Swedish payment company Klarna has entered a deal to buy BillPay, a German consumer financing company, bolstering Klarna's merchant reach in central Europe

EMV was a necessary advancement that wasn't guided by customer preference. For mobile payments and other m-commerce plays, instant consumer adoption isn't always a sign of success.

After testing mobile order-and-pay at Tim Hortons cafes and Burger King restaurants for nearly two months, Restaurant Brands International is preparing to launch the app throughout Canada in the spring.

The first smartwatch in Google's Android Wear lineup supporting NFC payments will soon be available from South Korea’s LG, according to reports.

The U.K.’s Barclaycard and VocaLink are joining forces to roll out Pay by Bank, an app enabling Barclaycard customers to make purchases on a mobile device without entering payment card details.

As technology evolves, payment capabilities become more deeply embedded, becoming practically invisible to the end user. This concept works already in specific use cases such as Uber, and many companies have yearned to implement a hands-free payment experience for all of retail.

Traditional brick & mortar stores must upgrade and innovate their experiences to again become destinations in their own right in order to lure back spoiled online shoppers.

India's sudden shake-up of its currency system last fall was an early holiday for digital payment companies, and Visa was no exception.

Citing the need to expand Transatlantic commerce, U.K. and U.S. officials have agreed to create a payments forum featuring leaders from the tech hubs of London and Atlanta.

With its WaveShades, Visa engages in a delicate balancing act of making its new payment wearable cool and trendy as any other fashion accessory without invoking the geekiness of the ill-fated Google Glass.

People are warming up to mobile payment apps like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, but concerns over fraud and ID theft could still pose headwinds.

The use of one-time tokens has picked up steam in the past year, especially with merchant groups waiting for EMVCo to release specifications for a payment account reference.

Arkadi Kuhlmann, the founder and CEO of the neobank Zenbanx who pioneered branchless banking at ING Direct, explains why he stopped pursuing a bank charter and made a deal with Social Finance.

The technology giant reported record earnings and a solid performance for its mobile payment app, but did not dive deep into adoption numbers.

Shoppers are going to have to choose which apps to keep and which to delete or hide, making it important that retailers develop an app that's worthy of repeated use.

The acquisition should allow the San Francisco-based online lender SoFi to fulfill a long-standing goal: offering a deposit account to its young, upwardly mobile customers.

Messenger bots, an artificial intelligence-driven application, can respond to customer queries over social messaging platforms. Bot interactions attract a consumer who is engaged and interested in pursuing a transaction.

The EMV migration includes support for chip cards and NFC contactless payments, giving banks room to compete in the contactless payments market just in time for wearables to take off.

The bank's next big challenge is to find a place where the emerging technology best fits its needs.

Taxi hailing and payment technology has been an important part of Verifone's mobile payment strategy, and this new move will fold Way2ride into Curb.