VibePay is releasing its app on Google Play and the Apple App Store and calling for up to 100,000 new beta testers.

Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners has finished what it calls a "significant growth investment" in payments technology and merchant services provider Fortis Payment Systems, LLC.

Traditional acquirers are under severe pressure from the digital payments revolution, challenged to hold onto clients by stitching together legacy systems, existing hardware, mobile, cloud and apps. Those that can harness innovation and find the right startup partners can not only stave off elimination, but drive the next generation of multi-channel shopping and transaction revenue.

Smaller enterprises don't have the resources of larger firms, but open source technology may be helpful, says Pimcore's Shashin Shah.

In the four years since Nets set up a laboratory at its Copenhagen headquarters to test new approaches to payments, it’s learned that consumer response to biometric payments technology such as finger-vein checkout is nearly impossible to predict.

While the road to API connectivity has not been smooth, solid progress is being made in connecting banks to third parties, says Token's Todd Clyde.

Swedish payment provider Klarna Bank AB is preparing for a potential initial public offering in the next one or two years as the most valuable European fintech startup expands rapidly in the U.S.

Payments application provider Ixaris is partnering with global travel marketplace provider Sabre to expand into new markets across Europe.

Curve has appointed Paul Harrald to lead a business line that will allow the all-in-one card company to offer support for credit card debt reduction and installment payments.

A closer look at Bitcoin holdings data shows a potentially troubling trend among the anonymous accounts -- increased consolidation among large owners.

If the intention is for FedNow to give the market a choice, particularly to smaller, local banks then interoperability between the TCH and FedNow is a must, says FIS' Elena Whisler.

PayPal — which is rarely thought of as a prepaid card company — has filed a lawsuit against the CFPB over its rules on prepaid accounts, underscoring the rapid changes in digital financial services and PayPal’s own expanding financial services ambitions in recent years.

PayPal — which is rarely thought of as a prepaid card company — has filed a lawsuit against the CFPB over its rules on prepaid accounts, underscoring the rapid changes in digital financial services and PayPal’s own expanding financial services ambitions in recent years.

France’s Orange Bank, the online bank launched in 2017 by telco Orange, is expanding its mobile payment app’s reach by adding Google Pay through an integration via Wirecard.

Apple Inc.’s digital wallet is expanding in Europe just as regulators crack down on the tech giant’s move into financial services.

In order to overcome this digital payment inertia we need to design solutions that allow buyers and suppliers to focus on a more critical aspect of the transaction experience—the sale itself, says Billtrust's Nick Babinsky.

WeWork has gotten its share of bad news this year, but parts of its concept are filtering into small business retail, providing one clue of what the next wave of shopping and payments will look like.

The new decade will see Generation Z become adults, and they will expect more services and activities to be facilitated by their device of choice, says Zoomd's Omri Argaman.

Making the case for process optimization is a lot harder, however, because the costs are hidden and hard to measure, says Nvoicepay's Kristin Cardinali.

Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek is close to acquiring a mobile point-of-sale startup called Moka for at least $120 million, as it aims to become a leading player in the country’s digital payments industry, according to people familiar with the talks.