Technology

Revel Systems is about to expand a program it’s created at several U.S. airports enabling shops and restaurants to seamlessly integrate business travelers’ checkouts with a mobile app from Expensify, a top corporate travel expense-reporting software provider.

The ICO fundraising model has already yielded more than $230 million for startups.

The industry has made great strides in faster payments over the past year. Even more cooperation among stakeholders will be needed in the year ahead.

First Data is bulking up its e-commerce capabilities with an agreement to buy Acculynk.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s new Galaxy S8 will employ facial-recognition technology for mobile payments within months of release, adding cutting-edge security to help the marquee device stand out from rivals such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone, people familiar with the matter said.

Paytm, the Indian mobile payments startup backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., has begun its global expansion by launching a mobile bill and tax payment service in Canada.

As cars add web connectivity, the opportunity to embed payments are almost endless. It's an opportunity that's too big to ignore.

In an increasingly digital world, retailers are working to bring transactions closer to the shopper and further away from traditional hardware.

Underbanked consumers will have an incentive to initiate mobile payments through PaySwag, an application that will issue rewards for using a smartphone to make a payment and allowing redemption at any time.

Ukraine-based KredoBank has launched a digital wallet that uses host card emulation (HCE) technology to enable contactless mobile payments with Android handsets, and it’s backing the new service with a promotional campaign to win prizes on Facebook.