David Heun

Payment processor and technology provider Elavon is launching tablet-based point-of-sale software for its small and mid-size merchants in Canada.

Appetize will soon install its point-of-sale platform into more major sports and entertainment venues in California through a partnership with Legends.

E-commerce payment gateway Instamojo is adding digital wallet payment acceptance to its platform, further pushing initiatives to have consumers in India using less cash.

As merchants and app developers seek to emulate disruptors like Uber or Airbnb by embedding payments in the user experience, the pressure will mount to be one of the few apps that consumers regularly use.

Mobile can make in-store payments easier and add dimensions to marketing, but consumers will drive the shopping experience, placing unprepared merchants at a disadvantage.

CHICAGO -- In payments politics, it's difficult to imagine a topic that gets the blood flowing more than the EMV chip-card shift in the U.S.

CHICAGO -- Ask a group of consumers what's keeping them from using a mobile wallet and more than half will say it's not safe to do so.

Health care stands to benefit from automated and easier-to-understand billing and payments, but PatientPay is betting that ridding the system of paper is required on the benefits end as well.

CHICAGO – Mobile wallets are evolving in the key areas of availability and consumer awareness, but they continue to lack in the critical aspect of convincing users of their value, said Google executive Jack Connors.

Near Field Communication tags — stickers embedded with wireless technology — were seen as a bridge technology for contactless payments in the U.S. before phones came with NFC built-in. In India, however, NFC tags are proving to have a much longer shelf life.

Because of zero liability rules, consumers rarely share the extent of the concerns banks have over account security. But their fears might be growing.

For many JPMorgan Chase customers and Android device users, a hint of a marriage between the large issuer and the prevalent mobile wallet is welcome news.

If there is a takeaway from Citigroup's not-quite-stellar rollout of the Costco Anywhere Visa card, it is this: Even in modern times, the transition of large card portfolios from one issuer to another can prove disastrously complex.

Acquirers and independent sales organizations have long heard a similar refrain: Adjust to the fast pace of technology or perish.

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India has launched a payment service through its mobile banking app using smartphone keyboard technology developed at one of its mobile development challenge events.

Carrier billing provider Boku will offer its service in Lithuania through an expansion of its partnerships with Google and Bite.

For the first time, EMVCo, the card network-operated EMV standards body, has established an approval process to formally certify that contactless mobile payment devices can operate at EMV approved terminals.

They may seem like a relic from a bygone era, but dial-up terminals have shown surprising staying power in today's payments ecosystem.

Not many people have taken the plunge to use mobile payments full-time, but a very high number have dipped a toe in the water.

Five months after creating Instant Pay to allow Uber drivers to get faster payments into Green Dot's GoBank accounts, the companies are expanding the program to include nearly any U.S. debit card.