Long gone are the days when consumers had their Social Security and driver’s license numbers pre-printed on their paper checks for faster identity verification. Consumers now understand that such precious elements of their identity need to be better protected.

Several prospects, including JPM’s Gordon Smith, are reluctant to take on a thankless job; lower interest rates, quiet trading will yield disappointing results.

The president says the Fed is giving China a competitive advantage; bank stocks gained after tariffs on Mexican imports nixed.

Transit has pushed contactless payments in the U.K., and it will happen in the U.S. too, according to Daniel Kornitzer, chief business development officer for Paysafe Group.

European mobile wallet providers Bluecode, ePassi, Momo pocket, Pagaqui, Pivo, and Vipps are working together with China's Alipay for the first time to promote a unified, interoperable QR code that would connect Europe's current fragmented mobile payment landscape.

The social network's GlobalCoin has the audience to be a huge currency but it may not deliver on the concept of decentralization that underpins the cryptocurrency industry, contends Richard Dennis, founder and CEO of temtum.

The payments space is expected to see continued consolidation, new fraud patterns and more contactless cards for the second half of 2019.

Digital Asset Holdings eyes blockchain for 'smart contracts'; readying for a marathon is like competing for a big client.

Developers of new payment methods often court big retailers to show off their brand, but the card networks' universal buy button is launching with security features designed for smaller shops.

Coffee and doughnut shops such as Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme have been at the forefront of mobile payments, and this technology could soon develop into a completely cashierless experience.

Over time, real-time payments could become the predominant payment type while virtually eliminating cash and checks.

The Sign in with Apple deployment runs parallel to the card networks' efforts at tokenizing payment credentials and expanding those services.

On-demand wage delivery has caught on in other industries. Banks have taken notice.

Retailers can control traffic flow and simplify payments and checkout, writes Scott Reese, chief technology officer at Harbor Retail.

More than ever, banks will be leaning on new ATM technology to not only handle the cash that continues to pour into bank branches, but also to manage that cash flow by recycling its use to other customers, right from the machine.

Pursuing collection payments can often be delicate, but there is emerging technology that can take the sting out of that, according to Fico's Tim VanTassel, a vice president at FICO.

Adyen and African fintech Cellulant are working together to expand Adyen’s global payments offering to hundreds of merchants, banks and mobile network operators in Africa.

Much is made of the U.S. e-commerce market given the influence of Amazon and its peers. However, when it comes to sheer size in both population and volume, Asia holds significant advantages.

When it comes to digital-native shoppers, it’s more than just understanding how their expectations have changed. These expectations are tied to emotional factors that influence buyer behavior, says Michael Rouse, chief commercial officer at Klarna.

After criticizing the prevalence of social sign-in buttons on the internet, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, unveiled one of his company's own. It's essentially Apple Pay without the payments.