Cloud computing has boosted P2P and makes it easier for developers to build new businesses and payment technology, says Demetrios Zamboglou, BABB's chief operating officer.

FamilyMart and 7-Eleven Japan are using mobile payment technology to compete with each other and attempt to manage the country's labor shortage.

Fiserv is supporting mobile bill presentment in to meet a growing demand for receiving and paying bills through smartphones, which are now nearly ubiquitous in the U.S.

The bank is considering eliminating as many as 20,000 jobs; BIS doesn’t want central banks to fall behind private cybercurrency efforts.

By turning compatibility into a nonissue, APIs help enable open banking, which has the potential to offer core banking services such as payment initiation or account balances through APIs, writes JPMorgan Chase's Stephen Markwell.

Most large banks have declared their strategies for adopting contactless cards, but the rank and file of FIS’ midsize and smaller issuers are still weighing their options about when to flip the switch.

From regulatory reform to natural disasters and more, here's a look at Credit Union Journal's special report on what to expect for the second half of the year.

Wirecard’s platform for delivering corporate disbursements is expanding to the Philippines.

CEO David Solomon said that Goldman is “absolutely’’ looking at digital currencies and conducting “extensive research’’ on tokenization.

A court decision brings much needed clarity to the complex world of money transmitter licensing by holding that the transmission of information alone is not engaging in the business of money transmission under Pennsylvania law, writes Anita Boomstein, a partner with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

The millions of people displaced by war, famine and other hardships face distinct challenges and dangers when accessing and using money, and these pain points are being addressed by a blockchain-powered payment app that is part of Western Union's accelerator program.

H&M will enable Klarna as a payment option in its 580 U.S. stores beginning this fall, building on a partnership the two Swedish companies established last year.

Many businesses mistakenly see alternative payment methods as only for consumers, but there are use cases for B2B, argues Pat Bermingham, CEO of Adflex.

By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.

Apple Card's user experience will pressure contactless and digital wallet innovation, an area where banks have already fallen behind, contends MyGini's Mehmet Sezgin.

By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.

The speed and the bipartisan nature of the demand for an investigation into Facebook's Libra are telling, giving ammunition to those who warned the cryptocurrency space is underregulated and unsafe

Merchant holdouts are finally warming to the likes of Apple Pay, years after the mobile wallet's launch. Competitive offerings have also flourished from mobile operating systems and phone providers.

Banks are rightly focused on PSD2 as an international gateway for fintechs to disrupt banking, though potential deregulation in Singapore can give digital payment companies another route to take share directly away from banks.

Facebook's plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency dominated much of the discussion at American Banker's Digital Banking conference last week, but attendees also debated what big tech company might strike next and what future digital innovations are in store.