Digital payments
The web-hosting company is updating its point-of-sale hardware and partnering with the company behind the Paze digital wallet as part of an effort to serve its clients' needs beyond e-commerce.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to issue guidance soon around fraud liability on digital payment platforms, and the thorniest question concerns who pays for customers' mistakes.
August 23 -
To keep customer relationships "sticky," Langley Federal Credit Union will roll out a bill pay feature this summer that tries to mimic the advantages customers get by going directly to the biller site.
June 16
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Card issuers have pushed for more direct access to iPhones for years, and with the tech giant's policies facing fresh political and legal heat, Wells Fargo exec Ukrike Guigui says a more open mobile payment market would benefit merchants and consumers.
May 10 -
A few months after cutting ties with its Diem stablecoin project, the company formerly known as Facebook is testing a virtual world marketplace.
April 13 -
These tech titans still depend on banks to back their payment cards and loans. But their vast audiences mean any financial product they offer is a competitive threat.
March 29 -
Tap to Pay on iPhone turns any of the tech giant's recent smartphones into a card reader, but since Apple doesn't provide its own merchant services, it stops short of becoming a direct threat to acquirers and payment facilitators.
February 8 -
The upgrades merchants made to accept chip cards and mobile wallets have made it easier to add new services via software updates. NCR and other point-of-sale vendors are using these systems to support digital currencies without requiring new hardware.
February 3 -
Few banks have adopted an instant invoicing technology called Request for Pay, but more may get on board to help their customers avoid overdraft charges.
January 28 -
The automaker plans to overhaul its online car-shopping portal, while also developing an in-car system for purchasing fuel, parking and other goods and services.
January 17