The international transfer business has become a game of spotting and quickly delivering new innovation, and the open development strategies that have worked so well for other types of digital commerce are finding a home at companies such as World First.

Starbucks is prepared to launch a new Starbucks Rewards Prepaid Card with partner JPMorgan Chase, further strengthening its ongoing relationship with the bank.

The U.K. launch of Google's mobile wallet will have the support of Visa and MasterCard, as well as several local financial institutions. Its partners include Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA and Nationwide Building Society.

American Express Co. took a big hit last year when it failed to extend a lucrative partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp. Now it’s hopping in bed with a would-be Costco killer.

Minneapolis' new transit deployment seems limited and even old school—it's a closed loop payment system that's only available on buses and not on the Twin Cities' expanding light rail system.

President Barack Obama is in Cuba, and Silicon Valley is tagging along for the ride.

Apple's newest iPhone, a throwback to the smaller models it sold in previous years, is designed to maintain Apple Pay's momentum as it lands in new regions.

Samsung is fond of using cash rewards to drive Samsung Pay signups, offering consumers $25 to $100 in recent months for enrolling a payment card in the handset maker's mobile wallet. But that strategy is not a fit for all card issuers, according to the fine print in the latest Samsung Pay promotion.

PayPal Holdings Inc. said an updated order-ahead function on its redesigned mobile app is helping the company win more customers in the digital wallet race.

As the white-label force behind a growing number of mobile wallets in Asia, Latin America and Europe, Mozido LLC is familiar with the limitations of building consumer awareness and usage through relatively narrow channels.

A lot of companies want to be the "Uber" of banking and payments. And it's starting to look like Uber itself wants that role as well.

Thames Card Technology Ltd. is providing the plastic payment card production for startup "challenger bank" Mondo in the U.K. to test a debit card paired with a mobile banking app.

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India says it has launched the first Host Card Emulation-based contactless mobile wallet in India.

MasterCard has a few tricks up its sleeve, or rather, its golf glove.

Incorporating stronger data elements and automated processes within aging payments infrastructure remains a monumental task for Swift and any others working to streamline networks or initiate faster payments.

NFC mobile payments continue to grab headlines, but to really drive uptake and ensure full market coverage, combining contactless cards with next-gen mobile banking apps is surely the right way to go for new banks.

Cross-border online payments provider Payoneer has added escrow payments to its services after completing its acquisition of Armor Payments.

Payment processing and technology provider Vantiv Inc. is partnering with merchant acquiring bank Credorax to expand cross-border e-commerce payments for Vantiv clients.

Biometric authentication has been "replacing" passwords for a long time, but for the most part accounts still rely more on remembered credentials than physical identifiers.