that’s designed to be an alternative to automated clearing house (ACH) transactions.

ACA International is seeking member assistance to help compile important data to help ACA advocate for reforms of the Telephone Consumers Protection Act in Washington, D.C.

USAlliance FCU has grown loans with increased cross- sales since launching the Micronotes Cross-Sell solution, which one person is calling "a Swiss Army knife" for gathering member data.

Consumers have high expectations for the future of mobile payments, but many aren't exactly sure what their own involvement will be.

American Express and ShopRunner are promoting a system designed to mitigate online 'cart abandonment' as more e-commerce moves to mobile devices.

Tango Card is pitching its online gift card platform as a way to let big companies provide small-dollar awards to their employees.

Leading into Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, starting Monday in San Francisco, a patent application surfaced that provides fresh details on Apple's approach to mobile payments.

Mobile payments company, Boku Inc. and PlayJam, which provides a platform for games on televisions, are working together to allow consumers to make purchases on smart TVs.

Though Apple doesn't have a dedicated mobile wallet, its plans for mobile payments are at least as old as the iPhone itself. Here is a rundown of the many ideas Apple has explored in its mobile payment patents.

Two operators of Liberty Reserve SA pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that they helped run the largest money-laundering scheme in history.

The data security risk that accompanies the growth of electronic commerce can be met by surgical removal of the data itself, Chase Paymentech says.

If most data breaches occur because consumers and businesses fail to take simple precautions, EZShield wants to help cut down on those mistakes.