Kate Fitzgerald

Loot has been in development since 2014 and has raised a total of more than $7 million thus far.

More retailers are accepting mobile wallets, but few agree on what that entails. Many stores are coming up with their own wallets by building on past successes or burying payments deep under the surface of their mobile channel.

Pay by Bank, an app developed in recent months by Mastercard’s Vocalink unit, is expanding as Germany’s Wirecard makes the service available to all of its U.K. merchants.

The idea of consolidating multiple payment cards into one with smart technology has been attempted multiple times in recent years with little success, but a startup called Edge Mobile Payments is giving it a fresh try.

E-commerce giant Magento Commerce has introduced Instant Purchase for its merchants, leveraging retail giant Amazon’s 1-Click checkout process after the patent recently expired.

TriMet is the latest U.S. mass-transit agency to announce a program modernizing its payments and ticketing system.

Judopay, a London-based startup enabling merchants to accept mobile payments through a turnkey process, has formed a partnership with Visa’s CyberSource unit to extend the startup’s reach to international customers.

Gemalto’s business boomed a couple of years ago at the peak of the U.S. EMV migration, but when new card orders tapered off and payments technology turned in new directions, the company’s profits got hammered.

Samsung Pay users this week may begin transferring funds from two participating South Korean banks in the latest expansion of capabilities.

Payment Rails is putting a tight focus on the emerging area of “influencer marketing,” where global brands are spreading money among individuals who use social media to promote products.

The concept is designed to free up workers to produce food and serve customers instead of handling payments.

Chase Pay was years in the making, and it's still finding new ways to reach its intended audience. On the surface it seems like a simple QR code-based mobile wallet, but underneath it's far more complex.

Apple Pay Cash is chasing peer transfer share in a maturing market, going up against long-established services like Venmo, Square Cash and the bank-powered Zelle.

The incentive marks a new direction for card-linked offers, which have become a staple for many banks that offer the deals through third-party services like Cardlytics.

Garmin Pay launched earlier this year and went live last month. Other banks that support Garmin Pay include Bank of America, Capital One, U.S. Bank, several U.S. credit unions and a growing number of international banks, including Russia’s Sberbank.

While consumer adoption of mobile payments remains sluggish, research behind the scenes to figure out what consumers want from mobile apps is brisk. Proprietary mobile apps from retailers are becoming a hotspot of development, with Target Corp. rolling out Target Wallet this week, joining numerous other retailer mobile apps.

Fleet card producer WEX will provide 25,000 fleet cards for Verizon’s field force via a three-year contract.

PayPal wants to integrate TIO's bill payment customers into PayPal's network, but a data breach has that goal on hold.

The main spark for Azimo’s transaction growth in far-flung geographic regions came from its commitment to social media beginning four years ago.

Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has approved a $723 million overhaul of its fare system that would eliminate cash payments on buses and trains.