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Small merchants can trade learnings and share advice through new Hubba Group discussion forums on a variety of retail topics.

The specialty apparel retailer, which suffered a 6-month-long attack, said malicious code had been removed and sensitive customer information was not compromised. 

The mass merchant's e-wallet now gives customers nearly instant access to new payment options in stores.

The dropzone event, and others to come, aim to be exclusive flash sales targeting consumers in specific locations to drive purchases via mobile.

Amazon Prime Reload is the e-commerce giant's latest effort to market Prime by offering a cash-back bonus.

Venmo may soon be accepted by more PayPal merchants, as testing wraps up and a major expansion of the capability nears.

More shoppers are opening store credit card accounts with Amazon than with any other retailer, a new survey found.

Apple is enabling peer-to-peer money transfers through Apple Pay, expanding the utility of its mobile payment solution in a way that may help retail in the long run.

The U.K.-based company is testing an app that would enable merchants to support lineless, touchless checkout processes, rivaling the technology of Amazon Go.

In its latest mobile commerce move, the company is enabling Mastercard's digital payment service to be used to refuel customers' virtual loyalty cards.

The gift card marketplace company is morphing its mobile app into a mobile wallet that allows consumers to buy gift cards and redeem them in-store and online.

Tech company Universal Secure Registry has filed a lawsuit claiming that Apple Pay infringes on four of its patents.

The Florida-based regional retailer is deploying enterprise mobile apps from IBM to help store associates improve customer experiences.

The company's innovation development team is working on a "cloud-native, mobile-first" platform that promises new features and integration with its Singular platform.

Users of the payment app can now link to their PayPal accounts to pay with one touch at more than 16 million PayPal merchants.

The company has enhanced its platform with order management, predictive sort and other e-commerce support features.

At the company's developer conference, an executive demonstrated the conversational commerce capabilities by ordering delivery from Panera and paying via fingerprint technology.

The app's popularity and use of gift cards make it an attractive target. 

At the Retail Business Technology Expo, VP of Strategy and Innovation Anita Liu Harvey urged retailers to strive for a shopping process that doesn't require paying at checkout before leaving the store.

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial's mobile payments platform, in partnership with First Data, will primarily target or appeal to Chinese tourists in the U.S.

Nearly 80% of those surveyed said they want more biometric authentication methods beyond fingerprint authentication to access mobile banking or payment apps, EyeVerify found.

Criminals are capable of using a variety of methods, including fast, automated bots to crack the serial numbers of gift cards, according to Flashpoint.

CEO Tim Cook touted the numbers on a call with analysts, although he did not reveal the total number of Apple Pay users, nor the amount of revenue the company earns from Apple Pay.

About 84% of retailers will also use mobile point-of-sale systems in stores by 2020, according to new research from Boston Retail Partners.

The Financial Choice Act would undo the Durbin Amendment, which limits debit card fees paid by retailers to banks and credit card issuers.