Experian launched Precise ID Personal Protection Alerts, a service designed to help people know which businesses are checking out their personal information to authenticate transactions.

BlueSnap is among a growing number of vendors offering to manage the complex programming needs of emerging payments systems on behalf of other companies.

Natural Security SAS hopes North America will be as receptive to its biometric payment authentication system as France is.

Consumer spending fell 0.2% in April, the weakest reading since May last year, according to the Commerce Department.

Slyce pictures a day when consumers will be able to buy anything depicted in a TV or printed advertisement — or even a product seen in person — by snapping a photo of it with their mobile device.

Electronic invoicing provider Invoicera.com is integrating its technology with payments processor ACH Payments to add an additional gateway for Invoicera.com's clients to process card payments.

VERNON HILLS, Ill. – Baxter CU this week became the first credit union to go live with a proposed credit union standard for the integration of credit union data across diverse channels, a specification being called CU Financial Exchange, or CUFX.

It's hard to build and maintain a false persona on social networks, and that's what makes sites like Facebook and Twitter such useful tools for controlling risk, says John Canfield, WePay's new vice president of risk management.

The lack of a standard technology model for mobile point of sale payments is not only holding back consumer adoption, it's also affecting regulatory compliance, says Mphasis' Kumail Tyebjee.

Mobile payments provider Fortumo Ltd. landed a major European carrier-billing deal last week, less than a month after revealing a significant partnership with Microsoft for mobile payment development on Windows phones.

PHOENIX – Desert Schools FCU has signed with ACI Worldwide to implement the company’s online banking and bill payment services.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County CU said this afternoon it has introduced a new capability for its mobile technology which allows Visa card holders to transfer their credit card accounts from other financial institutions to a San Diego County CU Visa credit card.

TSYS will provide payment processing for KeyBank's consumer credit card portfolio as part of a long-term agreement announced today.

John Canfield is the new vice president of risk management at small-business payment company WePay.

With a data breach dispute between Visa Inc. and Nashville-based retailer Genesco Inc. heading toward a July 2014 trial, Visa lawyers are asking a federal judge to dismiss some claims in a lawsuit Genesco filed against the card brand.

DataCash, a MasterCard payments processing subsidiary, and Redecard will partner to sell electronic commerce products to merchants in Brazil.

Credit bureaus and payment companies are testing ways to use social media – say, a Facebook Inc. post about a recently purchased Corvette – to verify a person’s identity and even assess consumer creditworthiness.

LevelUp has made constant changes to its mobile-payments technology as it has aggressively spread its system to new consumers and merchants alike. Today, it is in the process of eliminating issues by replacing its older systems and is promoting a white-label app to appeal to more merchants.

Mercedes-Benz has a new account management app, My MBFS (Mercedes-Benz Financial Services), for motorists to use within their vehicles to review and pay auto loan and lease statements.

In an interview this week, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, the director of Fincen, said the government was not trying to squash the development of digital currencies, but made it clear they must follow proper anti-money laundering procedures like other financial institutions.