Technology

Contactless payment cards may never have had strong footing in the U.S. to begin with, but perhaps the biggest sign of the technology's downfall is JPMorgan Chase's admission that its Blink cards never quite caught on.

The car phone may be a relic of a bygone era, but more automobile and parking companies are looking for ways to put the mobile phone back in the driver's seat. And in many cases, payments are making the connection.

The explosion of startups developing payment tools hasn't ceased, and simple consumer mobile wallets are starting to make way for products suitable for large corporations.

Host Card Emulation, which enables Near Field Communication payments without accessing a smartphone's secure element, has major supporters like Google, Visa and MasterCard. But some are expressing concern over the technology's approach to security.

Citigroup customers who use its ThankYou Rewards program now have the option to use the points they earn to pay bills through the bank's online bill pay system.

NCR Corp. has integrated its NCR Silver iPad point of sale system with Retail Intel, a cloud-based service provider that can pull in sales data from QuickBooks.

Mobile billing provider Boku Inc. is expanding its reach into 14 new countries in Europe through a new agreement with Deutsche Telekom.

When more U.S. issuers and merchants start using EMV-chip cards to improve security at the point of sale, fraud will likely surge online.

MasterCard plans to launch au Wallet, a prepaid card program that will be available to subscribers of Japanese mobile operator KDDI's au-brand mobile network.

European companies aren't using credit cards much for payments, which may give Wells Fargo a chance to establish a presence as a corporate issuer.