The U.S. has long lagged in contactless payment adoption — despite aggressive efforts to bring the technology to market years ago — but there’s finally signs of a turnaround as more consumers and merchants get on board.

Wall Street’s expectations for PayPal Holdings Inc. last quarter proved a little too optimistic. The company’s sales failed to meet analyst estimates, a rare miss after years of growth.

Apple's recent smartphone revenue decline contrasts with strength in wearables and services, making these alternative venues increasingly important to Apple Pay's continued success.

Visa for years has used its sponsorship of the Super Bowl to promote contactless and mobile payments, but it hasn’t squeezed cash out of the event yet.

Stadiums, arenas and theaters are natural fits for innovations such as social P2P, mobile commerce and transferrable authentication. This, in turn, makes such venues a magnet for the payments industry’s most recognizable brands.

Instead of investing in contactless cards, financial institutions should focus on moving their offerings to mobile — into apps that can do more than money management, argues Mehmet Sezgin, CEO and founder of myGini.

Discover and Garmin International are partnering to allow Discover cardholders the ability to make contactless payments through Garmin Pay on various fitness smartwatches.

Mobeewave, a provider of in-person contactless payment acceptance software, is getting an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation that pushes a recent Series B funding round led by NewAlpha, Mastercard and Forestay Capital to nearly $20 million.

Zelle has been good for Bank of America’s P2P traffic, with the bank reporting eye-popping numbers every quarter. But the bank and the Zelle network have different ways of counting their volumes.

As suspense builds over which firm will be the first to seek the special-purpose charter, a side discussion has emerged over which financial services sector has the most to gain — or lose — from the new option.