Ant Financial’s attempt to add a social-network function to China’s biggest payments platform has backfired.

Consumers aren't just sharing the charming personal moments of their lives on social media — they're producing data that Israeli startup Feelter contends can revolutionize online shopping.

USAA has debuted several new features designed to make its digital wallet more versatile and to cast payments as one of a series of services.

Bank of New York Mellon has created a dedicated innovation group for launching new technologies in its treasury services unit.

Israeli mobile technology company On Track Innovations (OTI) hopes to cash in on the trend toward fashion-direct payments by embedding transaction functions inside a ring.

Citigroup mobile-app users can now track the status of deliveries of replacement credit cards.

Apple Inc. scored a victory in the global battle to control the future of mobile payment technology after the Australian competition regulator refused to grant a group of local banks permission to negotiate collectively over the introduction of Apple Pay.

The growth of China’s fintech scene is providing a less developed financial market with much-needed updates. But those improvements also serve as a stepping stone to bring Chinese fintech players to Western markets.

Retailers are adding e-commerce services quickly, but older technology systems are making the migration difficult.

As the holiday shopping season kicks off, retailers are preparing for an influx of payment volume from shoppers and scammers alike. Here are a few of the problems they face.

When Stripe Inc. launched its e-commerce payment services in 2011, the San Francisco-based startup wasn't presenting itself as a major threat to online giant PayPal — and even with its new $9.2 billion valuation, it still might choose a different path.

Stripe Inc. raised new financing that values the startup at about $9 billion, cementing its status as a major player in the crowded digital payments space and heralding a possible initial public offering.

An Israeli startup in the emerging B2B2C space that allows consumers to make payments through major messaging apps has completed a $6 million round of funding backed by Banco Santander, Mastercard and other investors.

U.S. fuel cards were a relatively complacent niche until a few years ago, when a wave of consolidations and digital innovations transformed the $66 billion-plus industry into a hotbed of competition.

As subscription services get more complicated, the technology required to send bills, process payments and execute marketing campaigns will become harder to manage.

The spread of new payment technology and omnichannel commerce are changing the way people shop during the holiday season, even in brick-and-mortar stores. Here are a few noteworthy trends this season.

PNC and First Data see a benefit in tailoring the health care experience with a focus on the consumer, and are working to enable that process by funding a cloud-based IT company that digitizes medical office management.

The Spanish banking giant Santander has withdrawn from the bank consortium R3 CEV, becoming the second defector from the blockchain group this week after Goldman Sachs.

Few of Apple's numerous patent applications make it to market, but if the consumer electronics giant follows through on one filed last week, iPhone users may have the Siri virtual assistant helping them with person-to-person payments through the iMessage platform.

Google's Android Wear products came to market well ahead of the Apple Watch, but in one category they have always been a step behind: contactless payments.