John Adams

As JPMorgan Chase gears up for the launch of the merchant-friendly Chase Pay wallet, it's taking the opportunity to freshen its approach to P-to-P mobile payments.

Apple Pay has underperformed most expectations, but there are signs the technology company's iconic brand can draw mobile payment users when the marketing is in the right place.

Check image specialist CheckAlt has acquired receivables transaction management provider Klik Technologies, a deal CheckAlt hopes will boost its profile as the financial services and corporate payments markets turn toward mobile-based technology to process checks.

Check image specialist CheckAlt has acquired receivables transaction management provider Klik Technologies, a deal CheckAlt hopes will boost its profile as the financial services and corporate payments markets turn toward mobile-based technology to process checks.

As JPMorgan Chase gears up for the launch of the merchant-friendly Chase Pay wallet, it's taking the opportunity to freshen its approach to P-to-P mobile payments.

Visa's Digital Commerce App is allowing financial institutions to develop their own mobile wallets. Many of its clients are credit unions and larger community banks which may not otherwise have the resources to develop such a product internally.

Caffe Ladro's had an online store for years, but it's never been as important as it is today, as the Seattle chain faces competitors — including the notoriously tech-savvy Starbucks — that have stretched the limits of how to sell coffee online and through mobile devices.

There's an obviously awkward moment, when Pitman asks for funds from his fundraising clients, that he's found can be made smoother by using emerging mobile technology.

Visa's Digital Commerce App is allowing banks to develop their own mobile wallets. Many of its clients are larger community banks that may not otherwise have the resources to develop such a product internally.

Subway is reimagining how ordering, payments and marketing tie together at its sandwich shops. It's in the process of launching a new division called Subway Digital, which will pool the expertise of specialists in technology, marketing and operations rather than give full rein to any one of those disciplines.