A majority of Americans—62%—believe credit and debit cards and other electronic payments will replace cash in their lifetimes, finds a recent Gallup Inc. poll. But that doesn’t mean cash will disappear any time soon, experts say. Of the more than 1,000 consumers surveyed, only 11% said it is very unlikely and …

A little bit of London may find its way into the hands of U.S. transit riders. Cubic Transportation Systems, a unit of Cubic Corp., will license contactless ticketing technology developed by Transport for London, the U.K. capital’s transit agency, for use with similar agencies around the world. TfL’s technology enables transit …

Look for cardless cash access at more ATMs in coming months. Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) and Payment Alliance International Inc. plan to bring the FIS Cardless Cash service to more than 70,000 PAI ATMs. The deal, announced Friday, will significantly expand the number of participating machines from the …

Samsung Pay, the mobile payment service launched by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. a year after Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay debuted, appears to be faring better with consumers despite Apple Pay’s higher adoption rate. In its most recent Mobile Pay Tracker, New York-based Auriemma Consulting Group, found that 92% of Samsung …

The percentage of U.S. consumers who experienced credit card fraud in the past five years leaped from 41% in 2014 to 47% in 2016, according to the “2016 Global Consumer Card Fraud: Where Card Fraud Is Coming From” report released Tuesday by Aite Group LLC. The report surveyed more than …

Despite the hoopla surrounding EMV acceptance, and the constant promotions from acquirers and payments providers touting EMV-capable equipment, at least one acquirer, Square Inc., continues to believe there is a market for magnetic-stripe readers. A direct-mail piece from Square mailed late last week touts its magnetic-stripe reader along with its …

Fourth-quarter transaction decline rates for credit and debit cards used for subscription payments increased to 15.9% from a first-quarter 2015 low of 14.4%, based on the value of the transaction, according to a report from Recurly Inc., a recurring-payments specialist. The “Recurly Subscription Snapshot,” which analyzed 25 million recurring payments …

A central Illinois grocery-store chain will expand online and add mobile payments beginning this fall. The service enables consumers to use credit and debit cards along with electronic benefits transfer cards to pay for orders, says Ithaca, N.Y.-based Rosie Applications Inc., the vendor providing the technology. The move by Quincy, …

Moneris Solutions USA, the U.S. arm of Canada-based Moneris Solutions Corp., appears to have suitors, according to a recent Bloomberg.com report. Moneris is a joint venture between RBC Financial Group and BMO Bank of Montreal. Bloomberg.com reports that merchant processor Vantiv Inc. and Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York-based private …

Merchants that add surcharges to credit card transactions likely can continue to do so despite the overturning of the interchange settlement that enabled them to do so. A federal appeals court last week threw out an agreement initially reached four years ago over card-network interchange and acceptance rules. The interchange …