David Heun

Some merchants, issuers and processors are concerned that the card brands will tout their "ownership" of payment card prefixes as a basis for requesting that mobile transactions on their cards be routed to their networks and screened through tokenization services they provide.

PayPal is launching a cross-border trade service to help small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S. improve their international presence and sales.

N26 will soon add insurance service to go along with its mobile payments, and credit and savings accounts.

Mobile QuickPass NFC payments are accepted at nearly a half million point-of-sale terminals outside of China, and QuickPass QR code payments have been available in Hong Kong and Singapore for about a month.

Consumers have accepted the use of fingerprint authentication for mobile payments. But will they be as welcoming of facial recognition? A few companies are testing the waters.

Boku and Microsoft have delivered carrier billing in Canada, the U.K., Italy, Russia and other markets.

Mobile payments, online transactions and electronic billing are all on the rise, according to new analysis from the Federal Reserve.

The FTC likes facial recognition, but consumers may not be comfortable with using the technology to secure mobile payments.

InstaReM plans to use the investment to accommodate rapid volume expansion.

EMV chips can take a company only so far, leading Oberthur to consider Morpho's expertise in biometrics and embedded security methods.