Michael Moeser

The U.K. market has reached a tipping point where consumers are conducting more in-store transactions using a contactless form of payment (card or phone) instead of a process that requires the card to be inserted into a POS terminal.

Shell has launched a new mobile app called Pay & Save, designed as a frictionless complement to the EMV-chip cards it must accept at its pumps by late 2020.

As Venmo does battle with Zelle and Square for consumers' P2P payments, one thing is clear: Innovation is not cheap.

The fintech wave has nearly devoured the entire point of sale industry, as lone major holdout Ingenico weighs an unsolicited bid from an investment bank’s payments group.

While businesses' ability to transact internationally has expanded, the act of settling payments has gotten more complex, expensive and time-consuming. That means opportunity for companies that can provide solutions.

Called Bill Pay Exchange, it will power instant bill pay for consumers from their bank or credit union accounts in a matter of seconds versus days when using the traditional bank bill pay ACH network.

Fleet card and corporate payment provider WEX has partnered with Melbourne, Australia-based fintech Payment Logic to support automated vehicle registration for fleet operators in Australia.

Amazon has signaled an interest in the French grocery market, spurring Casino's development of a high-tech concept store in Paris.

Singtel Group, owner of Singapore Telecom, launched a QR code-based cross-border mobile payments alliance with Thailand’s largest digital bank, Kasikornbank and Thailand’s largest mobile phone operator Advanced Info Service or AIS.

Worldpay is expanding its U.S. portfolio and has experience in sports betting to lean on.