New Orleans--Financial institutions must often consider mobile features that don't integrate smoothly with their existing app, leading to the difficult decision of offering different branded apps for different use cases.

It is inevitable that the masses will adopt cryptocurrencies.

Facebook is reaching out to payments industry giants such as PayPal, Braintree, Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Stripe to help Messenger bots accept payments directly, Messenger chief David Marcus told attendees at a technology industry event Monday afternoon.

France-based supermarket giant Carrefour and Gemalto leaned on Host Card Emulation (HCE) to create a new solution with the sought-after feature of combining mobile payments and the store’s loyalty program within a single app.

Fresh off testing new payments technology at the Rio Olympics, Visa is heading to the Toronto International Film Festival to demonstrate transaction innovations for augmented reality and connected cars.

Netherlands-based ING is the latest bank to extend person-to-person (P-to-P) payments services to bank customers using popular social media platforms.

The newest iPhones are drawing a lot of attention for omitting the headphone jack, causing worry among the small merchants that rely on headphone-connected card readers to handle payments.

Facing a growing threat from TransferWise and other specialists working to streamline cross-border payments, Barclays and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) are trying a new system enabling customers to zap funds between the two banks in real time.

While much of fintech over the last few years has been about improving the front end of banking, the focus is now shifting to streamlining the back office.

Simply offering the best reward or rebate isn't always the best way to sell in a multichannel world, and Wallaby is tweaking its recommendation technology to match the most advantageous card to a particular moment and location in time.

Apple Pay got only a brief mention during the tech giant's introduction of the iPhone 7 on Sept. 7, but the changes have global implications.

Sweden’s iZettle is following a now-familiar playbook to fuel its expansion in Europe with its acquisition of intelligentpos, a company specializing in business-management tools popular with restaurants and other small to midsize businesses.

Android Pay has added scale, winning support from banks including Chase, Santander and TSB, and broadening its Web payment capabilities.

USAA has updated its digital platforms to give customers more control over unexpected declines on large transactions and access to service representatives on its website.

Square Inc. has long hinted it plans to expand to Europe and new clues suggest its base camp will be in the U.K. for an ambitious push into several countries. But its rivals got there first, and have had years to build their defenses.

Mastercard and Visa have now each entered a détente with PayPal, agreeing that a highly competitive stance is not of much use if it makes it too hard for consumers to pay for things.

Ideal Payments, a provider of payment solutions based in Baghdad, has launched a mobile payments app in Iraq.

Mobile technology is radically changing the way people hail taxis, book lodging, consume entertainment and find prospective dates, but the same magic isn’t happening with how people spend money.

History is filled with the stories of failed mobile wallets. The few that survive today have found a way to set themselves apart.

E-commerce payment gateway Instamojo is adding digital wallet payment acceptance to its platform, further pushing initiatives to have consumers in India using less cash.