The new initiative could help expose American credit unions to best practices in biometrics, payments and monitoring collateral from their counterparts in Africa, Asia and beyond.

While in its infancy in influencing B2B payments, AI ultimately will change the way businesses of all sizes run their financial operations, writes Rene Lacerte, CEO of Bill.com.

Elavon has joined a collaboration of travel industry partners to streamline the way online travel agencies pay airlines using virtual cards.

American Express has agreed to acquire Resy, a restaurant reservation booking and management platform.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. reported the slowest pace of sales growth since it went public in 2004, as China’s largest company struggles to revive a battered gaming division while battling the country’s decelerating economy.

Once banks offer digital invoice processing and order approvals, small businesses would no longer need to manage the risk and hassle of paper-based transactions, argues Erik De Kroon, CEO and co-founder of Yordex.

As new stadiums are being launched across a variety of sports around the globe with the latest entertainment options, older stadiums are using technology and premium culinary offerings to stay competitive and keep their fans engaged.

Sainsbury’s has launched the U.K.’s first mobile-only checkout-free grocery store, inviting comparisons to what Amazon Go is doing in the U.S. But their models are far from identical.

It’s no overstatement to suggest that stored value plays a role in nearly all of our daily lives. This suggests that the digital transformation of these instruments should be life-changing. But that hasn’t happened—yet, writes Chris Demetree, CEO of Lazlo 326.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added Apple Watch capabilities to its CashPro Mobile app, so business customers may approve corporate payments on the go.

Apple’s aggressive posture when it makes moves in retail and payments has drawn a lot of pushback and controversy, but its setback in the Supreme Court could be the most dire threat yet to the growth of Apple Pay.

Apple's App Store was a game changer for mobile payments. But Apple's ecosystem was also very much a digital Wild West, with app developers and Apple itself sometimes running afoul of regulators and legal authorities.

As fintechs race to reinvent transit payments, Uber's laying the groundwork in Denver to make sure it takes a leading position.

Amazon is undeniably a juggernaut in the realm of e-commerce and digital payments — but its journey was filled with missteps and failed experiments.

Solving open banking's challenges requires a whole new approach to international payments beyond basic open development, says Marten Nelson, co-founder of Token.io.

A dynamic digital identity that can work across functions and channels has to start somewhere. To get into digital ID at the ground floor, more companies are pushing to address identity risk when onboarding new accounts.

Payments wearables have run the gamut from gloves, to sports jerseys, sunglasses and more, but there possibly hasn't been one as eye-catching as a diamond-encrusted bracelet.

Dutch bank holding company ING Group and its venture capital arm, ING Ventures, joined three other VC groups to fund a €14 million (about US$ 15.75 million) Series B investment round for the Czech-based mobile credit payment app Twisto.

Expense Wizard uses AI to make it easier to file expense reports, especially for infrequent travelers.

First Data has had significant relationships with Citi, Chase, Bank of America and other large banks — but a report that Bank of America may be ending its joint venture with First Data could send waves throughout the payments industry for what it signifies.