For Google and its peers the fine may be the beginning of increased regulatory scrutiny across other digital services within their ecosystems, including payments.

Verifone is focusing more on operating an open platform in which third-party developers and financial partners could build within Verifone point of sale network parameters.

The Westpac keyboard function, which helped support social payments, will be removed from the Apple store in July. The move follows a long dispute between banks and Apple over access to Apple Pay.

Visa Inc. is buying a stake in Swedish payments technology firm Klarna AB and forming a strategic partnership, as both companies aim to expand outside their core markets.

Local payments are included in the e-commerce checkout process, allowing merchants to immediately sell products online to local customers.

Punchh is betting NFC will be widespread, and it hopes to get an edge with clients with a direct connection to Apple Pay, enabling consumers to simultaneously earn and redeem restaurant loyalty program points.

The service only became available to customers around the third week of June, which is much later than the timeline Discover initially laid out for Samsung Pay’s availability.

Banks are making it easier to log in, adding expense trackers and simplifying payments as they try to get corporate clients to use mobile more.

Decision Intelligence uses artificial intelligence iin an attempt to increase the accuracy of real-time approvals of safe transactions and reduce false declines.

As the company diversifies beyond international tuition payments, it's also looking to diversify transaction options.

PayKey enables bank customers to instantly transfer money through popular social media networks and messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Twitter.

The company has added six new markets in Europe, where it has already established a beachhead for its e-commerce technology.

As young people mature, their financial and payment needs mature, as does their use of technology and other emerging innovation.

Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods will make it a force to be reckoned with in the grocery vertical, but its rivals have been preparing for this day for a long time. Here are some of the biggest competitive threats to Amazon's digital take on food sales.

The digital wallet market is expanding quickly, giving banks a chance to cement customer relationships by offering their own apps, writes Mike Lynch, chief strategy officer at InAuth.

Bitcoin, and the blockchain system that powers it, is one of several virtual currencies and the value of one bitcoin skyrocketed more than 300 percent in the last year.

Moves like Amazon Go and the e-commerce giant's acquisition of Whole Foods require banks to abandon their "defensive" innovation posture, write Richard Oglesby and Brad Margol from AZ Payments Group.

After a year on the platform, American Express is more involved than ever in mining Facebook Messenger’s benefits as a tool for payments and financial services.

The exchange is adding Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, Zcash and dozens of other cryptocurrencies in exchange for U.S. dollars.

Payoneer believes British companies will seek opportunities outside of the EU, leading to international payments demand.