David Heun

What Google ultimately does with its Google Checking service for banks will have a major effect on how mobile payments at all levels — from point of sale, to e-commerce, P2P and bill pay — will move forward.

Like its rival Mastercard, payments volume is on the rise at Visa, but the coronavirus complicates the near-term economic outlook and makes China an even tougher market.

TBI Bank is an early regional adopter of a program that allows SEPA instant faster payments for digital lending clients.

The card networks' single "click to pay" button — an implementation of Secure Remote Commerce — is drawing some negative attention from merchant groups and independent networks that see it as a way to steal volume from alternative payment providers.

While touting iPhone 11 as a big hit with consumers because of its various features and high-quality camera, Apple CEO Tim Cook also pointed to Apple Card as a reason the company's newest smartphone sold so well during the holidays.

Seeking a way to boost Spain's fintech sector, CaixaBank is partnering with global startup Plug and Play to promote collaboration for new banking, payments and insurance services.

American Express has focused the past few years on overcoming a couple of its stigmas — that not all U.S. merchants accept Amex cards, and that younger cardholders were not intrigued by the status of holding an Amex card.

Biometrics technology provider PopID has developed a business philosophy that tests the consumers' comfort level with facial recognition in a more casual setting.

With Synchrony smarting over the loss of Walmart and Verizon facing heat from T-Mobile's payment app, a card partnership was a natural fit.

Calculating the average U.S. phone bill to be around $80 a month, San Francisco-based Digit has established a way for consumers to more easily set aside money for that expense.