John Adams

India's sudden shake-up of its currency system last fall was an early holiday for digital payment companies, and Visa was no exception.

Samsung is trying a number of plays to extend the reach of Samsung Pay, and plans to launch a Samsung Pay Mini app for online payments on all Android phones.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Sofi moves closer to payments; Fed staffer's bitcoin mining causes trouble; Liverpool's virtual currency; sunglass payments.

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Taxi hailing and payment technology has been an important part of Verifone's mobile payment strategy, and this new move will fold Way2ride into Curb.

President Donald Trump's plans to deregulate the financial services industry still lack detail, though Mastercard is betting on a more favorable legal environment in the future.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square incents Apple Pay; BNY gets aggressie with blockchain; online grocers set for a spike; Ingenico makes an acquisition in India.

To date, Ant's Alipay has been comparable to PayPal, seldom venturing beyond payments. The financial products Alipay plans to pursue as it enters new markets put it more firmly in direct competition with mainstream banks.

Consumers will be able to avoid manually entering a full account number on a mobile screen.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Cash for charitable payments wanes; a new widget for virtual currency; Apple joins AI group; Hans Morris' Nyca raises $125 million for a new fund.