Caffe Ladro's had an online store for years, but it's never been as important as it is today, as the Seattle chain faces competitors — including the notoriously tech-savvy Starbucks — that have stretched the limits of how to sell coffee online and through mobile devices.

Dickson Chu transitioned to the board after two years as the company's chief product officer, it said in a June 14 news release. In his new role he will continue serving as an advisor to the company's leadership regularly and formally.

Apple Inc.'s mobile-payment service will finally be available this fall on websites, though only through its Safari browser, shutting out users of Google's Chrome and possibly limiting Apple Pay's adoption by online retailers.

There's an obviously awkward moment, when Pitman asks for funds from his fundraising clients, that he's found can be made smoother by using emerging mobile technology.

Apple Pay is coming to the Mobile Web.

Chinese travelers to Germany will soon be able to make their airport purchases will Alipay.

Mobile commerce company Spindle has hired a Fiserv executive to be its interim chief executive.

Subway is reimagining how ordering, payments and marketing tie together at its sandwich shops. It's in the process of launching a new division called Subway Digital, which will pool the expertise of specialists in technology, marketing and operations rather than give full rein to any one of those disciplines.

Though Apple Pay hasn’t lit the world on fire since its launch in October 2014, Apple’s dominant role in mobile e-commerce means its mobile wallet still has the power to hurt payment industry rivals, analysts say.

With everything they need right at their fingertips, millennials are having a major influence on a rapidly evolving consumer landscape.

Wells Fargo has accepted two Singapore-based payments companies for its spring 2016 startup accelerator class.

Seamless's U.K. expansion strategy has gotten a big boost through a collaboration with the U.K.-based GoCardless digital payment network, enabling a bank-agnostic link to the SEQR mobile payment system.

Facebook is urging companies across the board to embrace mobile technology before another disruptor comes along and renders their organization irrelevant.

JPMorgan Chase has yet to launch its Chase Pay wallet app, but it's lining up some formidable allies. The wallet's underlying technology was years in the making, giving Chase an edge in winning merchant partners while tapping into a sizable consumer base.

Since the introduction of Bluetooth beacons as enablers of in-store location-based marketing, many have seen a clear connection between beacons and mobile payments. As the technology evolves, the connection is not quite as clear.

The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldn’t have come at a more interesting moment.

'Split the bill' is a popular way to explain the utility of everything from account transfers to social network-enabled payments. For Rabobank subsidiary MyOrder and Wirecard, it's the impetus for a group mobile wallet.

Kyle Largent offered himself up as "Exhibit A" for U.S. online merchants' greatest fear: that EMV chip card adoption at the point of sale would cause fraud to spike online.

The pressure to provide a secure digital commerce experience that's cross-border and cross-channel puts an onus on traditionally tech-averse merchant providers — and creates a market opportunity ACI has been preparing to crack for several years.

Consumers enrolled in the CurrentC mobile wallet in Columbus, Ohio will be cut off after June 28 when the year-long pilot conducted by Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) ends.