Information sharing is about to get much different in Europe, giving bank alternatives such as Klarna more to work with as they compete against the financial services establishment.

Advanced operating systems can run marketing and support services such as Apple Pay. Merchants would be well served to consider the diverse options of new terminals, writes Ben Wagner, director of solutions at Ingenico Group, North America.

Some merchants, issuers and processors are concerned that the card brands will tout their "ownership" of payment card prefixes as a basis for requesting that mobile transactions on their cards be routed to their networks and screened through tokenization services they provide.

PayPal is launching a cross-border trade service to help small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S. improve their international presence and sales.

WorldRemit is working with China-based handset maker Huawei Technologies to make WorldRemit’s money transfer service available on Huawei’s platform in Africa.

Among the sneakers, diapers and pet food for sale on Taobao, China’s biggest e-commerce platform, is a listing that may take up a little more space in the online shopping basket.

Agency rule would make it easier to sue banks, but Congressional Republicans likely to fight it; Trump nominates Randal Quarles as Fed’s vice chair for supervision.

Amazon's third annual Prime Day will likely share the immense success of its two first years, but Amazon's goal with this invented holiday isn't just about driving sales.

Stripe will collaborate with WeChat and Alipay to make it easier for merchants around the world to accept payments from Chinese consumers.

Wirecard's going after a big market. More than 2 million Chinese tourists visit Europe annually, spending on average about US$3,400 each.

JCPenney and Dick’s Sporting Goods were among the first to launch the new SyPi plug-in technology, with others expected to come on board soon.

Shoppers will not buy products they can’t find, no matter how quick and seamless the checkout process may be, writes Trevor Legwinski, chief strategy officer at SearchSpring.

N26 will soon add insurance service to go along with its mobile payments, and credit and savings accounts.

Mobile QuickPass NFC payments are accepted at nearly a half million point-of-sale terminals outside of China, and QuickPass QR code payments have been available in Hong Kong and Singapore for about a month.

The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.

Consumers have accepted the use of fingerprint authentication for mobile payments. But will they be as welcoming of facial recognition? A few companies are testing the waters.

Long wait times and improved marketing are a couple of reasons retailers should consider their own apps, writes André Stoorvoge, director of product marketing for payments at Rambus.

The company contends a lot of current payments technology is focused on horizontal companies that are designed to easily enable payments, and are operating agnostic to the type of business that requires a payments gateway,

The new ATMs cut fraud risk by minimizing password-exposure, but it’s unclear whether large numbers of consumers are ready to change five decades of inserting a plastic card to get cash.

Boku and Microsoft have delivered carrier billing in Canada, the U.K., Italy, Russia and other markets.