The role of EMVCo — which is often seen as an extension of the card brands that deals only with chip-based EMV plastic cards— has come into sharper focus.

At a time when many have shifted to digital payments to weather the coronavirus pandemic, the four main U.S. credit card brands are aggressively expanding their own take on digital commerce.

Contactless and mobile payments have surged, but there will still be countries and markets that stick to cash, says PPRO's James Booth.

Health care payments provider RevSpring has launched software that adds a payment button for patients using its MyChart or Hyperspace portals.

Mobile payments provider Judopay is partnering with marketing specialist Thyngs to provide touch-free payments for pubs and restaurants that just reopened in the U.K.

Josh Cyphers, who had been vice president of product and strategy for Nvoicepay, takes over for Karla Friede, who Nvoicepay says is departing after 11 years to devote time to her work as an angel investor and board member.

The technology addresses both security and hygiene concerns, says Fingerprints' Lina Andolf-Orup.

The coronavirus outbreak is still very much an economic crisis, but that doesn't mean the best solution is to keep on selling.

Vodacom's Tanzania M-Pesa wallet is expanding its money transfer services throughout Africa, enabling more than 200 countries globally to now send money to and receive it from Tanzania.

A blockchain-based digital dollar deserves serious consideration if only because its adoption would mark the beginning of a modern, more efficient government payment structure, says Polyient Labs’ Jeff Hinkle.

Deutsche Bank AG is weighing the acquisition of all or part of disgraced Wirecard AG’s bank, potentially throwing the business a lifeline after one of the biggest corporate scandals in recent years.

More than a dozen large European banks plan to launch a payment system that would rival U.S. payment companies and technology firms, an idea that hasn’t worked in the past but may have a better chance given the current global health, economic and political crises.

During the wave of fintech innovation that has occurred over the past decade or so, innovators have gone without meaningful and reliable access to the financial data and processing ecosystem.

PayPal has launched a new online installment lending product in France geared to serving small and medium-sized businesses.

For the next several decades, more and more assets will be managed through blockchain, and the world of digital assets will thrive, says DeFiner.org's Jason Wu.

COVID-19 has been a major accelerator in the shift to digital for most of us; how we take classes, do our jobs, connect with friends, and definitely how we shop, says PPRO's James Booth.

We need to think more systematically about monetary structures and the control of monetary policy, says Cosmos co-founder Ethan Buchman.

A spike in demand has led to a bigger emphasis on innovative solutions for the digital payments market.

As people begin moving again, digital transactions and customer experience will be key, says WEX's Anant Patel.

A spike in demand has led to a bigger emphasis on innovative solutions for the digital payments market.