By Kevin Woodward@DTPaymentNews E-commerce fraud, the bane of online retailers and payments providers, is not only on the rise, certain U.S. locations seem more prone to this deceit than others. That’s according to a recent report from Experian plc. Data-specialist Experian says the riskiest ZIP code for shipping-address fraud is …

• U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to announce a crackdown on a global mail-fraud scheme that allegedly stole millions of dollars from elderly victims, CNNMoney reported. At the center of the investigation is an Canadian processor named PacNet Services Ltd. that reportedly deposited many of the victims’ checks. …

Apple Pay has brought the one-click simplicity of its mobile-payments service to the desktop and mobile browsers. Apple Inc. on Tuesday released an update for Apple computers that enables consumers to pay using its Apple Pay mobile wallet on participating Web sites, such as Lululemon.com and Apple.com, but only when …

• Apple Inc. said it is bringing its Apple Pay mobile-payments service to Japan with its new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus smart phones, and Apple Watch Series 2. Apple Pay will work with Japan’s variant of near-field communication (NFC) contactless technology known as FeliCa. • The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial …

By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews Gift card marketers have dominated the holiday season and other gift-giving occasions in recent years, but now a card is coming to thousands of those checkout-lane racks that will let budding investors buy or give away shares of stock in a favorite company.

Worldpay, WePay, and Stripe are among those viewed as attractive targets as the industry consolidates. Apparently, investors are not ready to put away their checkbooks when it comes to payments companies. Despite potential macro uncertainty stemming from the U.S. presidential election and the specter of the United Kingdom’s departure from …

With a few exceptions, mobile wallets have so far held scant allure for consumers. Why is that, and what could change it? Most mobile-wallet managers don’t like to talk about it, but their products have a consumer problem—in that people who have the necessary smart phones just aren’t all that …

The influence of fraud prevention on checkout and customer experience is often underestimated because the two priorities seem unrelated. But as EMV has shown, that’s not the case. EMV adoption is progressing, but there’s still a long way to go, particularly as regards customer experience. In fact, the shift to …

• Mobile-ticketing platform Atom Tickets announced its app now works with 200 more theaters in 40 new markets across the country, including San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Denver, and Sacramento. Partners include AMC Theaters, Regal Cinemas, and Studio Movie Grill. • In related news, mobile-ticketing specialist ExtremeTix Inc. introduced a …

By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews Traffic on the nation’s automated clearing house network has perked up over the last couple of years, and the latest statistics show no slacking off in that trend. Second-quarter transaction volume on the ACH grew 5.6% in the quarter ended June 30, down from the first …