In an international expansion move, AI-powered grocery cart startup Caper has begun a pilot with one of Canada’s largest grocery chains, Sobeys, at a suburban Toronto location.

Retail technology provider Standard Cognition is putting its quick-rising valuation to work to stockpile tools as the checkout-free market enters a more competitive phase.

Following months of preparation, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover announced the launch of "click to pay," a new streamlined checkout process that functions similarly at all participating e-commerce sites.

Payments innovation is happening in small businesses like Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, which has to manage a shift in how people shop, order, pay and communicate — all at the same time.

In seeking to eliminate manual back-office payment processes for long-term health care and social service providers, AvidXchange says it is launching new software to steer providers to digital accounting and B2B e-payments — and eliminate paper checks.

Facebook's original proposal for Libra was to develop a sweeping, global currency with the backing of the world's biggest companies. Now, with fewer companies on its side and a massive backlash by lawmakers, Facebook is loosening one of Libra's core values.

Wirecard AG gained as much as 6.6% in Germany after saying it had commissioned KPMG to conduct an independent audit of the digital payments company, its latest effort to calm investors rattled by reports of accounting irregularities.

Usage of mobile and online banking services continues to rapidly expand. Here's how credit unions can help members understand the value these sevices offer.

FedNow will provide tremendous advantages for community financial institutions, but it also creates areas of concern that will require additional oversight, says CSI's Derrick Bretz.

PayPal’s latest move to jolt Venmo’s revenue is a co-branded credit card developed with Synchrony — something that challenger banks and fintechs may rush to compete against.

PSCU also found in its second-annual payments study that Americans were turning to debit cards over credit cards.

As merchants and issuers add mobility for staff, they must come to grips with the shortcomings of mobile security, says Blue Cedar's John Aisien.

In an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, Vestager confirmed that regulators are taking a closer look at potential competition issues, describing alerts she’s seen to set up Apple Pay on her own handset.

Venmo’s P2P social payment app has become a major part of PayPal’s retail strategy, a play that’s getting a boost from a Synchrony co-branded credit card.

If banks and customers take steps to quickly adapt to the change now, the benefits will soon be realized, says Sage's Adam Prince.

The U.K.-based fintech says that a recent crowdfunding campaign shows demand for its product, even though the amount it raised is well below funds obtained from VCs.

Issuers often offer several types of cards, but cling to older methods of communicating with users, contends BelWo's Doug Cox.

Technology companies like Square and Stripe have nimbly captured small-business share from banks that often overlooked the segment. Royal Bank of Canada is trying to respond through a mix of merchant services, tied to the national debit system and incentive marketing.

With policymakers casting doubt on Facebook's cryptocurrency and some of the social media giant's partners pulling out, a Federal Reserve governor continued the drumbeat of criticism.

Digital services are gaining momentum, and traditional plastic cards are adding innovation to keep up after years of lagging, says FIME's Stéphanie El Rhomri.