In an announcement released this morning (March 4), Citibank said that it has signed a “new and expanded” deal that will align debit and credit cards issued by Citibank with the MasterCard network for the next ten years. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

CHICAGO, United States — New technology about to be deployed by credit card companies will require U.S. consumers to carry a new kind of card and retailers across the nation to upgrade payment terminals. Source: http://www.businessoffashion.com

Some banks are seeing a growing incidence of fraud on Apple Pay as criminals exploit vulnerabilities in the verification process of adding a credit card. Source: blogs.wsj.com

Lax security controls fingered Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk

The Mandarin Oriental Group, proprietor of the eponymous hotels, seems to be the latest victim of an attack by cybercriminals. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The power of location-based services has only increased in the restaurant industry, but will it last? Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The world’s largest search provider and the world’s largest retailer are breaking up – when it comes to local ads anyway. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

A decade after its birth in a Brooklyn apartment, online crafting marketplace Etsy is heading for an IPO on the NASDAQ. The company values itself at around $1.7 billion, according to a regulatory filing. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The Shopify point of sale app has come to the iPhone.The e-commerce software company announced this week that Shopify POS is now available for the Apple iPhone and iPad, and it is free for all Shopify merchants. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Having made a name for themselves in providing an on-demand shipping service, Shyp announced on March 4 that it would now enable customers to return items bought from select retailers, fixing something the company claims was an inefficiency in the… Source: http://www.pymnts.com