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With this year's iPhone announcement getting closer, more rumors are spreading about how Apple plans to overhaul the way its phones handle payments. Some of these have already been confirmed by Apple; others are leaking in code the company has released.

Despite Apple's attempts to keep the next iPhone's features secret until it is formally announced, developers are unearthing more clues about the handset's support for payments.

As technology around us evolves to be more pervasive but less intrusive, the interface between devices and the world around us is adapting to mimic and recognize human senses such as voice and sight.

Shoppers will not buy products they can’t find, no matter how quick and seamless the checkout process may be, writes Trevor Legwinski, chief strategy officer at SearchSpring.

N26 will soon add insurance service to go along with its mobile payments, and credit and savings accounts.

The ability to use balances toward Apple Pay payments will be attractive for retailers, writes NewStore founder and CEO Stephan Schambach.

The FTC likes facial recognition, but consumers may not be comfortable with using the technology to secure mobile payments.

Apple and Australia's largest banks have been battling for more than a year over mobile payments access.

Apple's plans to display a bright blue bar on iPhone screens when an application is monitoring the user's location may feel like a threat to location-based marketing. More likely, it is an overdue wake-up call for banks to improve their communication about the benefits of location data.

Led by Starbucks and Apple's mobile payment apps, there's a boom underway and retailers need to act fast to avoid being left behind.