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.

Curve argues that as the number of cards in its app increases, the chances of choosing a wrong card for a payment become greater.

Apple's plans to display a bright blue bar on iPhone screens when an application is monitoring the user's location may feel like a threat to location-based marketing. More likely, it is an overdue wake-up call for banks to improve their communication about the benefits of location data.

Wearables are a clear evolution of the mobile wallet, but companies are still experimenting with use cases. Here are a few of the latest concepts.

After two years of getting its footing in the U.S. and South American markets, Poynt is ready to expand into Europe.

More e-commerce and multi-channel merchants are accepting payments from mobile devices, even though they haven't addressed all of the security gaps inherent to the technology.

Apple's plans to display a bright blue bar on iPhone screens when an application is monitoring the user's location may feel like a threat to location-based marketing. More likely, it is an overdue wake-up call for retailers and banks to improve their communication about the benefits of location data.

Chinese tourists visiting Spain will be able to shop at Spanish stores using their Alipay mobile wallets through an agreement between BBVA Group and Ant Financial Services, the Alibaba affiliate that operates Alipay.

Verifone is focusing more on operating an open platform in which third-party developers and financial partners could build within Verifone point of sale network parameters.

Local payments are included in the e-commerce checkout process, allowing merchants to immediately sell products online to local customers.

Decision Intelligence uses artificial intelligence iin an attempt to increase the accuracy of real-time approvals of safe transactions and reduce false declines.