Apple is relying on transportation systems across the globe to drive Apple Pay's usage.

The venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates has led a $200 million funding round in Divvy, a business payments and expense management platform provider.

Digital payments can make payroll for workers in industries like cruise ships less costly, and less dangerous than traditional cash-based methods, writes Hal Ramakers, vice president of global solutions for Brightwell.

Digital payments developers have targeted video game platforms and their players as fairly fertile ground for integrating payment methods directly into game consoles or apps, but up to now the misses have outnumbered the hits.

The use of digital payments offers significant savings over check cashing. Payroll cards and public-sector prepaid cards issued for the deposit of government benefits are two of the best known examples, writes Andrew Gillen, vice president for Global Public Sector Payment Solutions for Mastercard.

Uber’s getting a half billion dollar investment from PayPal at a time when the ride-sharing app is prepping a $100 billion IPO and can least afford speed bumps in its user experience and payment process.

Apple Card has advantages over most banks at the start, but there are things banks can do to fight back, according to Mehmet Sezgin, CEO and founder of myGini.

The restaurant food delivery market is booming, as it caters to America’s growing desire to get on-demand meals for a dine-at-home lifestyle. This trend is influencing how restaurant orders are placed and paid for.

Generation Z is scarred by the financial crisis, but has an awareness of technology that gives payment and financial companies a point of entry, according to Mickey Goldwasser, vice president of marketing at Payrailz.

Financial institutions lack the puzzle pieces for giving their users a good customer experience within their mobile apps, leaving many dissatisfied and looking for a new solution from payment apps and fintechs, contends James Brown, CEO of Smart Communications.

PayPal has had an on-again, off-again relationship with eBay since the company split off as a unit of the e-commerce marketplace more than four years ago.

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank end merger talks; the digital money transfer unit has more than 40 million digital users, second only to JPMorgan Chase.

The U.S. is already very late to the party when it comes to contactless payments. But even so, there are signs that many merchants still aren't prepared for an influx of contactless cards.

Venmo has more than 40 million active users, PayPal has revealed for the first time. This finally gives the market a sense of how popular Venmo is, and sheds a little light on how it compares to the bank-run Zelle service.

Marqeta has launched a digital banking solution for European fintechs and signed three customers to use it: Aplazame, Morning and Yapeal.

Until significant steps are taken toward creating a seamless and intuitive experience, blockchain will fall short of its goals, as it is unable to communicate its value.

Silicon Valley, New York, London and several of China’s largest cities are the world’s leading fintech hubs, but many other locales are gunning for their crown.

As part of its formal spinoff from consumer lender Affirm, B2B e-commerce platform Resolve is launching automated payments that offer extended net terms for product buyers.

As banks continue to invest heavily in developing mobile and web-based services for personal and business accounts, investments, money transfers, micro loans and peer-to-peer payments to make the customer experience as seamless as possible, they cannot afford to let compliance efforts lag, writes Sam Abadir, vice president of industry solutions for Lockpath.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank plans to launch a pilot in 2020 of a blockchain-based digital version of the Eastern Caribbean dollar. This marks the first time that a central bank will have issued digital legal tender using the blockchain.