Three heavy hitters in the payment-card industry are trying to smooth the path for small merchants to support EMV chip cards by launching an education and Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Here’s how serious the doubts are among payment-systems professionals about EMV and mobile payments: 68 percent of them say pressure to migrate to new payment Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Costco’s co-branded card is a tale of cities: New York City versus San Fransisco. To be more specific, it’s a tale of two payments networks: American Express Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The migration to EMV in the US, as MPD CEO Karen Webster discussed earlier this week in a live digital discussion, is putting a new face on point-of-sale. New Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Researchers are investigating whether recalling text messages, calls, and Facebook likes could be a useful log-in strategy. Source: http://www.technologyreview.com

The conversations in mobile payments have largely been about ways to create faster, more secure, easier payment options. But Amit Jhas, CEO of Lucova, an Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Lyst is now $40 million richer and ready to expand into the international arena at the conclusion of its latest funding round. The e-commerce site can now Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Every payments executive with a mobile payments app that he/she wants to put in market wants to know the answer to the million (or perhaps billion) dollar Source: http://www.pymnts.com

In a strong first quarter that produced a 17 percent net income increase to $1 billion, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga focused his comments during the company’s call Source: http://www.pymnts.com

PayPal has added another online ordering platform to its list that will accept the payments system, as Tillster — a provider of digital ordering and engagement Source: http://www.pymnts.com