As both the volume and value of digital currencies increase, so will inevitable attempts to commit fraud and theft. In this nascent stage, what is protecting cryptocurrency buyers and sellers?

Chicago's government agencies are a mess of disconnected legacy systems that smacks of old-school municipal malaise and revenue loss as people trek to midcentury government facilities and wait in line to pay.

Comdata, a major issuer of fuel cards in North America, has established a partnership with payments processor Noventis to expand the range of Comdata’s suppliers that can accept payments through virtual cards to further reduce reliance on paper checks.

WorldRemit's ambitious goals for its U.S. payment operations say a lot about how immigrants here are changing as customers — they’re digitally savvy, connected and mobile-ready.

U.S. card issuers are adding contactless technology to credit and debit cards — but they are doing so in slow, small steps.

Long after e-commerce removed the biggest obstacles preventing U.S. merchants from selling internationally, there are still untapped pockets of opportunity.

As with most of the company's inventions, an Amazon checking account would more deeply embed customers into an Amazon ecosystem that provides an endless flow of data and efficiencies.

RecargaPay, an eight-year-old mobile payments platform targeting unbanked and underbanked consumers in Brazil, has secured $22 million in funding to reach more users and merchants.

Ant Financial’s Alipay is working with the Canadian payments processor Motion Pay Technology to push Ant's geographic reach in North America.

Online lenders build a seamless customer journey from screening to underwriting to origination to servicing to funding, writes Krista Morgan, CEO and co-founder of P2Binvestor.

Though the Merchant Customer Exchange failed to deliver a consumer-facing mobile wallet for its mega-retailer backers, Buy It Mobility Networks (BIM) says the underlying technology it provided is still sound.

Even if most consumers aren't leaving their plastic cards at home in favor of mobile wallets, the very idea of using a mobile wallet is no longer cutting-edge. But a few companies go the extra mile.

The Amazon Go store isn't just reinventing retail; the company's recent acquisitions of Ring and Blink indicate Amazon wants to reproduce its model of camera-fueled commerce in consumers' homes.

After stubbing its toe in Norway, Denmark's Danske Bank is seeking Finnish bank partners to help boost its MobilePay service as a payment method at nearly one thousand S Group grocery stores.

An omnichannel payment platform offers customers a unified shopping experience across whichever channel they decide to make a purchase, whether via point-of-sale in-store, online, mobile or even telephone, writes Nick Aceto, senior vice president of technology for CardConnect.

Wirecard is aggressively pursuing bank partnerships to diversify its offerings and address global trends in payroll and other transaction types.

“Liquid” is the best descriptor for this shift because it illustrates the continuum of pay-with-points options, writes Barry Kirk, vice president of customer loyalty for Maritz Motivation Solutions.

The rise of online and mobile commerce is forcing merchants to rapidly re-engineer their checkout options, while keeping an eye on emerging models that leverage artificial intelligence to streamline shopping — or bypass the store checkout process altogether, like Amazon Go.

As mobile technology improves and PayPal's in-store network gets larger, it is looking for more customized options to engage consumers.

Consumers aren't leaving without paying, but are paying through an app that avoids the point of sale.